Abbot Ale
(has 2 batches)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.10
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Hailed by the late beer writer Michael Jackson as ‘one of the great characters of the beer world’, Abbot Ale is brewed for quality of the highest order. Abbot is an irresistible ale with masses of fruit characters, a malty richness and superb hop balance. It is brewed longer to a unique recipe, which makes it the full-flavoured, smooth and mature beer it is today.
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3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 2.5
Texture 4
Overall 3
Tried
on 24 Jul 2026
at 10:08
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2026
at 06:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Red, cloudy, creamy thick, light yellow foam. Sweet, caramel in the mild aroma. Sweet, fruit, malt candy, with a growing metalic and spice in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2026
at 15:49
6/10
Tried
on 23 Dec 2025
at 08:41
6.5/10
Strange sprucey , kinda medicinal taste. But I'm at The Grapes, a pub from 1583 co-owned by Ian McKellen. Awesome place! Simple, small pub on the Thames.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2025
at 19:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Eagle, Cambridge. Clear dark amber with no head. Aroma of toffee, marzipan and malts. Taste of malts, red fruits, toffee, cookies, marzipan and caramel. Low bitterness. Low carbonation. Balanced and very enjoyable. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2025
at 15:13
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating - A number of cans at a beach house in West Sussex. Decent dark amber fruity malty ale with good balance & well hopped.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2025
at 08:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
0.5 l can @ Mijas. Copper coloured with white head. Slight malty-biscuits aroma, followed by the same notes in taste, but quite faintly. Way too light and watery.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2025
at 14:16
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
i found this to be very big on the english hops. It had a very pine resin aroma to it, and the flavour was much of the same. There was quite a bit of an odd maltiness to it. I didnt really enjoy it, but i can’t really pinpoint why.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2025
at 06:12
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
50 cl. can @ the apartment.
Clear amber with a white head. Malty aroma with hints of toast. Sweet taste with a medium bitter finish. Nice suprise to find on lager infested Tenerife.
Clear amber with a white head. Malty aroma with hints of toast. Sweet taste with a medium bitter finish. Nice suprise to find on lager infested Tenerife.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2025
at 14:33