Abbot Ale
(has 2 batches)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.11
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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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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On cask at the White Lady. Appearance - deep amber. Creamy white head. Nose - bread and burnt raisins. Hint of Jamaica Cake. Taste - proper toffee and caramel this time. Some spice and malt loaf. Palate - fairly rich and chewy. Sweet and chewy finish. Overall - good.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2023
at 18:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear amber with a thin beige head. Aromas of toffee and hazelnut. Taste is quite boozy, toffee again, dried fruit. Nutty finish. Returned to this several times and it really grew on me.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2023
at 18:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Pennsylvanian (Wetherspoons), Rickmansworth, Herts. An amber coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit aroma and taste. This was actually quite decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2023
at 16:31
5.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Servida en pinta, color ambar rojizo, espuma compacta bien retenida. Aroma a malta, miel caramelo algo de grosellas e higo, a mi personalmente me empalaga un poco. Textura de media a ligera, ligeramente acuosa sin que ello resulte desagradable, notas de malta tostada, café, frutos rojos, caramelo...La percibo como una cerveza correcta, pero algo alejada de mi estilo favorito, no me invita a repetir.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2023
at 23:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Not so sure why this warrants a separate entry to the cask version, they're prety much the same beer - albeit this is less creamy, it does have the same fruit and malt aroma and flavour, with a floral bitterness in the finish, all delivered in the guise of a trad amber ale with a frothy white head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2022
at 16:14