Abbot Reserve (Cask)
(Batch of Abbot Reserve)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
7.06
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Abbot Reserve has an abv of 6.5% and is a perfect winter warmer on a cold night. It is a distinctive full-bodied smooth and mature beer, bursting with rich fruit cake and toffee flavours.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hand pulled pint in the 100 House, Norton at Will & Grace's wedding on 16th February 2026. Clean amber body, off white, but weak head. Nice blend and an old school ESB, malty front but with a solid hop content.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2026
at 21:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Justice Mill. It pours clear chestnut brown with a thick, fluffy beige head. The aroma is sticky, bitter - sweet, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, toasty spice, toffee, fudge, brown bread, fruit cake and polished wood. The taste is smooth, slick, bitter - sweet, rich, chewy, toothy, raisin, sultana, toasty spice, woody, leather, warming booze, touch of tannin, toffee, caramel, fudge and cacao nibs with a drying, chewy finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Rich and hearty. A big step up from the standard abbot ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Justice Mill (JDW)
on 12 Feb 2026
at 12:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Old Trout, Southend on 10th December 2025. Crystal clear copper with shallow foam and almost no lacing. Rich malty aroma. Intense nutty maltiness in-mouth and finish. Velvet smooth texture and a full body.
Tried
from Cask
at
Olde Trout Tavern
on 10 Dec 2025
at 20:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bittersweet aftertaste
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bittersweet aftertaste
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 12 Nov 2025
at 18:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
cask...Copper colour ... sweet caramel malt ... very sweet caramel malts but over powered bitter ... some grassy hop in linger
Tried
on 28 Jul 2025
at 14:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On cask. Appearance - deep amber to brown with red chinks. Creamy white head. Nose - plums going into prunes. Brown bread toffee and an edge of chocolate. Taste - more dried fruit and brown bread. Palate - rich and chewy. Sweet and chewy finish. Overall - lovely stuff.
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from Cask
at
White Lady (JDW)
on 31 Aug 2023
at 13:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Tempest Colby, Lincoln. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Aroma caramel and malty, taste light sweet, full thick body
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2019
at 15:07