Abbot Reserve
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.71
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Very full bodied, rich and sweet with a higher bitterness to provide balance. Bursting with malty, biscuity and fruit cake character from the mixture of pale, amber and crystal malts. Masses of tropical fruits and floral fragrance from the hops, in particular the fragrant, floral and spicy Fuggles used as late hop together with extra Challenger, Pilgrim and First Gold. Very complex, rich and warming.
MALT: Pale, crystal, amber.
HOPS: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles
MALT: Pale, crystal, amber.
HOPS: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 0,5ltr: Clear amber colored brew with an dry bitter taste with very subtle hints of some sweet caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:20
6/10
Bitter, bready, malty, toffee, spices
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2024
at 21:52
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2024
at 16:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Tesco. Pours clear, bright copper with a frothy, off-white head. Medium sweet flavour with notes of toasted malts, grapes, dried berries, mellow earthy hops, toasted toffee. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, further bready malts, a little toffee, English yeast, dried berries. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2024
at 22:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Tesco in Pulborough. Color: Clear amber, beige head. Aroma: Malty, caramel, some fruitcake, subtle butter. Taste: Malty, caramel, some fruit cake, hints of nuts. Quite some hopbitterness. Starting malty, finishing more hoppy. Green hops, dry-ish finish.A bit disappointing, was hoping for better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2024
at 14:58
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.
Tried
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
Appearance is copper, with a foamy 1-2 finger head. Aroma is toffee, biscuity malt, some cakey marzipan, fruit cake, raisins. Taste is fruitcake, biscuity toffee malt, caramel, dark fruit hints, some sugary raisin, bready malt. Some boozy notes at the end.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2023
at 20:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear copper colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour of sweet malt and some overripe apple. Fairly rich and full bodied.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2023
at 21:36
05/01/2008. CRICKETERS ARMS, 232 Chestnut Avenue, North Stoneham, EASTLEIGH, Hampshire, England (GREENE KING)
Tried
on 05 Dec 2022
at 09:12