Fireside
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter|
Score
6.07
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Masses of grapefruit and lemon citrus from the Cascade late hop with herbal dry hop background from the copper hops. Sweetness and body comes from the pale and crystal malts and the black malt adds enough dryness and astringency to keep the beer refreshing.
MALT: Pale, Crystal, Black.
HOPS: Challenger, First Gold, Cascade.
MALT: Pale, Crystal, Black.
HOPS: Challenger, First Gold, Cascade.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On cask at the Corstorphine Inn. Appearance - dark brown. Nose - biscuit and sweet malt. Hint of green apple. Taste - tangy apple again. Something's wrong here. It's going off. Palate - tangy underneath sweet malt Overall - unfortunately this was going off so the scoring is lenient rather than accurate.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2019
at 15:04
5/10
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:47
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Amber ish pour with a bubbly head that fast vanish. Moderate intensity in the aroma. Light body and a bit soft carbonation level. Caramel malty, fruity and herbal flavor. They claim this one have a massive grapefruit impact……bad santa……1. April? Dull and boring.
[Handpull at Hamilton Hall, Bishopsgate in London, England]
[Handpull at Hamilton Hall, Bishopsgate in London, England]
Tried
on 10 Dec 2018
at 15:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2017
at 16:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask draft at the Angelsea Arms. A bit more red and hoppy than the average bitter, bordering on an amber ale. Sharper and hoppier, some savory zest as well. The normal caramel notes were muted by the extra hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2016
at 17:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Vic. Lincoln. Ruby colour with an off white head. Malty sweet aroma and taste. Nice enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Dec 2016
at 12:07
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Linen Hall JDW, Enniskillen [301215]
Dark amber, clear, thin white head
Aroma of soft caramel, soft twiggy hops
Taste of soft caramel, light bitter twig hops, dab of GK yeast, bit earthy, dab of bitter toast, light spicy
Palate - Medium light body, light bitter. Finish as main flavour
Overall - Typical BBB twiggy hops, not my cup o’ tea
Dark amber, clear, thin white head
Aroma of soft caramel, soft twiggy hops
Taste of soft caramel, light bitter twig hops, dab of GK yeast, bit earthy, dab of bitter toast, light spicy
Palate - Medium light body, light bitter. Finish as main flavour
Overall - Typical BBB twiggy hops, not my cup o’ tea
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2016
at 12:30
3/10
Tried
on 28 Dec 2015
at 17:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Goat and Tricycle, Bournemouth. Clear amber brown with a bubbly tan head. Aroma of fudge, toffee, caramel, malt and light dark fruits. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter. Light to medium bodied with very soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2015
at 08:25
7/10
Tried
on 22 Dec 2015
at 19:52