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Tolly Cobbold in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.02
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Our Master Brewer has developed this exceptional ale to resurrect the Tolly Cobbold name. Including both oats and wheat, its distinctive biscuit malt and fruit flavours, combined with just a hint of sweetness, result in a rich and smooth, full bodied ale.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
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 16:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tolly Cobbold was the name of a closed brewery in Suffolk some years ago. Greene King have resurrected the name and added the bird that rise’s out of the ashes to the beers name. The 500ml clear bottle had a best before date of July 2011, drank and reviewed on 18th Jan 2011. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard: the beer looked lovely, a bright yet deep amber body with a thin off-white head on top. The smells were of toffee apple sweetness, with a malty caramel feel. The initial taste is malty and semi-sweet, the hops appear as the mouth drys, but adding little bitterness. Easy to drink and well balanced (hops maybe hiding a little), I like the sweeter, maltier tasting English Bitters, so this is appealing to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2012
at 07:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours amber with a medium head. Aroma is vanilla and caramel malt with a skunky hint. Taste has skunk along with sweet vanilla and caramel on the finish. Watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2011
at 13:59
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
3rd February 2011
Woolpack Chelmsford. Clear brown beer. Suddy off white head. Sweet dry malt with a touch of fruit. Sweet average beer!
Woolpack Chelmsford. Clear brown beer. Suddy off white head. Sweet dry malt with a touch of fruit. Sweet average beer!
Tried
on 13 Feb 2011
at 09:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle from Tescos, Camberley. Rather better that the average GK bottle, but this doesn’t really remind me of the Tolly I used to drink in Norfolk a few decades ago. Pours a reddish amber with a cream head; has a fruity aroma I can’t quite put my finger on; sugary malty flavour with some juicy hops to finish - slightly on the sour side, which isn’t bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2010
at 10:06
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle that I picked up from Tesco, consumed at Shrewsbury Folk Festival 27.08.10 Pours amber with a white head, toffee and boiled sweets on nose and in mouth, bit fruity some biscuity malts, dusty hops, bit dead and not a great beer. A5 A4 T5 P3 Ov10 2.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2010
at 01:08
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask handpull at Druids Arms, Maidstone. Reddish brown, thin beige head. Diacetyl jumps out of the glass with a touch of fruit. Diacetyl bomb with some red fruits. I would rather drink GK IPA than this and I had to pay £1.55 for the pleasure of a half pint. Fruity bitter with not much body, too much butter and not much hop.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2010
at 08:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Cumberland ... dark copper ... tan bubbly head ... raisinf and frui malt nose ... chocolate malts ... sweet dark fruits .... some plum ... some raisins
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2010
at 23:47