Fox's Nob
(has 2 batches)
Highgate in Smethwick, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.05
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Named after the foxes that used to live within the brewery grounds, Nob being the Old English for head. A copper coloured beer brewed using pale, crystal and black malt with a small amount of high maltose syrup. Progress, Fuggle and Golding hops provide the bitterness and each cask is generously dry hopped at rack using Styrian Golding.
Tasting notes: An exquisite floral nose with citrus notes is the prelude to a rich palate of malt and fruit and a long dry bitter finish. Fox’s Nob is also available in 500ml bottle and because no isinglass is used in production, is a beer suitable for vegetarians.
Tasting notes: An exquisite floral nose with citrus notes is the prelude to a rich palate of malt and fruit and a long dry bitter finish. Fox’s Nob is also available in 500ml bottle and because no isinglass is used in production, is a beer suitable for vegetarians.
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3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Hazy bright amber, minimal head. Appley nose with some caramel. Sweet and light bodied. Fruity and somewhat sulphury. Vey fruity and apple and quite bland. With low hop rate, dull malt profile and cidery notes there is not much to enjoy in this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2008
at 07:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Black Friar, Blackfriars, London, 26 April 2008. 4,4% abv) Chestnut colour with brief, off-white head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of caramel, chocolate and hints of sulphur. Malty, nutty taste with toffee, milk chocolate and a short earthy bitterness in the finish. Malt sweetness throughout. Decent but hardly exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2008
at 16:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Amberish coppery colour with mediumsized creamy head. Leaves a lot of lace. Aroma is caramel malts, some nuts and also slight cooked vegetables and wood. Flavour is nutty, flowery hoppy as well as slightly wooden. Some mild fruityness bears the bitterness up a bit. Quite different and a part of me hates it while another part finds it quite interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2008
at 13:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (BBE 2009)
Clear copper color, small white head. Skunky hoppy, nutty and a bit toffeish aroma. Nutty hoppy flavor, ok maltyness for being only 4 %, but flavors are not very rich. There is some fruityness and a bit of citrus in the finish, but that’s all. Tolerable session beer, but not really interesting.
Clear copper color, small white head. Skunky hoppy, nutty and a bit toffeish aroma. Nutty hoppy flavor, ok maltyness for being only 4 %, but flavors are not very rich. There is some fruityness and a bit of citrus in the finish, but that’s all. Tolerable session beer, but not really interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2008
at 14:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies, thanks to Ungstrup. Pours clear and golden orange with little head. Aroma is fresh and fruity. Slight herbal to acidic/citric aroma. Sweet, peachy and mellow malty flavour. Nice bitterness in the finish. Solid to nice brew and fresh.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2007
at 05:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy dark golden beer with a thick beige head. The aroma is sweet and very fruity and hoppy. The flavor is sweet with notes of grass, pine needles, and citrus - a lovely hoppy note, leading to a dry bitter finish. The body is a bit thin. Lovely session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2007
at 15:31
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500 ml bottle. Amber coloured, with a rapidly fading soapy white head; heavily carbonated; aromatic smell with rather jammy fruits; malty with a touch of honey, and no obvious finish. Rather unbalanced and lacking bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2007
at 11:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at The George, Bethersden, Summer BF 2006. Amber colour, slightly hazy. No head. Sweetish malt/hop aroma. More fruity malt than hop. Not overly impressed. Bit of rubber on the malt. Poor bitter, slightly citric/lemoney and edgey. 2.4/5 Re-rate, cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford 26/1/07 Amber, thin off white head. Nettle/herb/earthy hop aroma, some yeast. Some fruity malt in mouth, battles the slightly eggy yeast. A little hard juiciness before developing into a lemon wine gummy juicy finish with an ultimately dry tingly hop finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2006
at 11:09