Gardeners Tipple
Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.02
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Lidl, Longford [100617]
Dark amber, crystal clear, frothy white head
Aroma of soft caramel, light toasted malt notes, soft earthy twiggy hops
Taste as aroma, soft bitter twiggy English hops, plain stuff
Palate - Soft carb, light body, soft sweet and bitter. FInish as main flavour, light bitter linger
Overall - Simple brown bitter, unmemorable, refreshing enough but rather dull
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Pours slightly hazy coppery color, topped with a small just slightly off-white head, immediately disappearing. Sweet malty nose, biscuity with molasses. Nicely bittery, easy, with some noticeable malty backbone. Quite lasting bittery aftertaste. Medium body. Balanced. Like promised - a fine thirst quencher in proper bitter style.
Olut (21691) reviewed Gardeners Tipple (Bottle) from Hogs Back Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Tesco, Borehamwood. Amber red with a small head. Has a slightly thin texture, but a drinkable one with a small rye maltiness and a light bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
A typical English bitter with a nice dark copper colour, a malty flavour and a surprising and, to me, unwelcome sweetness. It certainly ticked all of the expected boxes, but I found that sweetness offputting. There needed to be more bitterness to this bitter!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Clear, copper colored, small off white head. Aroma is of malt, some caramel, fruity, some apple. Taste is medium sweet malt, caramel, apple, fruity, some cardboard, medium- grassy bitterness, some apple tartness, dry. Light+ bodied, soft carbonation. Eh...
daniele (14527) reviewed Gardeners Tipple (Bottle) from Hogs Back Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
bottle ambrata limpida schiuma media non molto persistente decisa nota maltata lieve note terrose secchezza media amaro non intenso
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
First rating, 19/3/2016, RB score 6/3/5/3/11 (2.8). Bottle, gift from the Outlaws- cheers! Amber-brown with a middling off-white head. Moderate fizz. Chocolate, toffee and fruit are hidden behind a lot of cardboard. There’s a decent bitter fighting to get out here, but unfortunately the cardboard wins the battle. Shame. Second rating, 19/8/2017, RB score 7/4/5/2/10 (2.8). Bottle from the Outlaws again - cheers! Deep amber with a beige head and a light fizz. Good rich malty aroma, but the flavour has lighter malt, some metal, and a rather slimy caramel finish. Fails to live up to the early promise.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Copper-colored. Aroma: diacetyl, caramel, fruits. Taste: caramel, a little nuts and fruits, drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Gylden brun klar med fingerhøyt beige skum. Lett malt og karamellukt. Lett bitter smak med noe karamellsødme. Kort, noe metallisk avsluttning.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml Bottle - Light copper in colour. Earthy hops, grain and a hint of chocolate in the aroma. Biscuity and slightly tangy taste with orange, caramel, earthy hops and dried apricot.