Gale's HSB
Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, Greater London, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.54
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Horndean Special Bitter (HSB) was first brewed in 1959 to meet a growing demand for a higher strength bitter. Sales growth was slow throughout the sixties when BBB and the cask milds were the predominant Gales beers. However, following the creation of CAMRA and the greater public interest in cask conditioned beer, HSB sales grew throughout the seventies and eighties and became Gales major brand. Production moved to Fullers in early 2006.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cask at Lamplighter. Mild smell of malt. Bronze colour, beige head. Aroma of caramel malt, grassy malt, finishes with earth and sugar. Medium sweet. Soft carbon.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2023
at 19:28
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2023
at 14:36
21/11/2019. STAR INN, 23 The Vineyards, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (ABBEY)
Tried
on 01 Dec 2022
at 14:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Copper color, good yellow foam. Aroma and taste: reach malts and pleasant hop bitterness, a bit fruity and floral. Nice beer.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2020
at 09:45
Tried
from Cask
at
Chelmsford CAMRA Winter Beer & Cider Festival
on 21 Feb 2020
at 03:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Creamy tan head on a toffee coloured still body. Malt & chocolate aroma. Medium to full bodied, creamy & smooth. Toffee, malt, dark berries & sugar tastes.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2020
at 14:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
A really beautiful mild amber ale with restrained bitterness. Old joint and stock birmingham
Tried
on 05 Feb 2020
at 20:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Haymarket. Appearance - deep amber to dark honey in colour. Nice proportionate head. Nose - honeycomb and biscuit. Taste - more honeycomb, spiced biscuit this time. Palate - crunchy and creamy in texture. Light to medium bodied. Fairly balanced and quite drinkable. Overall - decent traditional style ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2018
at 22:39
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Prince Harry. Unfortunately, this is a victim of some ill-,maintained lines, and it presented itself with slight vinegar notes. Sensed a standard bitter under it all, malty, bready and mildly sweet. Would like to sample again.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2018
at 23:44
Hand pump
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2018
at 15:22