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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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear dark amber- copper colored, medium frothy beige head. Aroma is of bready malts, some biscuit and fruity jam. Taste is medium sweet malt, bready and some biscuit, fruity estery jam, some earthy hop, medium bitterness, dry finish, bit toasty. Medium bodied, soft+ carbonation, oily. (Bottle)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2018
at 10:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @Fullers Brewery, Londres 06/08/18
Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca, aromas maltosos caramelo, sabor maltoso, cuerpo medio, rica.
Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca, aromas maltosos caramelo, sabor maltoso, cuerpo medio, rica.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2018
at 13:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nice dark brown body, some foam, good aroma of roasted barley. Refreshing dark bread flavour and medium finish. A good pub ale, pleasant change from several bad lagers I'd had the past few days.
Tried
on 27 May 2018
at 17:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From cask at The Parcel Yard, King’s Cross, London 24.05.18. Clear mahogany. Diminishing head and not much lacing. Fine aroma and taste of dark crystal malt, dried berries and moderate hops. Medium low bitterness. Good quaffability.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 May 2018
at 15:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint on tap at some pub in Shoreham. Copper colour, thin white head. Good body, smooth and creamy. Lightly bitter, slightly zingy, some fruit. Finish is mildly bitter. Beautifullly balanced bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2018
at 14:39
6/10
Tried
on 28 Dec 2017
at 07:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Half of cask on the Fullers brewery tour. A deep dark brown in the glass with a small and well laced head. The flavour was all malts with some nicely balanced bitter hops. This was a good, solid pint of beer. In fact, if I wanted to describe English bitter to someone then I would point them towards this beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2017
at 03:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the GBBF 2017. Day 3. 10/08/2017. A clear copper reddy coloured pour with a. Loose sticky off white head. Aroma is apple, toffee, dried fruits, raisin cake. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty malts. Palate is semi sweet, moderate cask condition. Good. Decent enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2017
at 11:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear nutty color with a fine off white head. Ok lacing. Ok intensity in the aroma. Medium body and an average carbonation level. Ok balanced sweetness versus bitterness. Caramel malty, toffee and herbal grassy flavor. Not really exciting.
[Bottle at The Crown & Sceptre (Fuller’s) in Shepherds Bush - London, England]
[Bottle at The Crown & Sceptre (Fuller’s) in Shepherds Bush - London, England]
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2017
at 11:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Blind tasting with Dr. Beer. I seem to enjoy this style quite a bit lately. pretty complex and full in taste, yet easy drinkable. Nice !
Tried
on 02 Jul 2017
at 15:36