Bitter Brewer
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.85
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This non-traditional English bitter is light-bodied with a low ABV and rich malt character.
Brewed with lots of Golden Promise and Pale Ale malts with a touch of Oats and light hazy gold in color. Ultra crisp bitterness from Warrior hops, with Glacier hops adding the peach, orange and apricot aroma. We dry-hopped this one because...we like hops.
Brewed with lots of Golden Promise and Pale Ale malts with a touch of Oats and light hazy gold in color. Ultra crisp bitterness from Warrior hops, with Glacier hops adding the peach, orange and apricot aroma. We dry-hopped this one because...we like hops.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Poured light cloudy brown with an off-white head. Aroma was bitter with some grainy notes, perhaps oats and just a bit of sweet citrus. Flavor was a very nice balance of malts and hops as the flavor began malty but hops kicked in throughout. A nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2009
at 21:58
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
can at Ft Wayne tasting - Pours hazy orange-gold with a lingering white head. The aroma is mainly of citrus hops. Tastes moderately hoppy with citrus notes. There’s also an odd earthy character that I didn’t appreciate. It’s on the watery side and doesn’t have enough malt character. I love bitter beers, but this brew doesn’t do it for me. It’s uneven and lacking. If this can was typical, then I don’t get the high ratings for it.
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2009
at 20:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can with thanks to skyview. Pours a medium amber with a small/medium head. Aromas are a mix of blue spruce and citrus. Flavor is heavy with hops... and they basically match the nose. Mouthfeel is a bit thin, but this is good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2009
at 00:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can @ chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty floral hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty bitter hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a slightly thin mouthfeel. Has a sweetish malty bitter hoppy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Mar 2009
at 07:32
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce can courtesy of cdumler. Thanks! Pours a slightly hazy orange yellow color Small head with low head retention, but nice lacing also. Aroma is spicy and herbal hops with some toasted hops and graininess. Taste is bitter hops and an absurd level of graininess. Very reminiscent of club soda. Faint caramel in the finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2009
at 07:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Can. An unclear amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of grapefruit as well as medium notes of caramel and malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of spices, grapefruit, and more, leaidng to a slightly bitter finish. The body is a bit thin. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2008
at 16:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Can 45 cl) Courtesy of iowaherkey. Pours a slightly hazy amber golden with an off-white head. Fresh, citrusy hop aroma. Light body with a little nuttiness but otherwise completely dominated by fresh, dry citrusy hop notes. An excellent session quaffer. 131108
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2008
at 13:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can 50cl. @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008.Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020808)
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2008
at 02:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
16 oz. can, gotta love that. Pours a healthy head over a bright orange beer, with a few active columns of bubbles. Nice apricot and grass hop smell. Foam settles to a rocky head as I write this. Certainly the hoppiest tasting ESB I’ve found in my relatively few tastes of this style. A more grassy taste of fresh hops in the front of the tongue, basic bitterness in the back. Yet the malt base seems to me a little lacking. Sure, that’s partly due to its lower alcohol, but it kind of turns watery and metallic. A few other raters noted this, I see, and put it down to being served too cold, and I did pull this from the fridge. I can’t bring myself to rate this too highly for now, but I have more I can try under different conditions.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2008
at 22:14