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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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From cask. Pours hazy orange with no head. Aroma is distinctly grapefruit. No carbonation. Fruity flavour, grapefruit. Reminds me most of a grapefruit juice than a beer. Finish has some peach notes and a mild bitterness as well. Had this gone bad? I don’t think it was meant to taste so dull.6-2-6-3-11=2.8
50 cL can, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours hazy orange with a diminished white head. Dense hoppy and bitter aroma with a solid peachy/citrusy aroma. Bitter and solid fruity flavoured with a mild peachy note. Bitter and fruity finish. Quite crisp and nicely hopped.7-3-8-3-15=3.6
50 cL can, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours hazy orange with a diminished white head. Dense hoppy and bitter aroma with a solid peachy/citrusy aroma. Bitter and solid fruity flavoured with a mild peachy note. Bitter and fruity finish. Quite crisp and nicely hopped.7-3-8-3-15=3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jun 2007
at 02:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On cask at The Happy Gnome during the RBSG 2007 Pub Crawl. Cloudy orange-amber body with no head. Very sweet huge grapefruit aroma. Very gentle grapefruit flavor with some light lemon in the ending. Excellent easy drinker.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2007
at 14:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask. Actually a bad beer from surly. Completely cloudy, and very sour. The sourness is not from infection but grapefruit flavor. Lightly bitter with some fruit. 3/3/2/1/5 -------Tasted from a can May, 2008. Much better. Fairly dry and very drinkable but loaded with hops. The only thing ESB about it is the name, as it is much too intense to fit in that style. Good palate now and some fruity hops. Score raised considerably.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2007
at 14:34