Bishops Farewell
(has 2 batches)
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.80
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Cask Alc. 4.6%, bottles 5%.
Easy drinking, creamy, medium-bodied, clean, smooth beer - dominated by fruity hop flavours and grainy background.
Hopped with: Challenger and Cascade
Easy drinking, creamy, medium-bodied, clean, smooth beer - dominated by fruity hop flavours and grainy background.
Hopped with: Challenger and Cascade
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle bought at Waitrose, Rickmansworth, Herts. A golden coloured pour with a small white head on top. Hoppy, citrus aroma. Tastes hoppy, citrus fruit, slightly malty, nice bitterness. Similar to but not quite as good as the fresh cask version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2012
at 08:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle, just out of date when opened on 26 July 2012. This is very, very simular to the cask version (which is always a good thing). Pours a pale yellow with next to no white head. The smell is all citrusy hops with grapefruit coming through, no malt hints at all. The taste is a crisp grapefruit induced hoppy flavour, again with very little maltiness to be found, some yeasty hints around in the aftertaste. I’m a malt man, but this has class and deserves the high scores i’ve given it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2012
at 14:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Half pint @Castle Hotel, 04.Jul.2012 Clear hay coloured body, small dense head that diminishes and leaves a tiny layer. Hops, tangerines, flowers and fruit. Hint of coriander (?) in aroma, fresh oranges, snap peas, green grass and grain. Dry finish. Yummy!
Tried
on 25 Jul 2012
at 15:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Handpump Barton arms, Birmingham. Decent white head. Golden blond pour. Nice bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 15 Apr 2012
at 06:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Hand pulled pint poured into a UK sleeve on 20 Aug 2011 in the ’Wrekin Inn’ Wellington, Shropshire. Pours a pale yellow with a small to no white head. The smell is all citrusy hops with grapefruit coming through in my nose. The taste is a crisp grapefruit induced hoppy flavour with very little maltiness to be found, some yeasty hints around in the aftertaste. I’ll not pretend Oakham are a favourite brewery of mine, or that I like hoppy brews compared to maltier ones, but this is a good beer and is scored accordingly.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2012
at 03:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. It pours hazy gold, with a thin foamy white head. The nose is sweet tangerine, peach, lychee and micro chips (weirdly enough). The taste is pine, resin, grass, pear, tangerine and grapefruit with a long bitter finish. Moderate, prickly carbonation and medium body. Tasty stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2012
at 14:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, grass. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111205]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2012
at 11:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled at chriso’s. Clear pale golden, small head. Evident tangerine aroma. Sweet and custardy with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Drinjable and citric, despite being rather sweet. Long bitterness. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2011
at 06:04