Early Bird (Bottle)
(Batch of Early Bird)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.25
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber color, long lasting frothy head. Somewhat earthy aroma with a bit of hops. Just a bit of citrus. Light hoppy flavor with citrus and a dash of butter. Butterscotch aftertaste. Decent ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
6/10
Tried
on 06 Jul 2015
at 06:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Rating from 2010:
Dunkelgoldene Farbe, toller Geruch wie eine frisch geöffnete Tüte Doldenhopfen. Faszinierend grasig-aromatisch-frisch. Der Antrunk ist herb-hopfig, sehr angenehm hopfenintensiv. Im Hauptteil ist das Bier aromahopfig-herb, insgesamt aber leicht wässrig im Körper, dabei aber toll herb-aromatisch. Der Nachgeschmack ist lang, toll grasig-herbe Aromahopfennoten. Ganz leichte Ale-Töne, für meinen Geschmack aber etwas zu wenig, was auch dem dünnen Körper des Bieres geschuldet ist.
--> Sehr tolle Idee und tolles Hopfenaroma. So richtig toll frisch!! Aber insgesamt etwas wässrig neutral - außer dem tollen Hopfenaroma ist da nicht viel!
--> 12,13,12,10,12,12 - 11,85
Dunkelgoldene Farbe, toller Geruch wie eine frisch geöffnete Tüte Doldenhopfen. Faszinierend grasig-aromatisch-frisch. Der Antrunk ist herb-hopfig, sehr angenehm hopfenintensiv. Im Hauptteil ist das Bier aromahopfig-herb, insgesamt aber leicht wässrig im Körper, dabei aber toll herb-aromatisch. Der Nachgeschmack ist lang, toll grasig-herbe Aromahopfennoten. Ganz leichte Ale-Töne, für meinen Geschmack aber etwas zu wenig, was auch dem dünnen Körper des Bieres geschuldet ist.
--> Sehr tolle Idee und tolles Hopfenaroma. So richtig toll frisch!! Aber insgesamt etwas wässrig neutral - außer dem tollen Hopfenaroma ist da nicht viel!
--> 12,13,12,10,12,12 - 11,85
Tried
on 12 Oct 2013
at 03:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gammal recension från 2009. Drucken med ölföreningen. Ljus bitter med lite extra engelsk humle. Dock karamellig malt kropp, typisk för SN med en torr, stram och fruktig på ett omoget sätt. Fin om man gillar UK-humle.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2012
at 11:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012. Day 2. Golden color with a small fast diminishing white head. Sweet malty, lemony hops, grassy , toffee, moderate bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2012
at 05:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Morrisons, Sidcup. Amber pour with a white head. Bake apple and pear aroma. Orchard fruit flavours, quite malty. Fruit filled finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 09:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle (4,5%) @ home, BBE 02/2013
Aroma is sweetish, hoppy and rather typical to Shepherd Neame ales with grainy malt and some toffee. Palate is too high on CO2. Flavour has toffee, some hops, grainy and bready malt and ripe peaches. Dry and somewhat nutty finish. No surprises here.
Aroma is sweetish, hoppy and rather typical to Shepherd Neame ales with grainy malt and some toffee. Palate is too high on CO2. Flavour has toffee, some hops, grainy and bready malt and ripe peaches. Dry and somewhat nutty finish. No surprises here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2012
at 10:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear 500ml bottle with an ABV of 4.5%, best before Feb 2009, drank May 2008. Poured into a Forbidden Fruit Chalice, just because I can! Good clear light amber colour, not much of a head though, pity. Floral aroma with a good hop content, also yeasts at the begining, before the pour, that aroma faded as the beer sped into the glass. Spritzy, almost sharp. Very refreshing, ideal for a warm spring evening, luckily that is what we have at the moment in the UK, so this has gone down very well. The hops come through, but not enough to ruin the other delicate flavours that are in the beer, grapefruit and sweet citrus tones abound. Mouthfeel isn’t to strong, there is a presence of alcohol and the hops/citrus flavours do stay a while. However it doesn’t have that extra feel to make me want another pint straight away. So drinkability is only average too. I drink with my eyes, the loss of any head prevented this beer getting higher scores from me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2012
at 03:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
oro buona schiuma un po grossolana piuttosto persistente naso un po citrico leggero toffee malto un tocco di luppolo discreto amaro non molto fragrante
Tried
on 30 Mar 2012
at 14:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light hoppy, grass, orange - citrus, light toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120128]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2012
at 23:42