Original (Bottle/Can)
(Batch of Old Original)
Everards Brewery in Glenfield, Leicestershire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
5.79
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Also known as old original
Ingredients: Maris Otter malt; Fuggles, Challenger, and Goldings hops.
Ingredients: Maris Otter malt; Fuggles, Challenger, and Goldings hops.
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can @ Home. Pours reddish brown with a creamy white head, fine bubbles from carbonation. Aroma is toffee, light caramel, floral hops. Taste is bittersweet with caramel, fruit like apples, floral hops and some citrusslike notes to. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation, nice long bitter finish. Refreshing and easy drinking. 060211
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2011
at 03:23
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can. Deep clear golden/orange with medium off-white head. Flavour is malt, caramel, bitter, dry and watery.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2011
at 23:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. DArk yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bittre flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2010
at 04:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, hops and fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2010
at 10:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours darm amber with a medium, frothy head. Aroma is bread and some dried fruits. Some spice, too. Taste is bread to start, dried fruits, medium bitter finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2010
at 13:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (thanks fonefan). Ambery orange colour with small fluffy head. Aroma is caramel malts, rather bready as well as some wooden and fruity notes. Flavour is quite sweet fruity along with some wooden, herbal and caramelly notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2010
at 23:06
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 50cl.Unclear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, fruity, vinous. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170508)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2008
at 03:58
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at ÅBF08. Citric aroma. The flavour starts off citric. Hazy dark amber colour. The finish is dull and fades out with a little rough bitterness. 6 3 6 3 10
Can, 4.7%. Good hop aroma, nicely fruity and rough. Clear amber colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is watery with a faint hint of fruity hops. The aftertaste is more fruity and thus better. 5 3 5 3 11
Can, 4.7%. Good hop aroma, nicely fruity and rough. Clear amber colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is watery with a faint hint of fruity hops. The aftertaste is more fruity and thus better. 5 3 5 3 11
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2008
at 14:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Århus2008. 50 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a lacing white head. Aroma is malty and light fruity with a mild caramel malt note. Light fruity flavour swept in a mild breadish malt flavour. Light roasted and mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2008
at 03:36
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Tesco, Alfreton. Copper coloured with a small tight off-white head; sweet malty aroma; sweet malty taste to match, with some understated bitterness. Very short finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2008
at 12:49