Bitter Simonds 1880
(has 5 batches)
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
7.29
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ABV has been seen to vary within the base beer and the various iterations.
Available on Cask and Bottled.
An 1880 Bitter recipe from Simond's brewery, Reading. Pale Maris Otter and Amber malt only. Goldings all the way through. Perhaps in style closer to how we now consider an ESB or Burton Ale.
Malt – Maris Otter, Amber Malt.
Hops – Goldings, Bramling Cross
Yeast – Blend of 2 London Ale Yeasts with a Yorkshire Ale strain
This recipe for a Victorian Bitter is brewed to an 1880 one from Simond's Brewery in Reading, via the archives of the Durden Park Beer Circle. Their notes on the beer state simply: 'Dream Bitter with a lovely flavour.
A Durden Park Favourite.
Round the brewery we just call it 'Dream Bitter'.
The malt bill predates the common use of crystal malts (which hugely influence a modern bitter's flavour), so comprises of just Pale Ale Malt (our regular Maris Otter being ideal for this purpose) and Amber Malt (a lightly toasted malt). Hopped with Goldings all the way through with some Bramling Cross lightly handed the dry hopping duties.
Aroma of citrus, spice and hedgerow leading through to a smooth body, flavours of marmalade and toast, with a touch of tea. Firm bitterness to balance. Perhaps in style closer to how we now consider an ESB or Burton Ale than a modern bitter?
Available on Cask and Bottled.
An 1880 Bitter recipe from Simond's brewery, Reading. Pale Maris Otter and Amber malt only. Goldings all the way through. Perhaps in style closer to how we now consider an ESB or Burton Ale.
Malt – Maris Otter, Amber Malt.
Hops – Goldings, Bramling Cross
Yeast – Blend of 2 London Ale Yeasts with a Yorkshire Ale strain
This recipe for a Victorian Bitter is brewed to an 1880 one from Simond's Brewery in Reading, via the archives of the Durden Park Beer Circle. Their notes on the beer state simply: 'Dream Bitter with a lovely flavour.
A Durden Park Favourite.
Round the brewery we just call it 'Dream Bitter'.
The malt bill predates the common use of crystal malts (which hugely influence a modern bitter's flavour), so comprises of just Pale Ale Malt (our regular Maris Otter being ideal for this purpose) and Amber Malt (a lightly toasted malt). Hopped with Goldings all the way through with some Bramling Cross lightly handed the dry hopping duties.
Aroma of citrus, spice and hedgerow leading through to a smooth body, flavours of marmalade and toast, with a touch of tea. Firm bitterness to balance. Perhaps in style closer to how we now consider an ESB or Burton Ale than a modern bitter?
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours mostly clear amber-gold with a creamy, off-white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of toasted malts, leaves, light ripening orange, earth, dried caramel. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Finishes with notes of candied citrus, bitter earth and leaves, more toasted malts. Great stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2023
at 17:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
ESB (extra special bitter, the ‘upgraded’ and stronger version of classic English bitter as heralded by Fullers since 1971) by one of England’s leading non-traditional breweries – see what this gives… At Tilquin English Beer Festival. Medium thick, off-white, membrane-like lacing, slowly opening head, hazy deep amberish orange robe with peachy tinge – actually looking rather pale for an ESB. Aroma of wet toast, Graham crackers, mugwort, dried grapefruit peel, bread crust, dried garden weeds, unsalted peanuts, toasted bell pepper. Subduedly sweetish and fruity onset, quite clean with notes of dried peach and orange pith, medium carbonated with minerally effects; supple toasty-bitterish and rusk-like malt profile, bread-crusty, further bittered by a long, earthy, wormwood-leafy, herbal and floral hop bitterness, very Old World for sure, but also very powerful, perhaps even more bitter than is custom for, well, a bitter. Characterful and packed with flavour – it should not surprise anyone that one of the most consistently good postmodern breweries in the heart of Britain’s capital is perfectly capable of constructing a solid ESB next to all those APAs and American style IPAs.
Tried
on 04 May 2023
at 13:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours dark, hazed amber. Medium sized creamy white head, very stable. Scent is caramelly malts, medium intense, creamy. Taste is quite bitter, way more so than current beers in the 'bitter' style. Caramelly malts in beautifull balance. Bready, refreshing and easy to drink yet so full of taste. Quite harsh (in a good way), green , herbal hoppy finish. Creamy mouthfeel, especially for being only 5.5 ABV. Man, I wish bitters like this would be more available in Belgium !
Tried
on 30 Apr 2023
at 16:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ La Tana.
Couleru pâle orange, col crémeux blanc-cassé bien tenace.
Arôme sur un léger bouquet grains bien plaisant, grains concassés, léger houblonné fruité avec une pointe d'agrumes - garde ce caractère très anglais très plaisant.
Palais est onctueux avec une fine amertume en bouche, le tout sur une petite note de poivre bnalc concassé, finement herbacé - grains concassés, délicat fleuri, feuille de thé vert avec une petite note de toasté qui revient en retrait.
Couleru pâle orange, col crémeux blanc-cassé bien tenace.
Arôme sur un léger bouquet grains bien plaisant, grains concassés, léger houblonné fruité avec une pointe d'agrumes - garde ce caractère très anglais très plaisant.
Palais est onctueux avec une fine amertume en bouche, le tout sur une petite note de poivre bnalc concassé, finement herbacé - grains concassés, délicat fleuri, feuille de thé vert avec une petite note de toasté qui revient en retrait.
Tried
from Draft
at
La Tana à Bruxelles
on 29 Apr 2023
at 18:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
29/IV/23 - on tap @ Tilquin English Beer Fest, BB: n/a (2023-362) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Clear orange beer, small creamy off-white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, barnyard, a bit dry dusty impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of raw grains, a little sweet, fruity touch, hoppy, a bit grassy, ok. Aftertaste: malty, grains, hoppy, bitter, a bit sweet, decent stuff!
Clear orange beer, small creamy off-white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, barnyard, a bit dry dusty impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of raw grains, a little sweet, fruity touch, hoppy, a bit grassy, ok. Aftertaste: malty, grains, hoppy, bitter, a bit sweet, decent stuff!
Tried
from Draft
at
Gueuzerie Tilquin
on 29 Apr 2023
at 10:50