Special English Ale
3 Brewers in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.25
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We use chocolate malt to give it a deep copper colour and the finest English hops give the ale a hint of berries. It's a well balanced, smooth and moreish ale.
Gold Medal Winner: Champion Strong Bitter of East Anglia
Finalist: Champion Beer of Great Britain 2017
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Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at St Albans Camra Beer Festival 2023. Pours chestnut brown with a beige foam. Hedgerow fruits, nutty, malty. Moderate bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As 3 Brewers Special English Ale ].Clear medium amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, toasted - caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, caramel, toasted - caramel, toffee - nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170809] 7-3-7-3-14
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 7 years ago
DavrosIX (1291) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
A quick half of gravity at the Hertford North railway station while I waited to be picked up. A pretty chestnut brown in the glass and plenty of lacing. The taste was malt, bitter hops and something strongly metallic that I have noticed in their other beers. It was well kept beer so I won't blame the venue and I question whether it is just down to my own palate, which is possible. Whatever, at the end of the day I didn't like it.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask at GBBF’17, day three, 10/08/17. Golden copper with a well appointed off white head. Nose is malt forward, spice, fruit cake. Taste comprises dried fruits, dates, caramel, biscuit, light spice, bready notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough ESB.
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 2. A clear amber beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of mild roasted malt, reddish malt. Taste of bitter resinous hops, reddish malt, nuts, long bitter finish.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the 10th Colchester Winter Beer Festival. Pours copper with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt and fruit. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body and oily texture, carbonation is soft.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Lyric - London. Pours clear chestnut with a light off-white foam head. Tangy berries in the nose, some wood and leaves. Light sweet flavorbwith more berries, leather, faint caramel. Light bodied with soft carbonation; the condition is so so. Finishes with leafy and grassy bitterness, some woody dryness, leathery fruits, berries, damp leaves. In better condition this would probably be a more enjoyable beer.
Olut (21769) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ Dylans The King’s Arms, St Albans. Amber with a golden glow and next to no head. Hoppy pale ale with some dryness but plenty of tropical fruit notes in both aroma and taste.
Finn (18112) reviewed Special English Ale from 3 Brewers 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Fra gravity-cask på St Albans Beer & Cider festival 25 Sep 14. Nøttebrun. Lavt skum. Nivålacing. Forsiktig aroma av malt. Smaken fortsetter nøttepreget. Litt tørr avslutning.