Area 51
Rowton Brewery in Telford, Shropshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.32
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I.P.A. Intergalactic Pale Ale. Brewed using Comet, Cascade and premium Maris Otter malt to create a moreish, hop filled taste.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Tried
on 25 Aug 2025
at 14:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
12/7/2023. Cask pour shared by minutemat, cheers. Pours clear pale golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma malt, green hops, herbs, grapefruit, vanilla, flowers. Moderate sweetness and quite heavy bitterness. Light body, slightly watery, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2023
at 12:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Old Horse, Leicester. Light gold and clear with a decent if slightly loose white head. White grapefruit, hay, some grassy character in the aroma. Bittersweet taste with a more pronounced bitterness in the finish. More citrus in the aftertaste. A decent enough beer, slightly better than I'd anticipated.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2021
at 19:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Third by cask, second day of GBBF Winter 20, Astbury Bar. Shared with Finn. Bubbly head, dotted spots on the nose, clear late straw coloured body. Moderate smell of floral hops, dry. Ripe fruity flavours backed by peaches and by bread-like malts. Hints of oily bitterness to the ending. Satisfying. (Birmingham 05.02.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2020
at 08:55
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
På GBBF Winter 2020 i Birmingham. Delt med Rune. Gylden. 0 skum. Lett grapefruktaroma. Smaken søt grapefrukt. Tørr bitter avslutning.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2020
at 19:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Tiddly, Ellerdine. Pours slowly clearing gold, white froth atop. Aroma has some mild grapefruit, citrus. Taste is hoppier than expected for Rowton, perhaps a day or two past its freshest but generally nicely rounded with moderate resin.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2019
at 08:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Rowton Area 51 ].Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, citrus, light to moderate hoppy, fruity, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, pale malt, fruity hops, citrus, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170808] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Apr 2019
at 15:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
cask oro intenso buon naso resina erba un po agrumato secca discreto amaro piacevole
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2017
at 12:12
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 1. A clear golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of spicy malt, pale malt, yeast. Taste of floral fruits, pale malt, herbs.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2017
at 14:48