Cerne Abbas Brewery Watercress Warrior

Watercress Warrior

 

Cerne Abbas Brewery in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Herbal Regular
Score
6.13
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 8
This brew is that rare and special thing formed when the finest ingredients of UK watercress, mineral-rich spring water and Flyer hops combine to provide a “sharp slap around the chops” followed by a “floral cuddle” to make up. A celebration of ancient health associations connect our iconic Giant to the Cerne Abbas Monastery where monks traditionally grew watercress for its medicinal properties. We feel pretty sure they would approve of this heavenly drop. Warrior delivers a unique, delicately peppery flavour, to leave you feeling fighting fit (but not literally please, we’re pacifists.)
 

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5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Tick Beer, Dorsetshire. Aroma has a sweet buttery popcorn streak with a touch of veg. Clear gold. Foamy white head. Light-medium bitter. Malts with a slice and veg streak. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Does nothing for me whatsoever apart making me thinking of cold vegetable soup.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2022 at 19:44


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Tick Beer. Appearance - golden orange with a decent white head. Nose - mainly toffee and bread but there is some pepperyness from the watercress coming through. Taste - bread, orange and caramel with the caramel being dominant. Just a little pepperyness again. Palate - close to medium bodied, chewy sweet middle and end. Overall - the malt/hop base for their beers is all quite similar. Pleasant enough though.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2022 at 11:15


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - Clear golden pour with a white head. Sweet floral and herbal with notes of grass and straw, some watercress, light to medium body, herbal floral into the finish.

Tried on 24 Dec 2018 at 15:41


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at GBBF '18, day 1, 07/08/18. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is lIght spice, watercress, damp grass, lillipad, light botanics. Taste comprises cress, light herb, watercress, light white peppery spice, faint green berry. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Thought this delivered on the name well ... wouldn't want a lot of it but fine for the genre/style.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2018 at 16:35


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5


Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 1 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Cerne Abbas Watercress Warrior ].
ABV: 4.5%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light peppery. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, floral - herbal. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180807]
5-3-5-3-11

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2018 at 13:05


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

7th August 2018
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, small white head. Smooth palate, semi dry and with reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth sweetish malts. Bitterish citrc peel underneath a slightly odd floralness. Dry and mildly spicy finish. Funky!

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 13:34


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask at GBBF. It pours clear pale gold with a small white head. The aroma is soft, sweetish, fresh, green, slightly herbal and bready. The taste is dry, oily, green veg, watercress for sure, peppery spice oily, herbal and earthy with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Oily. Very, very weird.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 13:32


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml Bottle - Golden with a white head. Watercress, pepper and some rather earthy notes in the aroma. Earthy and peppery taste with notes of aniseed, watercress and citrus.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2017 at 13:43