Birdman
Flying Monk Brewery in Hullavington, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.09
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A refreshing Pale Golden premium bitter, brewed with Maris Otter malt & well hopped to give a full bodied flavour bursting with winter sunshine.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Kitty's Helsinki (old backlog). Goldeny orange colour with a small white foamy head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some mild biscuity and wooden tones. Flavour is floral, fruity, biscuity, mild toffee and some wooden and mild resin as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2024
at 17:54
06/01/2018. OLD GREEN TREE, 12 Green Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (ABBEY)
Tried
on 30 Nov 2022
at 12:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Flying Monk Birdman ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light hoppy, fruity hops, earthy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity malt, earthy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160809] 6-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2018
at 17:41
6/10
Tried
on 07 Jan 2017
at 11:03
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Flat and warm…hard to say that this was inviting and good. Hard to give a decent rating also.
Golden color with a white layer on top. Mild aroma. Medium body. Flat carbonation. Tad sweet and a mild bitterness. Malty and herbal flavor.
[On tap at St. Jude’s Brewery Tavern in Ipswich, England]
Brewery #1576
Golden color with a white layer on top. Mild aroma. Medium body. Flat carbonation. Tad sweet and a mild bitterness. Malty and herbal flavor.
[On tap at St. Jude’s Brewery Tavern in Ipswich, England]
Brewery #1576
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2016
at 01:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2016. Day 1. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. Nice beer, with notes of biscuits, citrus fruits, light dough, subtly bitter hay. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish, with further biscuity notes, some straw. Good golde.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2016
at 01:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask at Gallow’s Bird, Espoo. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, dryness, some floral, hops and malts. Very clear but flavours are weak.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2016
at 15:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
9th August 2016
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Light and sweetish malts, trace of honey. Modest orange peel. Whisper of hop skunk. Sweetish floral finish. Perfectly quaffable if unexciting.
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Light and sweetish malts, trace of honey. Modest orange peel. Whisper of hop skunk. Sweetish floral finish. Perfectly quaffable if unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2016
at 02:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask at GBBF ’16, day one, 09/08/16. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white covering. Nose is earthy fruits, straw, biscuit, grain. Taste comprises orange peel, straw, toasted grains, grass, citric tones, biscuit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Average golde affair.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2016
at 01:35
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled @ GBBF day 1. Clear yellow golden color, average sized white head. Smell and taste malts, moderately bitter. Something a bit off in the aroma though, I get a hint of vomit. Flavor is ok, bit boring but ok.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2016
at 13:48