Bonfire
Big Smoke Brew Co. in Esher, Surrey, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.47
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Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Lyric, Soho. Sampled Sept 2017. Pours light hazed amber with a beige cap. Aroma: bread, grains. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, grains, orange, light floral. Light to medium body with soft carbonation.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Lyric during the tap takeover - London. Pours lightly hazy amber-gold with a foamy, white head. The nose has a hit of raw hops, bready malts, grains. Light sweet flavor with notes of toasted grains, ripe orange, floral hop bitterness. Light in body with fine carbonation. Finishes with further flowery and raw hops, toasted grains, light resin, wood, orange peel. Not bad.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 10 years ago
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
18th June 2015
Three Johns. Cask. Hazy amber beer with a few lonely pale cream colour bubbles. Palate is light and semi dry, low carbonation. Smooth dry malts, toffee and caramel. Modest ripe fruits. Little apple. Mild bitterness. A stodgy bitter, not short on taste but it feels like a throwback.
TBone (30139) reviewed Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at Express Tavern, London. Dark amber, nut brown color, small beige head. Nose is nutty and malty. Light-bodied to medium-bodied. Caramalt, a bit salty, good malt base. Robust for this abv. Good.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the lyric for the tap takeover. Nice bright reddy caramel coloured pour with a lasting frothy cream head. Aroma is nice floral, lavender, citrus hop. Pinch of caramel on the nose. Flavour is nicely balanced, light caramel and biscuuty grains with slight lemon, floral hop, and subdued English ale yeast character. Palate is semi sweet, good cask condition. Firm balanced bitterness. Very sessionable.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Lyric. It pours hazy amber with a medium bubbly white head. The nose is brown bread, grainy, toasty, earth, dirt and mild barnyard. The taste is bitter, woody, leather, spice, brown bread, light toast and orange rind with a dry, earth finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Punchy bitterness for the style. Not quite as sessionable as I had hoped, but solid stuff. I realize this last comment makes me sound like I am in camra. Truth is I have up my membership this year....
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Bonfire from Big Smoke Brew Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green, 20/12/14. Lightly hazed golden amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is biscuit malt, light hop presence, spice, caramel. Taste comprises earthy notes, bitter orange, straw, caramel malt, orange pith, light pine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent hoppy bitter.