Bonfire
Big Smoke Brew Co. in Esher, Surrey, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.54
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3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.6
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.
Tried
from Cask
at
Lyric
on 12 Dec 2022
at 20:24
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2015
at 16:55
6/10
Tried
on 27 Jun 2015
at 14:08
5.4/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2015
at 11:24
7/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2015
at 15:07
7/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2015
at 16:49
6.5/10
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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....
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2015
at 12:36
6.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2015
at 16:29