Bollington Dinner Ale

Dinner Ale

 

Bollington in Bollington, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.28
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Deep copper coloured beer with a fresh slightly fruity nose, a traditional style bitter with a dry hoppy finish.

The name comes from a beer formerly brewed by Heaver Brothers the last brewery before us 80 years ago in Bollington.
 

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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6


Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX.

[ As Bollington Dinner Ale ].
ABV: 4.3%. Clear medium red amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, pale malt, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, caramel, fruity malt, toffee. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180125]
5-3-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 28 Jan 2018 at 14:21


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Brewtique, Macclesfield. Clear copper. Film of sticky, off white head. Nutty. Light chocolate. Bit cardboardy. Soft, stewed, dark fruit. Taste is nutty dry. Plenty of bitterness. Decent body. Some oiliness. Finishes long, medium bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2014 at 11:30


6

Tried on 19 Jul 2014 at 15:33


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Keighley Beer Festival. Deep copper with a very small head. Has a grainy-sweet character with a sweet nose.

Tried on 26 Sep 2013 at 15:58


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Mes Tasting. Clearish, dark copper pour with a filmy head. Mild nose, some light malts. Bland flavor, light bread and caramel, perhaps some leafy hops. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Finishes flat with touches of fruit, leafy hops and metal. Drinkable but bland.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2011 at 09:16