Byker Hill Bitter
Brinkburn Street Brewery in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.11
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This is our first effort at a ‘traditional’ English session bitter/pale ale using an existing recipe from Richard Bazen, our new Head Brewer.
We have used Mount Hood & East Kent Goldings hops from Kent, with Sticklebract (NZ) hops for a fruitier hop profile than your average bitter.
Designed for the session drinker who still likes some distinctive hop character in their beer. Crisp, bitter, fruity and dry, all together
THE NAME
The traditional English bitter is named after a folk song called Byker Hill (and Walker Shore), that you can listen to a surprisingly wide range of versions of on Youtube. In fact, it would appear that everyone has had a bit of a crack at it although there don’t appear to be any Geordie versions (or are we not looking hard enough?)
We have used Mount Hood & East Kent Goldings hops from Kent, with Sticklebract (NZ) hops for a fruitier hop profile than your average bitter.
Designed for the session drinker who still likes some distinctive hop character in their beer. Crisp, bitter, fruity and dry, all together
THE NAME
The traditional English bitter is named after a folk song called Byker Hill (and Walker Shore), that you can listen to a surprisingly wide range of versions of on Youtube. In fact, it would appear that everyone has had a bit of a crack at it although there don’t appear to be any Geordie versions (or are we not looking hard enough?)
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, brass colour with average, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Floral and fruity, minimally strawy, hoppy aroma, notes of gosseberry, hints of rhubarb. Taste is dry hoppy, slightly fruity and floral, minimally papery and mineral, light, biscuity malty basis, hints of gosseberry and rhubarb; minimally watery, minimally overcarbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2018
at 19:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Højbjerg Tasting ] - Saxo House, Højbjerg - Aarhus, Denmark. [ As Brinkburn Street Byker Hill Bitter ].Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light hoppy, fruity hops, fruity, light butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity malt, fruity, sweet malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20171118] 5-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2018
at 04:01
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - cloudy golden orange. Thin but attractive lacy head. Nose - smoke and astringent biscuit. Taste - caramel and burnt bread. Palate - close to medium bodied with a light astringent finish. Overall - a bit challenging!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2017
at 06:51