Winter Royal
Rebellion Beer Co. in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.88
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Rocky off white head on a still ruby coloured body.
Malt & toffee aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a clean back.
Toffee, jam, blueberry & woody tastes with a tangy finish.
Lovely ESB.
Malt & toffee aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a clean back.
Toffee, jam, blueberry & woody tastes with a tangy finish.
Lovely ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2026
at 21:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Pennsylvanian (Wetherspoons), Rickmansworth, Herts. A dark amber/brown coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Malty, caramel, dark fruit aroma and taste. Not a bad effort but rather thin and watery, not in the best condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Dec 2023
at 12:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Growler picked up from the brewery. A copper chestnut coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is semi sweet toffee, liquorice, bruised grape, raisin, light spice. Flavour is composed of layered nutty malts, liquorice, light wintergreen, numbing winter spices, strawberry jammy fruits. Palate is semi sweet, fine mellow cask condition. Decent malty beverage.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 Dec 2019
at 20:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at the Royal Standard, Wooburn Common.] A reddish copper coloured pour with a ring of white head; vinous aroma; quite thin in the mouth, and with a definite taste of vanilla fudge, followed by some soft brown sugar' then finishing with a kick of burnt sugar bitterness before a fudgy finish. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2019
at 17:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Thornbury Castle, Marylebone. Pours dark brown with a small head. Aroma is raisin and caramel. Taste is malty, with caramel and some toast.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2018
at 18:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Russet-brown with a thick beige head. Rich and warming in the mouth. Tastes of toffee, rich malt, dark fruits, muscovado sugar, rum and a little earthy straw. Sweetish yet with just enough hop presence to balance it and make it dangerously drinkable. Full-flavoured, yet mellow, smooth and very more-ish, this is easily the best I've had from Rebellion. Excellent stuff, and one of the very few UK winter/Christmas cask beers I've had in recent years that is actually right for the season. Well done Rebellion!
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2017
at 18:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Bootlegger, 24/12/16. Reddish amber with a decent light beige cap. Nose is malts, brown bread, light spice, earthy, nutty, biscuit crumble, toffee. Taste comprises toffee, fruit rinds, dates, light spice, cheescake base, nutty. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a bitter edge. Decent well balanced strong ale .. makes a change for a winter / christmas based beer to have a bit of depth to it in the UK!
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Dec 2016
at 06:26