Santas Progress
Daleside Brewery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.12
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Christmas Beer
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6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness. Clear amber with a brief fizzy head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is very malty with roast, chocolate and nuts. Tastes pretty good to be fair, has a moreish slightly rich malt profile with notes as per aroma, some fruit, and a nice leafy bitterness in the finish. Light body but a nice zingy carbonation. Flawed but fairly tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cornfield Garage, Eastbourne. Poured a clear medium to dark amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is yeasty, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, light yeasty, nutty, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cornfield Garage (JDW)
on 30 Dec 2024
at 21:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask pint in my local Spoons on 13th December 2024 after watching 'Wicked' in the Orbit, my local cinema. Amber body, off white head. Malty front, thought there might be some Winter spices within, but this is just a basic Bitter, it's fine but not really a Christmas brew in my eyes.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2024
at 08:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber gold with a frothy / creamy white head d a fruity, hoppy nose. Light to medium bodied with berry fruits, biscuit malt, floral hops and a dry, slightly bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
at
Office Ale House
on 14 Dec 2024
at 15:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours crystal clear copper-gold with a creamy, off-white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of lightly toasted biscuits, subtle berry accents, British yeast, soft leafy hops. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Tidy finish, well balanced, soft leafy bitterness, moreish malty character, mellow fruity notes. Nice bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2024
at 21:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the V Shed (JDW), Bristol 5/12/2022. Pale amber in colour, with a lacy, off-white, head. Biscuity malts, leafy hops, red berry sweetness and a moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2022
at 20:33
06/12/2014. HARROGATE TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB, Wetherby Road, HARROGATE, North Yorkshire, England
Tried
on 22 Nov 2022
at 09:12
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask pint at Wetherspoons, London Victoria Station. Cloudy orange-brownish colour, low off-white head. Very moderate aroma, a little malts, a hint of butter. Minimal carbonation, poor condition. Initially dull flavour, quite dry. Some earthy hops in the finish cannot save the beer from falling in the "boring" category. Daleside can do better than this - and JDW should serve their beers in better condition. Could not finish the pint.
Tried
from Cask
at
Victoria Station (JDW)
on 10 Jan 2021
at 20:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
25/11/2019. Cask at the Crosse Keys, Gracechurch Street. Pours dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of hops, fruit, sweet malt, caramel, biscuit and slight bready notes. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet biscuit finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Gordon Highlander. It pours clear amber with a medium white head. The aroma is malt - drive, white bread, rich tea biscuits, grass, straw, floral, cracker and muffin. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, white bread, cake, muffin, straw, honeysuckle and some grass with a firmly dry finish. Light - medium body and fine, massaging carbonation. Decent enough golden - bitter. Drinkable enough, if a touch unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2017
at 05:21