Cold Comfort
Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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Polished mahogany in appearance with a superb creamy head, it’s malty with a hint of Ovaltine. The warming caramel and malt flavours are finished off with vanilla and a slight hop tang, delivered in a distinctive, creamy texture.
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28/12/2016. RED LION & PINEAPPLE, 281 High Street, LONDON, W3, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 25 Feb 2023
at 07:29
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Sir John Hawkshaw (JDW), Cannon Street Station, City, Greater London, England EC4N 6AP. [ As Caledonian Cold Comfort ].Clear medium yellow - amber orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, nutty, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, caramel, biscuit malt, nutty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161128] 6-3-6-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2017
at 03:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried at Dexters Ale House, Lincoln. Rich Amber colour with a large thick and lasting head. Aroma caramel and malt with a slight sour fruitiness. Taste mainly sweet.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2017
at 06:41
6/10
Tried
on 26 Dec 2016
at 08:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Bear (JDW), Maidenhead. A goldn amber pour with a loose cream head; malty aroma; straightforward sweet malty taste; with a drier caramel finish. Unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Dec 2016
at 04:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Victoria Station. It pours clear brown with a decent bubbly off-white head. The aroma is sweet, toffee, fruit cake, heady glue notes, wood and varnish. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, wood, resin, varnish, mind astringency, leather, fruit cake, caramel and that gluey note again. Finish is pretty dry. Medium body and soft carbonation. Warming, but a bit messy in parts.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2016
at 12:32
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Becketts Bank, Leeds. Traditional cask styled mid-malty bitter, which is decent enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2016
at 12:24