Special Ale
Lister's in Worthing, West Sussex, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.57
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Special Ale (4.6%) is a premium bitter. It’s darker and traditional in style. It’s russet brown in colour, has roasted and toasted malted notes on the nose and is smooth, rich and satisfying.
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6/10
Tried
on 11 Feb 2024
at 18:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
28/7/2023. Cask at the 33rd Ipswich Beer and Cider Festival. Pours clear golden amber brown with a small bubbly/frothy off-white head. Aroma of orange, citrus, malt, toast, light spice. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. It's fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2023
at 20:49
02/06/2018. RAVEN, 7 Queen Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 22 Dec 2022
at 15:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Four-Ale Taproom, Gosport. Pours chestnut brown with a beige cap. Aromas: grains, nutty malts, light caramel. Taste: light sweet & bitter, fruity, caramel, hedgerow berries. Medium body with soft carbonation. OK
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2022
at 21:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours the classic “bitter brown” with a generous cream head. Nose has aromas of Malt, nuts and grain. Slightly watery in the mouth, but still plenty going on. Quite a lot of fruit flavours, particularly cherrie. Sweet malts too, contrasting with wholebread and toffee. Finish is generally fruity. It’s good, I like it.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jun 2021
at 20:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
[Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence.] A copper coloured pour with a ring of white head; aroma of toasted whole meal bread; rather thin in the mouth with a burnt caramel taste; and a watery finish with a woody bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2020
at 17:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Forever Bury Beer Festival 2018. Clear darker copper coloured ale. There's sweet roasted malts in both aroma and taste with an easy-drinking texture, and a hint of nut.
Tried
on 24 May 2018
at 13:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Dark amber, clear with a wisp of white head. Heavily roast malt, foraged berry and some coffee bean in the aroma. Bittersweet balanced taste with a heavy chewy malt taste balanced by fruity hop character. Simple and competent but not all that exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2017
at 12:27