Drummer Boy
Grey Trees Brewery in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.63
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A best bitter. A smooth bitterness and aroma with a fresh fruity finish, crafted with Crystal Malt and roasted barley, Bramling Cross and Golding hops, Welsh water and Grey Trees’ passion.
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6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune på Craft Beer Co. Clerkenwell. Mørk stråfarget. Luftig filmskum. Aroma av kjeks & litt malt. Smaken svisker. Tørr, lett bitter avslutning.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Feb 2025
at 21:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
One-third pint, shared with Finn. Spotty lacing from a filmy layer, deep amber body. Inviting on the nose, caramel-fruity scents. Fine balanced flavours of leafy hops, earth, and semi sweet brown malts. Rounded malt-fruity finish, bittersweet. Medium bodied. Pleasing. (London, 10.02.2025)
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell
on 10 Feb 2025
at 20:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Wales Ales. Pours amber with nice off white top. Aroma of earthy malt, caramel biscuit, dried fruits, wood. Taste follows aroma; earthy and leafy but with some dried fruity esters, some nuts and caramel. Nice prickly bitterness. Reasonable crispness helped by a high fine carbonation. Good bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Andover Tap.] Bright pale amber; citrusy aroma; citrusy taste; lasting bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2024
at 14:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell, London, 17 May 2023) Copper colour with foamy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of caramel, dried fruit and apricots. Malty, fruity taste with apricots, toast, caramel and a mild herbal bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. A bit caramelly, but tasty and well balanced. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Sep 2023
at 19:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 27th May 2023. Clear coppery amber with shallow foam and scant lacing. Pungent aroma. Earthy pungencies in-mouth with nutty maltiness, which goes on to dominate the finish. Light bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. 7
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2023
at 22:52
25/03/2017. QUEENS VAULTS, 29 Westgate Street, CARDIFF, Cardiff, Wales
Tried
on 06 Mar 2023
at 19:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
From cask at the wonderful Dog & Bell, Deptford, London, 02.07.22. Dark golden amber. Dense and persistent off-white head and lacing. Inviting and excellently balanced aroma and taste of pale malt, grains, marmalde and bark. A superb bitter that I could drink pints and pints of!
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2022
at 17:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Queen Thin creamy white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Queen Crafthouse
on 30 Nov 2021
at 17:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Glass, hand pump, 1/3 pint, drunk at Hopbunker, during the 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research, savoured on 10 December 2019; eye: bronze with a golden hue, clear, no effervescence, creamy tan head, good lacing; nose: caramel, roasted, coffee, malt, burnt caramel; mouth: caramel, roasted, coffee, malt, burnt caramel, finale in malt with roasted presence, medium-light body, below average carbonation, more bitter than expected, lightly raspy texture; in short: quite likable FRANÇAIS Verre, hand pump, 1/3 de pinte, bue chez Hopbunker, durant la 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research, savourée le 10 décembre 2019; œil : bronze avec une teinte dorée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, mousse fauve crémeuse, bonne dentelle; nez : caramel, torréfaction, café, malt, caramel brûlé; bouche : caramel, torréfaction, café, malt, caramel brûlé, finale en malt avec présence de torréfaction, corps moyen-léger, carbonatation sous la moyenne, plus amère que prévue, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien aimé
Tried
on 24 Jan 2021
at 18:50