Leighton Buzzard Restoration Ale

Restoration Ale

 

Leighton Buzzard in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.48
ABV: 4.6% IBU: - Ticks: 17
A mid brown best beer with similarities in colour and strength to a traditional best bitter but benefitting from the generous use of American Cascade and Perle hops to deliver a fruity refreshing beer. For each cask sold a £1 goes towards the All Saints Preservation Trust (charity no: 1077207) looking after the town’s iconic church – the finest in Bedfordshire according the John Bentjeman.
 

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Tried on 22 May 2024 at 20:18


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Mermaid, St Albans. Pours clear chestnut brown with a white foam. Aroma: malt, caramel, toffee, fruity. Taste: light to moderate sweet and bitter, towards dry on the palate. Medium body with soft carbonation

Tried from Cask at Mermaid on 01 Oct 2023 at 08:31


Smooth, easy drinking pale ale

Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2023 at 11:05


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Cambridge Beer Fest: Poured a caramel color with a off white bubble head. Aroma is nice hops, some fruit and toffee. Taste was bitter, fruity, light butter and toffee...finished bitter.

Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2018 at 14:13


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16/11/2018. Cask at the Cambridge Winter Beer Festival 2018. Pours clear pale amber with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, toffee, fruit and butterscotch. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Slight dry and bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2018 at 10:56


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Cambridge Winter Beer Festival 2018. Amber brown colour, white foam head and fruity citrus aroma. Taste is malt, tangy fruity, and with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2018 at 20:46


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from BEER:shop, St. Albans. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, light buttery and toffee. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 160218

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2018 at 23:03


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle from BEER:shop, St. Albans. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, butterscotch, fruits, malt and hops.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2018 at 23:03


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask-conditioned, at the Lime Kiln, Bristol, 2/10/2017. Amber in colour, with a tight, off-white, head. Aroma of hedgerow fruit, leafy hops and a hint of caramel. Flavour had more fruit, some crisp, yet chewy malts, a hint of toastiness and citrus sweetness, before a lingering, bitter, finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 24 Oct 2017 at 10:36


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Handpull cask at the Albert, Hitchin. Light to mid-brown, with a smattering of whitish head, clear. A woody astringency is overlain by a nicely pungent blackberry note. Taste starts bittersweet with some fruity tannic notes, but turns bitter very quickly. Astringent without being in the least unpleasant, leading to a long and extremely bitter finish. Enough natural carbonation in the body to give it a nice lift. A very moreish cask bitter.

Tried from Cask on 27 Apr 2017 at 13:05