Mail Train
Stamps Brewery in Bootle, Merseyside, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.11
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A more traditional bitter, a balance of Cascase, Fuggles and Golding hops, leave a noticeable bitterness, a delightful malt character.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ 31th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2014, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Stamps Mail Train ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, celery, light to moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, pale malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141205]
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2016
at 13:11
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried at the Peterborough Beer Festival 2016. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma has Caramel and fruity malty, taste has this too, ordinary bitter.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2016
at 09:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Looks good with a mahogany brown colour. Initial sessionable maltiness gives way to a light citric tartness in the finish.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2016
at 19:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Wellington; clear amber pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has a hint of malt and dark fruits, taste has stewed fruits, hint of malt.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2015
at 12:47
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the pigs ear festival... Light golden yellow.. Thin white lacing... Light sulphur nose.. Soft musty sulphur lemon
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2015
at 10:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5th December 2014
Pigs Ear. Cask. Almost clear paleish gold beer, small bubbly white head. Palate is light and dry with modest fine carbonation. Big floralness, slightly bitter. Pithy grapefruit, little peel. Light dry finish. Strong floral and bitter linger. Decent bitter.
Pigs Ear. Cask. Almost clear paleish gold beer, small bubbly white head. Palate is light and dry with modest fine carbonation. Big floralness, slightly bitter. Pithy grapefruit, little peel. Light dry finish. Strong floral and bitter linger. Decent bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Dec 2014
at 09:03