Hop Kettle Brewery North Wall

North Wall

 

Hop Kettle Brewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.29
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 23
Best Bitter – 4.3%
Deep brown beer with rich and complex malt flavours, a smooth and rounded body, and a lightly balancing English hop character that provides a gently bitter finish.

Malt: Maris Otter, Crystal, Torrified Wheat, Carafa
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Challenger
Available in: Cask, Bottle
 

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10/09/2021. TAP & BREW, 51 Devizes Road, SWINDON, Wiltshire, England (HOP KETTLE)

Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2022 at 05:40


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading at 4.3% ABV] A reddish chestnut pour with a tight beige head; aroma of purple fruit with a touch of spice; luscious fruity taste with spiced plums and damsons; then a lingering bitter finish with more fruit. Seemingly very good- I rated it 3.8 at first. Then I read the other reviews and had a second, and was disappointed to find it sweeter and more treacly; along the lines of Hobgoblin, so I’ve adjusted my score a little.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2022 at 14:07


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

Cask at the Red Lion Cricklade. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma is fruity with caramel, Taste malty light sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2021 at 16:53


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ The Red Lion, Cricklade. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, malt, hops and has a sweet finish.

Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2019 at 14:54


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

17/2/2019. Bottle from Flower Farm Shop, Godstone as North Wall Best Bitter 4.3% abv. Pours hazy caramel brown coloured with a large foamy off-white head. Aroma of toffee, malt, biscuit, fruit and flowers. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight creaminess to the texture and a bit above average carbonation. Moderately sweet fruity earthy finish. Decent ‘best’.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2019 at 14:42


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

Cask at Craft Beer Co, Islington. Colour is clear dark orange with very small white head. Aromas and flaovurs: Nuts, chocolate, dryness and malts.

Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2018 at 10:02


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

Cask @ Craft Beer Co Islington. Smooth, slightly sweetish and caramely malty with some earthiness and toffee. Quite generic.

Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2018 at 21:02


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at GBBF 2014, from historic tasting notes. Pours clear mid to dark brown amber with a beige head. Aroma: roast malts, bread, caramel, nutty. Taste: light to moderate sweet, light bitter, fruity, caramel, straw. Medium bodied, light carb, dry bitter close

Tried from Cask on 27 Jul 2018 at 07:02


5

Tried on 08 Oct 2016 at 18:26


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

Caramel colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, straw, malts. Bitter flavour, straw, malts and root vegetables. Malty finish, caramel and straw.
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)

Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2015 at 11:20