Tag Lag
Barngates Brewery in Ambleside, Cumbria, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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Amber gold, sweet spice, fruit bitterness.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint from the cask at Eagle & Child, Staveley. Enjoyed by the small river opposite the pub. Pours dark amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, fruit, hops & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2025
at 17:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Luton Beer & Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 160218
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2018
at 14:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ 35th Luton Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, hops, caramel and has a light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2018
at 14:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at the Great British Beer Festival 2013, day 3 - London. Pours clear gold with a faint, white foam head. Pale bread and orange citrus in the aroma. Light to medium sweet flavor, with moderate juicy citrus, hay, more pale bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Sweet finish with notes of white bread, straw, dough, moderate dry lemon. Nice and drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2015
at 05:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
on tap lieve ambrato limpida un filo speziato luppolatura pepata piuttosto intensa secca discreto amaro
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2015
at 16:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the brewpub. Aroma is sweet fruit loaf, nutty, light caramel. Clear golden coloured pour with a lasting white froth. Flavour is nutty, twig, raisin, dried fruit, straw, fruit loaf. Palate is semi sweet moderate cask condition. Slightly creamy in the tongue. Fairly simple beer. Some grain tannin in the finish. Firm English hop bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2015
at 07:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Barngates Tag Lag ].Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, straw, caramel, pale malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, straw, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130814]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2015
at 06:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from the Cartmel village shop. Appearance - golden amber with a nice head. Nose - biscuits and spice. Taste - more spicy biscuits with a hint of underlying lemon. Palate - medium bodied with a crunchy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - decent crunchy bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2014
at 08:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Booths. Golden with a small head. Has a gentle fruity bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 12:47
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
How: Cask.
Where: Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), 2013.
Appearance: Golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Fruit, malt, citrus.
Body: Medium body, ok carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, citrus, hops, caramel.
Where: Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), 2013.
Appearance: Golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Fruit, malt, citrus.
Body: Medium body, ok carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, citrus, hops, caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2013
at 22:23