Old Intentional
Derby Brewing in Derby, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.37
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A rich full bodied premium beer with a delicate hop finish.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Deep amber colour with a small beige head, which also disappears quite fast. Aroma is grassy, some herbal, earthy and mild floral tones. Flavour is floral, caramelly, mild earthy and some bready and grainy tones too. Mild nutty elements as it warms up a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2023
at 09:17
05/11/2015. GREYHOUND, 76 Friar Gate, DERBY, Derbyshire, England (DERBY)
Tried
on 23 Nov 2022
at 16:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Ales by Mail. Pours clear copper with a foamy, off-white head. Basic aroma, some lightly toasted bread, semi-dark fruits, grain. Medium sweet flavor with some sugary bread, mellow caramel, touches of citrus. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes sweet with faint earthy bitterness, lightly toasted grains, berries, subtle brown sugar. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2015
at 17:06
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Booths, Media City. Copper-amber with a thin head. Has a light session texture despite its strength with a crisp balanced characters and a light bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2015
at 15:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Clear reddish color, average sized off-white to beige head that diminishes fairly quickly. Not a lot of aroma other than malts. Taste malts, lightly bitter hops, a hint of dried fruits, soft bitterness. Average to decent body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2015
at 13:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop, caramel. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, caramel, floral. Medium body. Ordinary beer. KRS 150814.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 02:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from the pheasantry brewery shop. Amber colour with off white head. Aroma is mainly fruit but a touch of bread too. The taste is slightly sweet, citrus, malts and bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 06:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear orange amber with a bubbly broken white head. The aroma is light sweet malt. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a rich malty light carammel Orange citrus hop palate and a lingering bitter finish. Moderate to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2014
at 08:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Booths, Penwortham. Pours clear amber, long-lasting white head. Aromas of fruitcake, light malt. Taste is sweet, light spice. Sticky finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2014
at 11:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Ales By Mail [150814]
Deep orange amber, clear, nice pillowy frothy white head
Aroma - soft caramel malts, soft citrus, slight fruits, mellow quite pleasant nose
Taste of fruity caramel malts, soft toffee malts, dab of bitter orange, some spicy hops
Palate - soft carb, medium body, bit oily.
Overall - Decent tradtional ale, quite tasty, old fashioned stuff
Deep orange amber, clear, nice pillowy frothy white head
Aroma - soft caramel malts, soft citrus, slight fruits, mellow quite pleasant nose
Taste of fruity caramel malts, soft toffee malts, dab of bitter orange, some spicy hops
Palate - soft carb, medium body, bit oily.
Overall - Decent tradtional ale, quite tasty, old fashioned stuff
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2014
at 18:54