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Sarah Hughes Brewery in Sedgley, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.57
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A golden premium ale brewed with Maris Otter and hopped with goldings to give the beer a hoppy bitter taste with a malty body and sweet finish. A ‘True Bitter’.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ Le Gothique Restaurant and Bar, [ Wandsworth Common Beer Festival 2013 ]. Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, John Archer Way, Wandsworth, Greater London, England SW18 3SX.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, toasted - caramel, light to moderate hoppy, herbs, grass, sharp. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130330]
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2014
at 04:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Beacon Hotel during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a tight, white foam head. Looks great. Dry pale malt nose with hints of dough and dry lemon. Light sweet flavor with dried pale malts and suggestions of dried citrus, too. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly astringent bitter hay on the finish with rindy lemon and dry dough. Fair.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2013
at 02:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
6th July 2013
Black Country Beano. Cask at the Beacon hotel. Almost clear gold beer with a good creamy white head. Palate is light and semi dry. Light orange peel - marmalade hops with a little fresh orange. Light floral notes. Finishes semi dry. Like this! Surprise? Well the surprise it’s a Golden!
Black Country Beano. Cask at the Beacon hotel. Almost clear gold beer with a good creamy white head. Palate is light and semi dry. Light orange peel - marmalade hops with a little fresh orange. Light floral notes. Finishes semi dry. Like this! Surprise? Well the surprise it’s a Golden!
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2013
at 04:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Beacon Hotel, Sedgley, on the Rate Beer Black Country Toilet Peeping Festival, 06/07/13. Light golden with a thin off white head that veers edgeward. Nose is summer fruit, bready malt, light citrus. Taste comprises fruits, orange, grassy notes, light hops, biscuit, bready malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light bitter notes in the finish. Ok ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2013
at 11:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Beacon Hotel, Sedgely. Poured a hazy medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is fruity weak malt. The flavour is weak bitter, citrus fruit with a smooth slightly watery palate. A perfect session ale. 3.3
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2013
at 15:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity @ 13th Egham Beer Festival. Pours a slightly hazy yellow golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak hoppy hints.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2012
at 01:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From cask at Egham 13. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small whitehead. Aroma is grassy and herbal. Dry grassy and bitter flavoured. Light herbal note. Dry and light toasted malty. Bitter and light herbal finish. Ends dry and bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2012
at 01:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Two hand pulled pints in the brewery tap (The Beacon Hotel) on 24th March 2012. Amber to golden body: weak, thin white head that is almost just a collar as soon as it’s poured. Wish it looked better. The nose is hop dominated but not overly strong or deep, a mildly malty ester or two can also be detected as the beer warms. Good blend of flavours in the mouth: hops, malts and then hops again as the mouth dries. Good body strenght and depth of flavours from the first sip to the last.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2012
at 03:54