Red Spider
Pig & Porter Brewing Co. in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier Regular|
Score
6.85
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A red rye ale featuring an American clean tasting yeast to showcase the Centennial and Columbus hops. Each cask is dry hopped with both of them to enhance the aroma. A small amount of rye malt lends a spiciness to balance the beer. It is named after a Whitstable landmark, the Red Spider Cafe, now sadly long gone.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Mr. Butler, online. Pours clear, deep amber with a frothy beige head. The nose has a lot of juicy, oily pine, ripe orange, citrus rind, toasted grains. Light to medium sweet flavor with rich, toasty bread, light caramel, ripe and gooey citrus fruits, pine, bitter grass, light tobacco ash. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Resinous on the finish, with a bit of hard bitter grass, earth, toasted grains, more tobacco. Honours the style well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2015
at 14:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask. Pours clear and golden dark brown with a deep orange glare. Small tanhead. Aroma is smooth fruity, light toffee malt note. Bitter, toasted malty and slight fruity. Dry and bitter far finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 09:39
8/10
Super clean. GBBF yesterday.
Tried
at
CAMRA Great British Beer Festival (GBBF)
on 12 Aug 2015
at 05:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask. Appearance is ruby red and clear, with a creamy off-white head. Malty, fruity aroma. Smells rich. Taste is dark fruits, blackberry, malty, quite a full and slightly creamy mouthfeel. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jul 2015
at 05:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle nocciola quasi scura buon aschoiuma piuttosto persistnte buone tostature resinosa leggera zeste discreto amaro secca leggero pepato
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2015
at 09:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at mother Kellyโs. Hazed dark orange, amber coloured pour with a lasting creamy head. Aroma is earthy grains, red Berry, musty, mineral, subdued. Flavour is composed of brown bread, toast, cranberry, little earthy metallic, grainy. Palate is medium light bodied, higjish carbonation. Little hint of smoke adds nicely to the complexity.
Tried
on 07 May 2015
at 14:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Wallington 2014. It pours cloudy mahogany brown with a decent bubbly beige head. The nose is piney, resinous, red grapefruit, jammy fruit and light caramel. The taste is pretty bitter, earthly, resin, some astringency, varnish, jammy fruits with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Nice punchy hops and tasty jammy character.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2014
at 10:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ EBF14 2013, 14th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE.Unclear medium amber red color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dusty malt, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hops bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130328]
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jan 2014
at 09:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Tap East, Stratford, London
Pours slightly hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus, orange and hint of rye. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long rye, caramel and fruity finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours slightly hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus, orange and hint of rye. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long rye, caramel and fruity finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2013
at 12:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Firkin Ale House Folkestone. Clear deep mahogany. Pnw hop aroma. Good malts. I mean itโs a kind of American amber. And itโs ok. Bit burnt but ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2013
at 12:16