Capstan
Red Rock Brewery (UK) in Teignmouth, Devon, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter|
Score
6.32
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A full-flavoured, full-strength winter brew – rich, robust and malty to start. Northern Brewer and Goldings hops, with a hint of Cascade, give the hearty brew a complex depth with flavours of caramel, liquorice and chocolate and overtones of roasted coffee and blackcurrant – a truly delicious beer.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Darts Farm Shop. Pours brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, liquorice, toffee & caramel malt. Medium body. Malty finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2025
at 13:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rocky off white head on a chestnut coloured body. Fruity sweet malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & soft on the tongue with lighter cloying back. Toffee, raisin, malt & aniseed tastes with lightly hopped fruity finish. Decent quaffer although a bit high in the ABV for quaffing on a school night.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2022
at 20:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from my local Morrison's. Pours amber with a ruby tinge with an off white cap. Caramel malts, light sweet & bitter, marmalade hints and hedgerow berries. Medium body with average carbonation
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 10 Apr 2022
at 21:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle swap from @BlackHaddock. Pours a reddish amber with a small off-white head. Malts to the fore in the aroma with hints of fudge and ginger. Smooth, creamy and slightly sweet in the mouth. Malts are there again along with spices, overripe fruit and a base of caramel and toffee. The spices linger in the dry finish. This is rather nice – and very drinkable for the strength.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2021
at 16:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Clear dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and oxidized. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 090220
Tried
on 09 Feb 2020
at 22:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sample courtesy Grumbo. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, nuts, old hops, malt and has a sweet finish.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2020
at 22:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
27/1/2020. Bottle from Topsham Wines, Topsham. Pours mid-brown with minimal head. Aroma of malt, caramel, biscuit, molasses and a touch of fruit. Medium plus sweetness, low bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet and malty finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2020
at 18:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Morrison's Supermarket in Tiverton, Devon. Best before Apr 2019. Drank at my brothers front garden on 20th July 2018 in the afternoon sun. Red hue to the amber body, off-white blanket of bubbles on top. Malty front to the nose and taste, semi-sweet throughout, my sweet tooth taking an instant liking. Caramel and Marmalade in both the aroma and flavour, light hop bitterness late on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2018
at 19:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Sidmouth Wines, Sidmouth. Dark amber-red with an uncontrollable thick bubbly-frothy head. It’s a sweetened strong ale, with a bitterness apparent, but its mild fruitiness is a little more stated than this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2016
at 12:02
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. @ [ (Easter "Flags of many nations" Tasting) by Chriso - London ].Clear medium amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, flowers, wood notes. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, flowers, sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130331]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2013
at 00:59