Ventnor Botanic Garden Tropic Ale
Yates' Brewery in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Special Out of Production|
Score
5.92
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First Ventnor Botanic Garden beer initially brewed by Yates’ for GBBF 2012. Bottled range later brewed by Goddards.
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5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, plastic, nutty, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, plastic. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120807]
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2013
at 09:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2012, London. Pours clear gold with a light foam head. Tangy lemon nose, some hay. Light sweet flavor, some hay, dirt and straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Toasty hay finish, faint sweetness. Basic. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2012
at 01:20
4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
8th August 2012
GBBF. Light haze on this gold beer, little white head. Light dry palate. Soapy malt - pretty gross. This must be badly infected surely? Dry finish. Love the idea of the little hop garden - need to try a non infected batch.
GBBF. Light haze on this gold beer, little white head. Light dry palate. Soapy malt - pretty gross. This must be badly infected surely? Dry finish. Love the idea of the little hop garden - need to try a non infected batch.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2012
at 09:08
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask@GBBF2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, quite rubbery and sulphury with mild herbal notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, herbal and sweet malty with some mild sulphur as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Aug 2012
at 23:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF. It pours golden yellow-amber, with a medium white head. The nose is juicy tropical fruit: banana, pineapple, mango and such like. The taste is pineapple, orange, tangerine, pithy, caramel and banana, with a bitter-sweet finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Smooth, well balanced and tasty. Good stuff!
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2012
at 04:28