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Gadds' The Ramsgate Brewery in Broadstairs, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.57
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A pale ale with a clean, fresh bitterness and a gorgeous, zesty hop flavour. It used to be a summer special but is now available late spring/summer.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a golden yellow with a small foamy white head and good lacing. The aroma has floral hops and citrus. In the mouth it starts off sweet but with some underlying bitterness, and grains to flavour. But after a while sticky citrus comes through and totally dominates the yucky finish. Not for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2023
at 18:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint on cask at the gate House.
Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness.
Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 13 Jul 2021
at 07:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear golden colour with a small frothy white head that settled. A light malt and lemony citrus aroma. A moderately sweet and citrus bitter taste, biscuity malt and lemony flavours with a lingering citrusy hop bitter finish.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2020
at 18:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with a tight cream coloured head; biscuity malt aroma; citrusy taste; and a sharp grapefruit bitterness to finish. Pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jan 2020
at 17:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
An absolutely passable citrusy, hoppy ale. Nice dry, grassy hop edge, some zesty citrus. It's not anything special but it's got a reasonably crisp taste and it knows what sort of beer it wants to be. Drinkable.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2019
at 18:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Pilgrims Progress, Bedford. Light gold, clear with a filmy uneven white head. A bit of scratchy hay aroma. Sweet notes to the taste with a sulphurous note coming in. Heavy bitterness in the finish. Not particularly keen.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2019
at 14:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours golden amber, nose is toffee, grassy, taste is similar.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Nov 2018
at 07:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Hanging Bat. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - orange and cake. Taste - candied orange, burnt raisin. Light toast. Palate - crunchy medium bodied. Long linger. Overall - good. Impressed that ESB style was rolled out under 5%.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2018
at 13:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
24th Aug 2018; gravity poured half-pint at the 22nd Codsall Station Beer Festival. One of the best beers I had during the day. Light golden pour, wispy topping. Mild citrus aroma and taste with a biscuit like maltiness throughout. Just a good beer all round really.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2018
at 09:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF’16, day one, 09/08/16. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white head. Nose is citric sherbets, bread dough, straw, tangerine. Taste comprises toasted grains, soft bread, pale malts, orange peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok stuff, light citric hop notes, more like a strong golde than an ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2016
at 11:59