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Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
7.30
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Premium bitter with insane hop aroma. Grapefruit and berry flavours before a citrus bitter finish.
Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Cascade
Colour: Amber. Available - March.
Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Cascade
Colour: Amber. Available - March.
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Tried
on 13 Jan 2023
at 06:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at the Cardinals Hat Lincoln. Pale Amber colour with a white head. Aroma light juicy citrus. Taste light sweet. Medi to full body. Nice.
Tried
on 29 May 2017
at 07:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Craft 100 - fall 2016. Pours clear gold with a bubbly head. The nose holds pale, grainy malts, faint leaves, light aged orange rind. Light sweet flavour with moderate grassy bitterness, more citrus rind, dried pale malts. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with more grassy hops, pale malts, hay. Enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2016
at 14:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask in London. Intense hoppy floral beginning. Rich, round, refreshing with lots of floral hops. Citrus, pine, moderate bitter aftertaste. Fascinating deep and floral.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2016
at 07:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Handpull cask at the Wellington Arms, Bedford. Golden brown, clear with a thin almost-white head on top. Pithy grapefruit aroma with some floral notes and biscuit malt. Ambrosial taste. Sweet without being sickly, and just held back by the bittering hop. Soft waves of citrus wash over the tongue to the balances, grapefruit-laden finish. Medium body, smooth texture. An absolute gem of a beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2016
at 15:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask handpump at The Oakham Brewery Tap, Peterborough, Friday 9th January 2015 on Whittlesey Straw Bear weekend (we stopped at Peterborough Central Travelodge) Pours warm gold, superb clarity, wow this looks and tastes bloody excellent, to complete the picture there is a slim white head atop. Initially I get soapy hops bit indistinct but after a while a real fruitiness and a lingering bitter bite. This is just marvellous, its superbly fresh as you would expect at The Brewery Tap. I am getting big hoppy burps, which make me smile, this is absolutely excellent. A8 A5 T8 P4 Ov16 4.1
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2015
at 01:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear ’14, day 1, 02/12/14. Golden amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is citric pith, floral notes, caramel, bitter orange. Taste comprises earthy hops, bitter orange, citric pith, light floral, melon. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Decent hoppy number.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2015
at 16:13
8/10
Tried
on 28 Oct 2014
at 15:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head. Nose - lemon and grapefruit with a gentle malty backdrop. Taste - tangy lemon and a hint of toffee and biscuits but just a hint. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - yep good though not sure it fits into ESB perfectly.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2014
at 16:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours clear pale gold, thin white head. Light citrus and floral aromas. Taste is light bitter. Light body, thin finish, but a nice session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2014
at 07:18