Bitter Winter
Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter|
Score
6.35
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This style is the highest gravity offering in the bitters family, which originating as the draft range of English pale ales. Strong bitters work well as a choice for the winter warmer. Richly flavoured with bold malt and hop bitterness, medium bodied with a fruity estery character. Idea for those chilling winter evenings standing at the log fire of your local.
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13/12/2017. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 25 Feb 2023
at 07:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ White Hart, Todmorden. Clear golden with a creamy head. Has a grittier tasting tropical fruitiness with a strength to it that leads to caramels evident in both its aroma and aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Feb 2018
at 00:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
6 3 7 3 13 Cask at Cricketer’s Arms. Clear amber with a small off white head. Aroma of malt, dough, fruits, light herbal notes and caramel. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2018
at 02:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at the Three Horseshoes Waddington. Amber colour with sweet caramel malts and fruit. Taste is similar with a medium body
Tried
on 24 Dec 2017
at 09:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Last Post, Southend-on-Sea, on 20th December 2017. Copper with shallow greyish foam an scant lacing. A distinctly sweet caramel malt aroma. Malty in-mouth with toffee and berry fruits. A lactic transient at the end of the liquid drain, followed by a sweet finish with just a hint of citrus. Light body and mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2017
at 15:25
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Playhouse, Colchester. Pours amber brown with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma of malt, fruit, hop, caramel, plastic and a very light spice edge. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, slight oily and creamy texture, soft to fine carbonation. Drinkable but not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2017
at 07:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. A dark amber pour with a loose white head; earthy caramel aroma; sweet malty caramel taste with a light spicy bitterness; but a rather thin finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2017
at 08:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Amber and dark with a foamy beige head. Malty and slightly chocolatey. Lots of caramel malty sweetness. Quite good.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2015
at 06:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask. Reddish amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel, some wood, resin, mild floral and nutty notes. Flavour is very similar, but also has a nice bitterness to it as well as some fruits and mild sappy notes. Not all too "Wintery" as such...
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jan 2015
at 13:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - cloudy amber with a decent head. Nose - fruit cake, in particular a plum note. Taste - more of the same, light biscuit finish. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - best Caledonian beer I’ve had in a long time.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2015
at 08:05