Yachtsman's Ale
Island Brewery (Isle of Wight Brewery) in Newport, Isle of Wight, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.24
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Even you landlubbers can enjoy the great taste of the Yachtsmans ale! The addition of roasted malt produces a rich brown beer and mouthfeel, counterbalanced by sufficient hops to rise to the nose and refresh the throat of the most parched of sailors in a subtle complexity of flavours and texture.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with JMD on board Fridtjofen 27.04.17. Clear dark goldenb. Diminishing white head and lacing. Friuity hops and fine malt in taste. Slightly metallic bitterness. Good drinkabilty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2017
at 13:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flaske (thanks, Cimbasso!) delt med Ovesen ombord på Fridtjofen: klar, mørk kobbergylden med flott skum som varer. Kjeks, malt, toffee, urter i aroma og smak. Vegetal bitterhet, ganske lang ettersmak. Slank og meget lettdrikkelig.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2017
at 13:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle: BBD 7th Sep 17. Ist beer on a ’random tasting evening’ with myself on 17th Mar 17. Poured slowly into an Abbot Ale badged glass tankard at home. Looked lovely, mahogany body, bright, clean and clear, full inch high foaming blanket of white bubbles. Malty lead in both the nose and taste, good bitterness flavour wise, some toffee esters early on. Nice balance here, hop bitter, yet malty and nutty notes pushing a semi-sweetness. Slightly over carbonated, but not enough to make the beer ’fizzy’. Liked it. Obtained from Greenhams Off Licence in Ryde, IoW.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2017
at 13:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Clear amber, small head. Bready nose with some strawberry. Dry with light body and crisp, somewhat spritzy mouthfeel. Lightly resiny finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2016
at 11:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled 500ml (from IOW shop)
Clear amber color, small white head. Light riped fruits and hops in the nose. Light-bodied. Pale malty, grassy bitterness with dry piney finish. Typical English ale. Ok.
Clear amber color, small white head. Light riped fruits and hops in the nose. Light-bodied. Pale malty, grassy bitterness with dry piney finish. Typical English ale. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2016
at 15:19
5/10
Tried
on 18 Jun 2016
at 11:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle split with Sarah at home. Thanks to Sarah for picking this up from the island. Aroma is big dirty silage, fermenting grass, hop matter, veg, dirty hay, some unrefined sugars. Clear mid amber coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Flavour is composed of slight unrefined sugars, dirty grass, straw, sileage, dirty grassy. Assertive rough bitterness. Palate is dry and some minerality, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2015
at 15:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Isle Of Wight Holiday Beer#42. First tried at the Burnley Beer Festival 2015. Copper coloured with a malty nose and a more balanced hop-malt taste first time around. Session golden, still well-balanced, maybe a bit more on the hoppy side of things second time around. Enjoyed on the banks of the River Medina.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bargemans Rest
on 13 Sep 2015
at 10:10
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On gravity at the White Lion, Bristol, January 2015. Deep gold with a slight, off-white, head. Sweet, caramel and bready malts, apricot fruits and short, bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2015
at 02:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Waterfront Inn, IoW during the Isle of Wight Jolly. Pours clear, amber-gold with a white foam head. The nose has lightly sweaty grains with secondary leafy notes. Light sweet flavor with some decent citrusy hops, orange, grainy bread, light earth and leaves, some peppery aspect. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Moderate sweetness to finish with more toasted grains and mild rindy orange. Decent bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2014
at 14:46