Fistral
Atlantic Brewery (UK) in Newquay, Cornwall, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
5.66
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A strong smooth and dry premium blonde beer. Fistral is light in colour, brewed using lager malt and quite a large proportion of wheat malt, giving it a clear crisp character. The late addition of Hallertauer Mittlefruh hops gives the herbal aroma, combining well with the citrus of First Gold.
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4/10
Tried
on 11 Aug 2017
at 16:19
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - definitely very lively. Golden when it settles. Nose - cheesy and a touch of honey. Sulphur. Taste - more cheesy malt on top of stale malt. Palate - light to medium bodied and cloying. Overall - not good at all. Suspect better on cask and this can’t be what the brewer intended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2016
at 15:49
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours hazy golden, sweet toffee nose, light fruit, taste is dry, light fruit, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2014
at 13:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home ... golden yellow ... dry woody toffee malt nose ... soft floral hops ... sweet fruits ... light honery malt ... ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2014
at 13:42
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle@Yesprs (21/03/2014) - golden pour with white head. Light citrus lemon, grassy, and floral, very sweet. Not a fan.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2014
at 11:19
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
500ml clear glass bottle (boo!) from Beers of Europe. Pours hazy yellow, thin white head. Aromas are dusty, old hops, then dusty, old malt. Taste is light sweet, a bit cloying, more dust. Bit fizzy. Overall - floor sweepings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2014
at 14:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample from 50 cl. bottle. Hazy, golden colour with a white, bubbly head. Sweet aroma with fruits, bread, light cardboard and hay. Taste is light bitter. Medium body with a creamy texture. Finishes lightly bitter with bread and fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2014
at 10:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of lemons and straw.the flavor is sweet with notes of straw, and lemons, leading to a straw.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2014
at 16:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Skunky and grassy. Bitter, toasted malty and grassy. Bitter and skunky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2014
at 14:59
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml (AbM)
Slightly hazy yellow color, small white head. Light lemon, yeast and grainy paper in the nose. Light to medium bodied. Lots of similar grainy flavors like in many organic beers. And yes, this seems to be the organic beer! Lime, grass, almost ginger like hop spiceyness. Restless. I am not big fan of organic beer flavors.
Slightly hazy yellow color, small white head. Light lemon, yeast and grainy paper in the nose. Light to medium bodied. Lots of similar grainy flavors like in many organic beers. And yes, this seems to be the organic beer! Lime, grass, almost ginger like hop spiceyness. Restless. I am not big fan of organic beer flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2014
at 07:32