Wight Knight
Island Brewery (Isle of Wight Brewery) in Newport, Isle of Wight, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.13
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Strong, refreshing full of body, and dangerous if abused. Yellow in colour, but not in heart, this beer weighs all that is good in the tradition of strong English ale.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Isle Of Wight Holiday Beer#80. Another local with a shoreline setting for this one at basecamp. Easy enough going traditional tasting ale, some hoppiness within a pale ale texture and taste. Bought at Harvey's in Yarmouth.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Harveys
on 11 Sep 2025
at 16:32
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle.
Medium creamy white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2025
at 12:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2nd October 2024 Bottle in Brighstone, IOW. Just a light haze on this orange - amber beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, a smooth and very slightly honeyed sweetness. Good orangey hops, rich, a little marmalade, tastes like a lot of Goldings were used. A light cooling pine on the light finish. Old school, as are many of the IOW beers I have tasted in the IOW, but done right and they taste a helluva lot better than past experiences with shitty Camera cask. Not that cask is shitty per se, great cask is a complete joy, but gimme a good bottle or keg (or indeed keykeg) over flaccid tired cask anyday!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2024
at 18:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle bought at Lifecraft, IoW. Shared with Finn and lmojoh. Bright golden-brown body, beige bubbly head, spotty lacing. Malt-fruity aromas, bread and dusty hops. Fine balanced taste of grainy malts and moments of resinous bitterness, prolonged, rounded bitter tail. Like it. (Tromsø 21.12.2022).
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2022
at 07:24
6/10
Klar gylden med offwhite skum som varer. Aroma malt karamell humle. Smak malt karamell sirup eple. Fin fylde, saftig og moderat bitter. Flaske delt med Rune og Finn
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2022
at 16:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Klar gylden med offwhite skum som varer. Aroma malt karamell humle. Smak malt karamell sirup eple. Fin fylde, saftig og moderat bitter. Flaske delt med Rune og Finn
Tried
on 21 Dec 2022
at 15:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med lmojoh & Rune på Vervet. Gylden. Klar. Lavt tett skum. Lett maltaroma. Smaken karamell & blomster. Tørr, lett bitter avslutning.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2022
at 15:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Co-op, Sandown. Aroma has light grains, light berries and is a tad floral. Clear light brown. Thick foamy off-white head. Initial sour berry, followed by sweet sugary fruit. Bitter edge throughout. Light. Thin. Lifted by soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Enjoyable sweet bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2022
at 19:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Poured a golden with a off white frothy head. Aroma is grainy, bready, fruity. Taste is bitter forward, rich malts, bready, caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2022
at 20:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle. Clear court with a small off white head. Floral, toffee aroma. Flavour is toffee, a little stone fruit, pepper,a little metal
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2019
at 21:37