Huntsman's Ale
Tetley Brewery in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.99
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Named after the Tetley’s huntsman, this pale chestnut premium ale rides out at 4.2% ABV. Robust & full bodied, with a firm, malty base. A sleek hint of complexity follows, the recipe drawing on a warming nip of Guyana sugar - specially formulated for Tetley’s. The characteristic country charm of the Northdown hop canters across the palate, for a rosy glow after a brisk chase to the finish.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle, pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruit, berries, caramel, brown sugar & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 15:09
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from a local supermarket. Poured clear amber with an average sized off-white head. Aroma of malt and caramel. Moderate sweetness and light bitterness. Light body, thin texture. Carbonation is soft. Not impressed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2017
at 14:11
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle from B&M Canterbury. I mean I could say what it smelt or tasted like but that would take away from the experience of drinking this beer. It’s a brown British bitter with some cardboard and ultimately not very good. What it is is a throwback. A throwback when all a British drinker wanted was something that wasn’t off or infected. The cardboard in this could keep Amazon in packing cases for 3 months. It’s laughably awful. Nothing wrong in terms if infection just a terrible flavour. Joshua Tetley must be spinning in his grave so fast he could power a small town.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Nice wooded sweetened bitterness in its aroma, Clear light brown appearance. Dry texture.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2012
at 13:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle drank on the train from London to Paris. Pours clear, brown-gold with a creamy froth head. Aroms holds leaves, toasted caramel, berries, grapes. Light sweet flavor with soft, toasted leaves, faint earth, toasted wholegrain bread, some ripe peach, toasty sugars. Light bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Light malts to finish, leafy bitterness, faint brown sugar, grains, semi-dark and ripe fruits, faint demerara sugar. A very acceptable bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2012
at 03:55
8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bardzo wytrawny i gożki angielski bitter. Głęboki bursztynowy kolor i minimalna pianka. Zero gazu. Wytrawny smak dominuje i długo utrzymuje się na podniebieniu. Ładna etykieta
Tried
on 18 Jul 2012
at 13:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown 500ml bottle, best before 27 Jan 2012, poured into a UK pint straight sleeve glass on 15 June 2011. Good looking beer, amber/chestnut brown, clean and clear. A full lightly tanned head sat proudly on top. The back label mentions dark Guyana sugar as an ingrediant and the beer did give off a semi-sweet molasses aroma. Certainly more malty in the smells than any hop content. The taste like the smell is more malt than hops, but the Northdown hop in the brew does appear, as a bitterness arrives towards the end when the mouth begins to dry after each sip. Not bad at all, the 4.2%ABV sits well within the brew and it is fairly well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2012
at 04:11
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, malt extract. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, cardboard, malt extract. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20111211]
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2012
at 08:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Tesco.....Light amber brown, white frothy head. Not a lot on the nose but there is sweet malt, bready malt, very light grass hop. Taste of bread malt, light caramel, some light grassy spicy hop - not a lot of flavour but tastes fine. Palate - soft carb, bittersweet, bit thin, not a lot in the finish. Overall...I though this was not going to be good. It’s rather boring and non-descript but it isn’t too bad at all. Just a standard brown bitter, slightly above average, with no nasty flavours. Not a lot in the aroma and flavour but what’s there is quite pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2011
at 06:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle. Amber with a dense cream head and light carbonation; malty aroma with a touch of sulphur; straightforward malty flavour; with some light hops and a biscuity finish. Not bad for a pasteurised beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2011
at 01:44