Warrior
Elgood's Brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.50
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A blend of finest Pale Ale, Amber and Crystal malt is used for the fruity malty flavour and generous portions of English Hop varieties (Challenger, Goldings and Fuggles) give a well developed hop character.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, dark fruits, nuts, biscuits, citrus, flora & malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2025
at 10:01
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Spotty beige head on a reddish brown coloured body.
Toffee, berry & malt aroma.
Medium bodied, soft on the tongue thinning out to a cloying back.
Berries, bready, pear, clove, woody & malt tastes with a tangy finish.
It's one of them that would be way better from Cask.
Toffee, berry & malt aroma.
Medium bodied, soft on the tongue thinning out to a cloying back.
Berries, bready, pear, clove, woody & malt tastes with a tangy finish.
It's one of them that would be way better from Cask.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2025
at 22:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the ledger building Canary wharf. A mostly clear amber brown coloured pour with a a sticky off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, dried green apple, nutty toffee malts, some alcohol. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, toffee twiggy malts, tangy green apple, raisin, stale bread. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2023
at 18:40
7/10
Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a clear chestnut colour with a thin soapy looking off-white head. Aromas of dry dark fruits, toffee, caramel and toasty brown bread. Taste has more dark fruits, toffee, butterscotch, peppery spice and more toasty brown bread. A touch of roasted malts and lots of earthy hops on the finish. Medium body, average carbonation and slightly oily mouthfeel. Quite a decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2022
at 20:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Light brown colour with quick fading head. Aroma and flavour have some floral hop notes. Some nice dried fruits add sweetness.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2018
at 21:19
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at the standing order. Pours hazy golden, nose is floral, light orange, taste is sweet, floral, grassy.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2018
at 09:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2018. Deep gold in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Leafy hops. some hedgerow fruits, digestive malts, leading to a decently bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2018
at 09:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ JDW Shrewsbury Hotel. Pours clear amber, no head or lacing remaining whatsoever. Malt on the nose. Watery on the palate, overly bitter, burnt woody, awful.. seems badly kept, rated objectively.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2018
at 12:53
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Amber with a lasting beige head and a light fizz. Vanilla, caramel, peardrops, cough mixture and artificial strawberry. A little fake chocolate in there too. Strawberry cream chocolates is what I'm thinking. Rather sweet, with just a vague hint of earth that fails to balance it. Slightly odd, can't decide if I like this one or not, although on reflection I think probably not. Definitely too high on the peardrops in the aftertaste. Might be better spiced up and used as a Christmas beer?
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2018
at 21:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2017
at 17:13