Original (Cask)
(Batch of Old Original)
Everards Brewery in Glenfield, Leicestershire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.29
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Also known as Old Original.
Ingredients: Maris Otter malt; Fuggles, Challenger, and Goldings hops.
Ingredients: Maris Otter malt; Fuggles, Challenger, and Goldings hops.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
13/4/2018. Cask at the Tram Depot, Cambridge. Pours copper with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, hop and fruit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, sift carbonation. Also 17/7/2025. Cask at the Wheatsheaf, Oakham. See photo.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wheatsheaf
on 17 Jul 2025
at 14:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Virgins & Castle, Kenilworth. My first try at an Everards beer. Clear amber brown with creamy off white head. Caramel malt, quite sweet and nutty but a reasonable grassy hop bite for the style. Smooth, semi-drying. Good bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Bod, Alsager (not yet listed on RateBeer) – as Old Original. Pours a hazy bright copper with minimal off-white head and good lacing. Bit of a strange aroma of brown sauce with some traditional hops thrown in. In the mouth it’s a bit hard to nail down, as almost every sip is different ! It starts off as bitter and fruity with flavour of nuts to the fore. Subsequent tastings give walnuts, marmalade, maple, hints of ginger and some underlying sweetness – not necessarily in that order. Finish is dry and slightly bitter. Despite it all, this is a decent beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2023
at 23:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Half-pint, cask at Barley Mow in Leicester. Clear amber coloured body. Decent lacing head. Moderate smell of brown mals, hints of biscuit. Taste of caramel, biscuit and moments of oily hops, Rounded mid-sweet ending. Okay. (In friendly company with Finn and jjsint, 11.02.2019).
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2019
at 09:33
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Barley Mow, Leicester, as Old Original. Light hazy brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 260717
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2017
at 07:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Barley Mow, Leicester. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, caramel, hops and little nuts. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2017
at 07:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Globe, Leicester. Dark amber with a thin white head. Light malty smell. Perhaps some overripe citrus. Sweetish malty taste with some bitterness in the finish. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Pleasant enough but not a whole lot of personality.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2017
at 12:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at The Goat and Tricycle, Bournemouth. Clear amber with a thick off white head. Aroma of toffee, red fruits, malt and biscuit. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2017
at 17:13
6/10
Tried
on 03 Feb 2017
at 15:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2016. Called Old Original. Deep amber colour with a thin white head. Aroma is rich dark fruits. Taste is caramel fruity, and bitter.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2016
at 10:35