Original (Cask)
(Batch of Old Original)
Everards Brewery in Glenfield, Leicestershire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.28
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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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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Orange colour, off-white head. Aroma is light caramel malts, bit hoppy. Flavour is light malted, caramel, bit hoppy and slightly sour. Mild bitter finish. Average.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2010
at 04:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@The Tram Depot, Cambridge. Amber colour, small creamy longlasting head. Aroma is sweet malty, fruity, wooden and quite bready. Flavour is much the same along with some herbs and spices.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2010
at 11:07
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask conditioned handpull at Postal Order, JDW, Worcester. Chestnut, slight hae, thick beige head. It’s a decent slightly herby strong bitter. OK hops. Quite spicy and reminds me a bit of some hard candy sugar sweets in terms of flavour. OK
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2009
at 12:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Moon and Spoon (JDW), Slough. Gold with a dense off-white head; malty aroma; full-bodied with a malty flavour and a peppery bitterness to finish. Better than most Everards I’ve tried.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2009
at 12:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol 28/10/09. Copper coloured with a decent white head. Red fruit and caramel, with some doughy malts, a touch of earthiness and bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2009
at 09:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
cask edinburgh ...copper ... light fruity hop nose ... sweet malty fruit light sweet hop ... little dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2009
at 06:23
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Light spiced and malty aroma. Flavour is smooth malty with a light bitterness coming through. Bitter and dry malty finish. Smooth yet somewhat flat and towards dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2008
at 07:07
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Royal Blenheim, Oxford. Pours a clear amber color with a small white head. Sweet malty fruity aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with some caramel hints. Sweet malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2007
at 05:38
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Virgins & Castle, CV8, Kenilworth. Clear medium amber color with a small creamy / fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is fruity, toffee, light apple or honey ? Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. (Fruit / toffee sweet). Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2007
at 07:05
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at The Fat Cat Norwich 25 Sep 2006. Dark golden coloured. A small head that lasts. Faint fruity aroma. Fruity flavour: Prunes..
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2006
at 14:47