Blood Alley Bitter
Russell Brewing Company in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Special|
Score
6.69
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Blood Alley Bitter is an Extra Special Bitter named after a notorious cobblestone laneway in Vancouver’s Gastown district.
At 50 ibu this beer is slightly higher in bitterness than the average ESB but it is well balanced by the rich roasted malt flavours
At 50 ibu this beer is slightly higher in bitterness than the average ESB but it is well balanced by the rich roasted malt flavours
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Tasting by fiulijn ].Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty notes, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, dusty grass. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, salty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110916]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2011
at 10:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. a dark amber beer with an off-white head. the aroma has notes of malt and caramel. the flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a lightly bitter finish. Thanks fiulijn for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2011
at 02:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Slightly hazy golden with medium off-white head. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, hops, bitter and a little citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2011
at 00:12
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of light bitter hops, light toasted caramel and biscuit. Flavour of quite bittering and intense English hops balanced by lightly toasted English malts. Not overly thrilling though decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2011
at 18:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Nice rising off-white head and a decent brown-amber body. Aroma is a very hoppy and bitter affair with nothing else. Flavour is hoppy bitterness with something like bone soup stock in there, and an odd meaty aftertaste. Maybe that’s where the pig on the bottle comes from. Or maybe it’s boiled egg - yeah, a boiled egg aftertaste. Either way, that aftertaste is dragging it down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2011
at 16:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I agree, this is more of an IPA than an ESB, but they insist it is an ESB, so thats how I entered it. Sparkling amber,small beige head.Piney citrus hop nose.Citrus hop fore, light malt mid, long lasting medium hop bitterness in finish. Needs more malt backbone and less prickly carbonation for the style.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2011
at 14:52