Golden Brown
Butts Brewery in Hungerford, Berkshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.35
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Obviously potent with a slight spiciness from the hop variety.
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07/12/2002. BELL, 103 Walcot Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 16 Nov 2022
at 07:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle from Inn At Home, Newbury. Aroma is sweet and perfumed. Dark fruit and marzipan and spice. It is golden brown, I guess. Thin creamy off-white head soon develops a bald patch. Initial touch of low key sweetness, followed by a spicy sourness. Underlying bitter core. Light bodied. Thin. Fizzy carbonation. Dry finish with a touch of the astringent. After the aroma I was expecting a rich English Strong Ale type of affair. However the final beer is more like on of those ESBs that oldschool breweries roll out for Christmas. And it's so thin. But after all that it's OK, better than a twiggy bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2021
at 18:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
5/2/2019. Bottle from Grumpy Goat, Reading. Pours bright amber with a large foamy off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, hops, fruit and biscuit. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2019
at 21:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Toasted malty, toasted and breadish. Light caramelish and dry malty finish. Ends dry and slight bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2014
at 15:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some bitterness. Has a fruity malty bitter caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2014
at 03:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Cask.
Where: GBBF 2014.
Appearance: Amber colour with a small off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, floral, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: A bit of caramel, floral, fruit.
Where: GBBF 2014.
Appearance: Amber colour with a small off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, floral, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: A bit of caramel, floral, fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Oct 2014
at 04:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ GBBF day 3. Clear rusty orange color, average sized beige head. Donโt get a lot of aroma. Taste malts, a hint of raisins, a hint of wood, lightly bitter, slightly caramel, quite dry. Average body and carbonation.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2014
at 03:26
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask - Twiggy bitterness and a bit of dark malts. Cloudy copper with a beige head. Bitter twig with a long finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2014
at 06:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, malty. Flavour is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2011
at 14:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Golden amber colour with a small head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, some mild floral, wooden and grassy notes. Flavour is fruity, wooden, floral, mildly nutty and also some slight grassy dry bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2011
at 22:14