Fossil Fuel
Isle of Purbeck in Studland, Dorset, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.33
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A light amber best bitter with a fresh malt and peppery hop aroma, Fossil Fuel was the first beer brewed at the Isle of Purbeck Brewery in 2003. Balanced malt and a hop presence lead to sweetish caramel notes, cereal malts, a touch of tangy hedgerow fruit and a pleasantly dry and clean finish.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at BeerHeadz, Lincoln. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty dry, some light caramel. Light bod
Tried
from Cask
at
BeerHeadZ Lincoln
on 26 Oct 2024
at 11:23
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at SIBA organised Maltingsfest 2023 in Newton Abbot. Pours clear amber with a white cap. Aroma: malt, toast, nuts, fruity. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, fruity, hedgerow berries. Towards medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2023
at 16:16
08/06/2013. HAVEN HOTEL, SANDBANKS, Dorset, England
Tried
on 17 Dec 2022
at 07:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 27/8/2016. Amber in colour with a decent, off-white, head. Sweetish caramel notes, cereal malts, a touch of tangy hedgerow fruit and decent, bitter, finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2016
at 05:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Black Door, Helsinki. Originally rated 18062012. Colour is clear amber with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Sweetness, toffee and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2013
at 06:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at Angleterre, 20111111) The beer poured amber and clear. Aroma had sweetness and mildly berries. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, grass, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. Not so pleasant aroma but taste was ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2011
at 05:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@3rd Stortford Beer Festival, Bishops Stortford. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is quite sulphury, wooden, earthy, mildly malty and some slight spicy notes as well. Flavour is fruity, wooden and mildly resiny and spicy as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 22:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 3rd Stortford Beer Festival, British Legion Club, 28 Windhill, Bishops Stortford , England CM23 2NG.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, light to moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110729]
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 13:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Bishop’s Stortford Beer Festival 2011. An amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruit, malt, and caramel, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2011
at 02:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Hazy copper colour, small beige head. Malty and very fruity nose. Malty with good fruity flavours (peach, lemon, orange and bitter orange). Intensively hoppy in the lingering finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2008
at 10:02