Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group) Christmas Steps

Christmas Steps

 

Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group) in Wrington, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter Winter
Score
6.42
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Best Maris Otter is blended with Vienna malt to give the beer a reddish hue. Challenger and Bramling Cross hops are used, the latter delivering a distinctive and fruity blackcurrant finish.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2016 - From the cask, pours brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of dark berries, chocolate, nuts & malt. Moderate body. Sweet finish

Tried from Cask on 09 Feb 2025 at 11:47


29/11/2012. BONAPARTES CAFE BAR, Temple Meads Station, BRISTOL, Bristol, England (SELECT SERVICE PARTNERS)

Tried on 15 Nov 2022 at 15:03


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at JDW Bishop Vesey; clear copper pour with a frothy off white head, dark fruit and malt aroma, taste has a hint of chocolate , malts and dark fruit of the blackberry variety.

Tried from Cask on 19 Dec 2014 at 12:05


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask handpull at County Hotel jdw Ashford. Mid brown amber colour thin beige head. Good malty flavour a little light chocolate a bit like a Christmas cake malt flavour. It’s decent enough best bitter.

Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2014 at 05:24


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Darker red brown ale, slightly clouded with a small head. Robust with an excellent fusion of malts and winter fruited hops. Medium bodied

Tried on 27 Dec 2012 at 06:58


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ The Windmill - JDW, Stansted Airport - Airside, Stansted, England CM24 1QN.Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, nutty peel, light to moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, orange, dusty bitter, hop & peel bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110103]

Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2011 at 11:19


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley. Bright copper in colour with a thin beige head; rich fruity malt aroma; the flavour with malty, dry and earthy, with some winter fruit and raw sugar; there’s a tangy, prolonged finish with some dry grassy hops and a touch of warming spice. Very pleasant.

Tried from Cask on 16 Dec 2010 at 01:43


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at Colston’s Yard, Bristol 11/12/09. Deep gold in colour with a frothy white head. Aroma of sweet malts, oranges and a touch of citrus hops. Flavour was much the same, with decent cereal malts, apricots and a hoppy, dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 12 Dec 2009 at 05:31