Firecrest
Sainsbury's in Holborn, Greater London, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.68
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
From 2010 file notes. Poured gold. Fruit aroma. Tastes citrus. Light hop. Liked it.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2014
at 17:44
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml. clear glass [ Vintage BBF 0505 ]. Clear medium yellow amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, oxidide, paper. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, toffee, malty, oxidide. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110615]
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 06:39
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is brady malts, some fruits, mild oxidized notes as well as some toffeeish notes. Flavour is sweet malty, toffee, mild oxidised notes. Mild cardboard as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2011
at 10:02
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
an Orange coloured ale, with a citrusy hop aroma and a drying orangy bitter flavour
Tried
on 02 May 2007
at 06:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Clear, golden with a dense, white head. Malty aroma with some fruityness and alcohol. Alcohol-saturated flavor with malt, fruity hops and thats it. Seems like the ABV is the goal with this beer, but it shouldn’t be necassary to let it be this pronounced. Warming and medium to thin mouthfeel, and the alcohol comes through in the finish as well. Drinkable but not too successful. (060815)
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 15:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml Bottle from Sainsbury’s 14-04-06. Nice clear golden appearance and for a pasterurised beer not too bad , pretty good bitterness and the hops are quite present throughout, quite easy drinking despite the abv and a reasonably decent beer all told.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2006
at 02:16
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Deep golden, small head. Fruity and syrupy, sweet with rounded mouthfeel. medium bodied with notes of metal and honey as well as some grassy hops. Fails to catch my interest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2006
at 11:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Did not expect much after the Osprey by the same brewery but this was different. Copper colour with sulphur and citurs hop nose. Some caramel and then a long dry hop citric finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2005
at 18:29
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden colour, white head. Wheat-aroma, like a pilsener. Little salty flavour, quite flat.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2003
at 13:45