Sainsbury's Firecrest

Firecrest

 

Sainsbury's in Holborn, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production
Score
5.68
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 9
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7
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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