Maxim Brewery Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising

 

Maxim Brewery in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production
Score
6.15
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 11
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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Notes found recently from a 2010 Wetherspoon Beer Festival. Slightly weak body but still full of flavour.

Tried on 26 Jul 2014 at 16:11


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

Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light caramel and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 040412

Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2012 at 11:45


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of flowery hops and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of butterscotch, caramel, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2012 at 07:56


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

Cask (handpump) @ The Alexander Graham Bell (JDW), 128 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 4JZ.Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, creamy to frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain - caramel, straw notes, light hoppy, orange - citrus notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, burnt caramel bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101031]

Tried from Cask on 29 Jun 2011 at 14:34


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From cask at The Society Room. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and toffee malty. Dry malty, toffee and mild fruity hoppy flavoured. Bitter and dry into the finish.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2010 at 01:47


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

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading] Amber, moderate off-white head, slight fizz. Floral hops with a hint of citrus, moderate bitterness. Decent enough bitter.

Tried from Cask on 05 Nov 2010 at 16:54


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. Golden amber with a loose translucent head; apple aroma; medium body with a sweet grainy malt flavour; then some sour bitter hops to finish. A reasonable golden ale.

Tried from Cask on 04 Nov 2010 at 17:50


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

cask at standing order ... copper .. creamy off white head ... soft fruit malt ... little berry nose... light toffee malts .... little blackcurrant ...

Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2010 at 05:15


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

Cask handpull at Westgate, JDW, Canterbury. Brown/russet. Some caramel, some hop on finish. It’s a bitter. Touch of wateryness. It’s a bitter. Some sting on finish.

Tried from Cask on 31 Oct 2010 at 03:37


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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 25/10/10. Amber coloured with a slight, off-white head. Cereal malt aroma with a touch of fruit. Flavour was also malty, with a decent bitter finish. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 31 Oct 2010 at 01:51