Premium (Cheltenham SPA Special Premium Ale)
Battledown Brewery in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.22
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Premium is the prominent word on the pump clip; SPA is the prominent word on the bottle.
A medium bodied deep amber beer, with malt and fruit overtones and a balancing bitterness from the hops.
A medium bodied deep amber beer, with malt and fruit overtones and a balancing bitterness from the hops.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear amber with small off-white head. Clear aroma of hops with fruity and flowery notes. Bitter, hoppy taste with notes of roasted nuts and malt and fruit. A little watery but quite ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2013
at 08:36
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 4.6%. Papery and nutty aroma. Clear amber colour, hint of grey. Small frothy off-white head. The flavour is grainy and nutty with a strange liquorice, aniseed note. Rough bitterness in the finish, but not too distinct.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2013
at 08:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, nutty and moderate hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 100712
Tried
on 10 Jul 2012
at 10:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Tesco, Henley. A dark amber por with a attracive beige head rapidly falling back to a thin film; earthy malt aroma; lively in the mouth with a intense fruity malt flavour, that then becomes drier and nutty; with some gentle hops to finish. Surprising good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2012
at 05:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml Clear bottle: best before Apr 2013, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on Sunday 10 June 2012. Nice brown, deep amber coloured body: on top an off-white head sat on top. Malty, nutty aroma and taste with a spritzy, well carbonated bodyfeel a slight hop bitterness appears towards the end of each sip, but this is a malt first brew, the hops important but secondary in prominence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2012
at 11:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (as Cheltenham SPA). Deep golden/amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is caramel and crystal malts with some mild riped fruits, wood and mild herbal notes. Flavour is similar along with some resiny and grassy bitterness. A bit mouthdrying as for the palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jan 2012
at 23:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Angleterre, 20111031) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, molasses and sulphur. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, sulphur, hint of smoke, hops, molasses and bitterness. Aftertaste had malts, smoke and bitterness. Nice bitter and even the suplhur wasn’t disturbing.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2011
at 06:53
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandClear medium to dark amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101201]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2011
at 14:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
1st December 2010
Pigs Ear. Clear brown beer. No real head on it. Toffeeish malt. A little dried fruit and tangy hops. Okay.
Pigs Ear. Clear brown beer. No real head on it. Toffeeish malt. A little dried fruit and tangy hops. Okay.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2010
at 05:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Market Porter, London Bridge, London, 24 Nov 2010) Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, toast and marmalade. Malty, slightly nutty taste with notes of dried fruit, roasted nuts, toast and a touch of bitter orange marmalade. Decent bitterness in the finish. Medium body, balanced sweetness. Fairly nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2010
at 07:10