Gamekeepers Bitter / New Zealand Bitter
Fallen Angel Brewery (prev. Broxbourne) in Writtle, Essex, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.06
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
23rd October 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Amber coloured beer. Malty crisp start segues in to a mid bitter hop finish. Okay.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml Bottle - Dark gold/amber. Slightly sweet and malty aroma with hints of strawberry and vanilla. Toffee, nuts, spicy malt and dried fruit feature in the taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at my sisters ... Ok this bottle went off like a rocket, but maybe i didnt let it settle long enough so i will give it benefit of doubt... Brown hazy orange ... huge fluffy white head ... ornagy sour tang ... i dont think this is right. Drinkable but not right...... Saying that its growing on me... It got a tart zingy bitterness ... with a nice citrus backbone to it with some lime and grapefruit... quite drying id originally scored it at 2.9 but think uping it to 3.4 after getting into it. cask at bow .. ruby coppper ... big tan head ... soft berry toffee fruit nose ... big juicy berry fruits ... soft sweet malts ...nice rounded ... light bitterness 3.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[i] [b] Bottle, Dodgy Deli, Cowley Road, Oxford, had this 03-01-08 [/i] [/b] Cloudy orange pour with huge white fluffy head. Sour fruity tang the bitterness carries through the mouth. Some really grapefruit pithy qualities, even some yeastiness showing. I’m not convinced this beer is meant to taste like this as aside from the rating below me by Leaparsons I don’t recognise the beer that I’ve had suffice to say it’s described as having a bitter tang, that it does. I actually didn’t mind it though wonder whether it was at its best?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at London Gathering Nov 2005. Cloudy dark brown beer with no head. Some choc malt, some lemon acids. Pretty good bitter, but just ok. Expected more intense NZ hops from the name of it to be honest