Fallen Angel Brewery (prev. Broxbourne) College Cluster Ale

College Cluster Ale

 

Fallen Angel Brewery (prev. Broxbourne) in Writtle, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production
Score
5.34
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 8
A wonderful light ale brewed using a very rare hop grown just for us in Sussex. This hop College Cluster has not been used commercially since about 1900.
 

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6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

1st February 2010
Very slightly hazy amber beer. White suddy head. Sourish nose, fruity and with some vinegar. Crisp palate turning frothy. Sour but not overly so. There is a little blackcurrant here with well buried peach and mildly bitter orange in the finish. Weird bitter but not unpleasant.

Tried on 05 Jun 2012 at 17:05


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle.Golden-orange colour with an off-white head. aroma is citrus, malt, , berries. flavour is sour, malt, citrus, berries. Infected.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2011 at 23:18


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, soured milk. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and light bitter with a average to long duration, citrus acidic - lacto. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110319]

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2011 at 14:26


3.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. An unclear, golden-orange beer with some microfloaties and a finger-thick off-white head. Milkysour nose with a lemony touch. Some candy-like tropical fruits too. Medium body, effervescent and dry. The flavor is bretty and lemony, way better than the aroma but still not superb in any way. Some bitterness. Sure gone bad, but it was sort of tasteful anyway. Don’t feel an urge to repeat it though. 110319

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2011 at 13:58


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle @ Denmark/Norway Tasting @ Ulfborg 2011. Courtesy of Fonefan. Pours cloudy orange with floaties and a large fluffy white head. Tart and lacto like flavor. Fruit and berries. Ends dry and bitter. Off.. Yet drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2011 at 13:54


4.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

500ml bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring. Unusual artwork on the bottle! Hazy straw colour with a thick billowing white head; yeasty aroma with tart fruit; more tartness in the mouth, it’s really quite sour, but also sweet and lactic, a bit like a boiled sweet. Not at all pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2008 at 11:58


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml Bottle - Dark golden/amber in colour with a lively and foamy head. Dry and slightly tart aroma with some fruity hints, a slightly soapy element and a faint strawberry hint. Fruity and slightly taste with some more hints of strawberry and a sweet and sour finish which is also lightly hoppy. A hint of strawberries and cream lingers in the finish too.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2008 at 05:22


3.8
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Bottle at home ... Oh this one really isnt right ... clowdy yellow orange ... and sour all the way through... most disapointing

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2008 at 12:40