Navvy
Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) in Heywood, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.14
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
21st April: opening of the refurbished ‘Elephant and Castle’ in Dawley, Shropshire. Hand pulled pint of a golden misty body, on top a thin crown of white bubbles sat throughout the tasting. The smell was of citrusy hops with floral overtones, only a suggestion of malts in the nose. The taste was a pleasant blend of those aforementioned hop flavours and a malt caramel feel. Body depth fine for the alcohol content: an OK beer but no world beater.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2012
at 07:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2011. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mild floral and resiny notes. Flavour is caramel malts, some wood, mild burnt wood, some earth and herbs as well. Pleasantly bitter finish, but gets a bit ruined by a rather metallicness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2011
at 22:36
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Black Lion, 65 Chapel Street, Salford, Greater Manchester M3 5BZ, England.Clear medium yellow to orange color with a small average, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus - cat piss. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100425]
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2010
at 08:15
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Gold colour. Vague aroma, maybe some caramel taste. A little bit of burnt electrical phenols, but also a lot of fruitiness and some minerals late. Plenty of character, but at no point coalescing into anything I actually want.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2010
at 13:05
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
27th October 2010
Spoons Fest! But not a fest beer! Clear gold beer with a residual white head. Fresh hop bitterness but with a touch of sulphur. Lingering bitter hop aftertaste. Tiny bit of sweet orange and minerals. Dry.
Spoons Fest! But not a fest beer! Clear gold beer with a residual white head. Fresh hop bitterness but with a touch of sulphur. Lingering bitter hop aftertaste. Tiny bit of sweet orange and minerals. Dry.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2010
at 02:03
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask, Hoylake Lights. Golden with thin white head. Appropriately named as this is very workmanlike, and while solid enough is lacking in any real finesse. Next please, don’t let your work boots muddy the carpet on the way out.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2008
at 13:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.Pale gold with a loose white head; citrus aroma; strong sharp grapefruit flavour; full and dry at first then becoming sweeter. A sharp bitter finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Feb 2008
at 08:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Amber/copper colour with thick white head. Nose is fruity with citrus and hops. Fruity taste with hints of citrus and apricots. Long, fairly dry, hoppy and bitter finish. Lots of taste for the rather low ABV.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Mar 2006
at 14:34