Gone Fishing ESB
Green Jack in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.51
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Gone Fishing Extra Special Bitter is very traditonal in style, even though it is brewed with American hops. A deel amber coloured ale, Gone Fishing is fruity and malty - it goes down far too easily for a beer of this strength.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Nelson Arms Tonbridge. Clear amber brown colour lasting cream head. Good malty beer with some interesting white pepper hop flavour. Decent esb
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2026
at 13:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml swing top job. Baker and Larners. Holt. Soft haze on a light copper colour. Slim almost fully lacing just off white foam. Nose has nutty malts. Whiff of toffee. Bit of orange peel. Taste is light sweet with a nutty malty earthy dryness. Touch of bitterness. Great nick, as per these bottles. Dry nutty finish. Nice ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2025
at 20:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
750ml bottle, 5.5%, from Hopsters in Ipswich. Pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, toffee, nuts & malt. Medium body. Mild bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2025
at 18:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear amber with a thick off-white head. Aromas of toffee and caramel, faint dried herbs. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2024
at 10:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear nutty pour and a fine head. Mild intensity in the aroma. Decent sweetness and a mild bitterness. Fine carbonation level. Malty, mild fruity, toffee and herbal flavor. [Cask at Court of Requests (JDW) in Oldbury, England]
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2024
at 15:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
10/11/2023. Cask at The Ingate, Beccles. 5.5% abv. Was surprised to find I'd not rated this before. Became Suffolk rating #700. Pours clear deep bright amber with a small frothy off-white head leaving nice lacing. Good looking beer. Aroma is fruity, malty, caramel, slightly nutty edge. Very well balanced. Good body. Smooth. Soft carbonation. Well served. Enjoyable finisher to our time in Beccles.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2023
at 19:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a clear amber colour with a small thin foamy off-white head. The aroma is malty, caramel with some fruity hoppy notes. A moderately sweet to light sweet taste, sweet malts, caramel, toffee apple and light fruit flavours with some bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2022
at 16:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury – at 5.5%. Pours a reddish golden brown with a medium sized off-white foamy head and good lacing. Takes a while to settle but does so eventually. Malts to the fore in the aroma and they are prominent again in the mouth. This time with a creamy texture, an infusion of toffee and autumn fruits. Slight bitterness to start, and this becomes more pronounced with traditional hops and some traces of ginger. This is a decent ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2022
at 23:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Half-pint, cask, 5.5 % abv, at Triangle Tavern. A clear amber body, naked surface, minimal lacing. Fruity caramel nose. Caramel and marmalade to the taste buds. Mid-sweet fruity ending. Satisfying (Lowestoft 08.07.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2017
at 05:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the triangle tavern Lowestoft. Light amber golden coloured pour with a lasting g loose off white head. Aroma is tangy apple, light caramel, little toffee apple, dried fruits. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rich caramel, tangy green apple, jolly rancher, assertive rough bitterness. Palate is medium sweet, lowish carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2015
at 06:43