Taylor's Tipple
Hambleton Brewery in Melmerby, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.38
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A chestnut coloured ale with an uplifting citrus and berry aroma, balanced by a malty depth of flavour evoking the Yorkshire Wolds on which the barley is grown
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Tried
on 09 Dec 2022
at 07:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2017
at 17:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Aroma is fruity with a little wood. Very smooth, rich texture. Fruity flavour with some raisin. Also quite dry and nutty.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2012
at 12:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@chriso. Golden colour, mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops with some mild sweet maltyness to it. Flavour is fruity, floral, wooden and a bit toffeeish notes. Nice bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2012
at 12:02
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
1st March 2010
Clear amber beer. Light toffee and hops on the nose. Slightly dry palate. Fairly well balanced. Light malt, a trace of caramel, a little orange hop that is mildly bitter. Finishes semi dry. Unremarkable but fresh and decent.
Clear amber beer. Light toffee and hops on the nose. Slightly dry palate. Fairly well balanced. Light malt, a trace of caramel, a little orange hop that is mildly bitter. Finishes semi dry. Unremarkable but fresh and decent.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2012
at 03:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown 500ml bottle, best before the end of Oct 2010, drank mid Oct 2010. Poured into an ’Abbot Ale’ badged tankard. Clear and good looking amber body, an off white blanket of foam sat on top, which produced some heavy lacing as the beer sank. Hop bitterness aroma, but not overstated, a malt presence balances out the hops, both in the smell and tastes. As stated, a balanced brew: very drinkable and full of those ’good quality English Bitter’ flavours. An almost rich and creamy depth to it, a winters night beer and one I’d have again and again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2012
at 03:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London. Pours golden-brown with a large, foamy head. Aroma holds crispy malts and leafy hops. Light sweet flavor, some burnt toast, faint caramel, light wood, some leafy and earthy bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with earthy, slightly dirty hops, toasted malts, mild dough. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2011
at 07:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours a hazy light orange with a medium head. Aroma is dusty hops, a little lemon and yeast, faint. Bready malt and a little lemon to start. Medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2010
at 13:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Medium offwhite head. Amber body with lots of carbonation. Nutty fruity floral aroma with dusty metal and caramel notes. Dry-sweet caramelly nutty roasty taste with dusty mealy notes. Light body. Mild mouthfeel. Dry papery earthy roasty aftertaste with wild berry and ashy smoky notes. Nice, vivid, and highly drinkable. (0.5l bottle, Sainsbury’s, London.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2010
at 12:31
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee - butter, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, licorice notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100813]
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2010
at 10:22