Thwaites Brewery Original

Original

 

Thwaites Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.56
ABV: 3.6% IBU: - Ticks: 38
A beer that’s as Original today as it was in 1807, when Daniel Thwaites himself began brewing. A clean dry tasting and refreshing session bitter with a glowing amber appearance. Brewed using premium grade Maris Otter malt and a blend of traditional English Hops including Goldings and Fuggles to give a malty flavoured beer with a delicate dry finish.
 

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

50cl bottle from B&M, Reading. An amber pour with a loose white head; stewed malt aroma; sweet malty taste with some caramel and a thin nettley bitterness; and a twiggy bitter finish. Rather sweet and innocuous.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2016 at 09:14


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pint from cask at Britons Protection in Manchester 05.05.15. Dark golden. Off-white head and lacing. Aroma of grains, cereals and biscuits. Similar taste, perhaps with a hint of yeast.

Tried from Cask on 05 May 2015 at 14:28


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Tried a the Tempest Coleby. To be honest a dull and rather average bitter. Amber colour. Aroma malts. Slightly sweet. What more to say...

Tried on 14 Feb 2015 at 17:38


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - big toffee even butterscotch nose. Taste - caramel and light toast note. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy and tangy texture. Unfortunately the finish is too sweet. Overall - alright. Not amazing.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2015 at 17:06


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle, 3.6%. Pours clear copper, short-lived white head. Aromas of caramel and iron filings. Taste is sweet, faint earthy bitterness. Watery, dull. Everything you’d expect.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2015 at 15:00


4

Tried on 13 Sep 2014 at 13:49


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Ye Cracke, Liverpool. Golden brown, clear with a huge head. Sulphur, malt and maple syrup aroma. Unexciting and simple but enticing nonetheless. A sweet biscuity taste throughout, buffeted by bitter-sour sulphur. Weak oily mouthfeel but the slight carbonation carries it through. Basic, old-fashioned and Northern as fuck. This is a beer that has stood the test of time.

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2014 at 06:08


4.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Call at the philharmonic, Liverpool. Pours clear copper, no head. Aromas of caramel and not much else. Taste is sweet and a bit chewy. Sticky finish. Dull.

Tried on 25 Jul 2014 at 05:23


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Amber in colour with a small frothy head. This is a true bitter in style, although not overly bitter in character. Easy to drink with a very small sweetness before the bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2013 at 15:56


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

500ml Bottle: poured into a UK pint sleeve on 7 Sep 2013. Amber and clean looking body, weak head of off-white bubbles that soon turned into a wisp and collar. Not overly impressed with this brew to be honest: bland and almost boring in nature. The nose and taste lean towards malts and the beer is moving along semi-sweet lines rather than bitter. It followed a bottle of Brain’s Original Bitter and it just wasn’t as good as the Welsh beer before it: in any category. A disappointment.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2013 at 06:23