Thwaites Brewery Original

Original
(has 2 batches)

 

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

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.58
ABV: 3.6% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 39
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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5/10 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

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Copper golden in appearance with a small head. Has a low bitterness but a healthy body.
Tried on 17 Jan 2013 at 14:22

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Cask @ Pilgrim, Liverpool 040113
Dark amber, thin dense white head, reasonable lacing
Aroma - Very little, hint of sulphur
Taste - Soft caramel malt, bitter twig hops, boring, meh
Palate - Thin, bit dry, bitter twigs finish
Overall - Very poor. 1/4 pt was enough of this
Tried from Cask on 08 Jan 2013 at 17:49

5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
On cask @ Ship Inn, Cheser.Pours dark amber with a good head. Nose of malt and bitterness and a hint PF dried fruit. Taste of more of the same Palate medium body and medium weight in the textyre with an astringent finish. Overall, not worth a revisit.
Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2012 at 07:47

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask. A nut brown to amber colour with small off-white head. Aroma and flavour are both quite standard bittery by all means. Clean and nothing all too exciting.
Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2010 at 21:52

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From cask. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small, off-white head. Aroma is caramelish and breadish. Sweet malty and slight caramelish. Bitter and slight fruity.
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2010 at 00:24

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can 440ml.Clear light to medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, roasted, caramel, malt extract. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100116]
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2010 at 14:57

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can 44 cl. Pours a clear amber with a creamy off-white head. Light nut accents in the nose. Light body, sweet toffee and nuts with a distinct metallic tang. Sweetish finish with a very subdued bitterness. 160110
Tried from Can on 16 Jan 2010 at 16:53

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ The Manchester & County, JDW. Manchester M1. Pours a copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty slightly hoppy aroma. Sweetish fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty fruity finish.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jul 2009 at 10:13

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ The KIT (Kelham Island Tavern), 62 Russell Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S3 8RW.Clear medium amber color with a average to large, creamy to frothy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, roasted notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy powder sugar sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. Ah bit borring ! [20090417]
Tried from Cask on 11 Jun 2009 at 08:33