Mr Sno'balls
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.46
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December brings the last of our seasonal beers - biscuity and bitter with a long finish.
A colour of dark copper leads to a nose that is hoppy and spicy, a balanced palate and a long, hoppy finish.
There are both crystal and chocolate malts in this tawny beer - it’s full bodied with a delighful hop character from Challenger and Styrian Goldings.
A colour of dark copper leads to a nose that is hoppy and spicy, a balanced palate and a long, hoppy finish.
There are both crystal and chocolate malts in this tawny beer - it’s full bodied with a delighful hop character from Challenger and Styrian Goldings.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl bottle from Wine Rack, Ascot. Looking at some of the recent reviews it seems that the UK and export versions of this beer are very different - according to my bottle "This copper coloured beer is brewed with pale and crystal malts with a touch of roast barley. The hop additions are Challenger for bitterness and Stryian for its floral citrus aroma. A balanced and very moreish beer."
Anyway, mine pours a very unattractive hazy amber colour with a ring of white head; the aroma has orangey citrus notes, but is also slightly musty; there’s an orangey taste as well, with some rather flabby hops providing moderate bitterness and a spicy edge to the finish.
Overall this is a rather mediocre offering - makes me wonder what the export version with chocolate malt is like.
Anyway, mine pours a very unattractive hazy amber colour with a ring of white head; the aroma has orangey citrus notes, but is also slightly musty; there’s an orangey taste as well, with some rather flabby hops providing moderate bitterness and a spicy edge to the finish.
Overall this is a rather mediocre offering - makes me wonder what the export version with chocolate malt is like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2012
at 06:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A dark brown beer with a weak and blond head. Aroma is malty, also some roastiness, caramell and citrusfruits. Dark roastiness, wooden hoppyness and some lemon in the taste, overally pleasant and not very dry taste. Light to drink, but still nice. Good bitter with enough of freshness.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2012
at 02:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Asahiya. Chocolate, toffee, kaluha nose. Some spice, alcohol fumes, strangely. Lots of raisins, too. Very dark brown with orange tints and lace. Roasty chocolate and caramel flavor, raisins and dried fruit, nice bitter finish. Approaching a stout, but a bitter. Interesting and flavorful. Nice fuoll body, too. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2011
at 02:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Slightly hazy golden colour, large foamy off-white head. Nose is citric, bit of caramel malts. Flavour is malty, bit of caramel and toffee, citrus hops, little toastiness. Fairly bitter finish. Pleasant stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2011
at 12:07
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Flaske 0,33l. Spandert av Rune og delt hjemme hos ham 14 Apr 11. Gyldenbrun. Medium luftig skum. Svak maltaroma med innslag av frukt. Litt frukt i smaken men uvariert og på grensen til kjedelig.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2011
at 06:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bärnstensfärgad med ganska lågt skum. Söt blommig doft, vanilj, kola, nötter, knäck. Ganska tunn och inte så söt som förväntat. Snarare mycket frukt som aprikoser och äpplen och blommor. En trevlig frisk ale som jag minns som sötare och starkare förra året. Men istället spelar humlen en lika viktig roll som malten i denna välbalanserade och smakrika special bitter.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2011
at 13:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours amber with a small, quickly fading head.Nose shows citrus hops, cookie dough-like malt and caramel.Similar flavours, some soft sweetness and caramel before the citrus hops return for an assertive bitterness.Could use more carbonation.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2011
at 00:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pale amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of oranges, apricots, flowers, biscuits, some spices. Taste has moderate sweetness with fruit and biscuity malt, crisp citric bitterness. Refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2011
at 04:34
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Pours a light amber, with a moderate head. Hoppy bitter aroma, with citrus, cereal and some slight notes of yeast. Taste is roasted malts with a marked bitterness of citrus, and a nice dry, crisp finish leaving some grapefruit for the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2011
at 08:03
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
330ml bottle shared with Finn. Clear copper coloured body under a diminishing white head. Mild citric aroma with a spicy touch. Dry citric hops in flavour along with mid-sweet grainy malts. Lightly spiced. Fairly short bitter end. Clean and soft in the mouth. Thin to medium bodied. Ok without providing anything special (Tromsø, 14.04.2011).
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2011
at 05:44