West Berkshire - Dr Hexters Healer
Renegade Brewery in Yattendon, Berkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.24
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Full bodied and highly hopped, this robust amber ale is packed with rich flavours and marmalade zestiness, surrounded by toffee and citrus aromas.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shared 500ml bottle on 20th Aug 2016. Amber bodied, off-white crown. Malts lead the way in both the nose and taste, caramel like sweetness rules the aroma and flavours: my sweet tooth liking the light malty molasses overpowering the hop content.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 17:47
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask. Aroma is some caramel, some herbal hops. Quite smooth texture. Not very interesting.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2016
at 15:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Haymarket. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of caramel, light apple. Taste has a mineral tang, toffee. Creamy texture. Clean finish, if a tad appley.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2016
at 10:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at the Haymarket. Appearance - deep amber tored with a nice head. Lovely tight bubbles. Nose - creamy toffee. Taste - loads of caramel and toffee. The malt at the back is a bit astringent. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. A touch astringent but decent. Overall - interesting and solid
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2016
at 07:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Old Contemptible’s; light amber pour with a creamy off white, aroma has smokey malts and a hint of fruit, taste has some fruit action and sweet malts, some sweet caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2016
at 07:01
4/10
Tried
on 10 Mar 2016
at 16:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Bath House, Cambridge. Dark golden brown, slightly hazy. Malt, peaches and freshly baked bread in the aroma. The taste is a heavy bittersweet. It’s a bit cumbersome and doesn’t wear the alcohol particularly well, causing it to taste stronger than it actually is. Medium thick palate. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2015
at 07:12
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Fisherman’s Cottage, Reading. A moment’s lack of thought at the bar landed me with this, another beer from one of my least favourite local brewers. That said, it smelled quite nice- sweet and fruity and with more promise than the dull amber hue and thin off-white head had suggested. Unfortunately on tasting it soon descended into blandness with a residue of dirt and cheap caramel, thus maintaining my low opinion of the brewery.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2015
at 14:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Pot Kiln, Yattendon, 19th May 2013. Nice easy drinking bitter, nothing to write home about
Tried
from Cask
on 21 May 2013
at 01:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at 4:20. Pours hazy to murky orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruity and solid hoppy. Light toasted malty, light phenolic and crisp hoppy. Solid bitterness, dry and almost herbal to solid bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jun 2012
at 11:20