Attila
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Special|
Score
6.73
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Rich elderflower aromas, ripe red berry and citrus flavours and a long, smooth, fruity finish.
Attila was our first ever Cask Aged beer!
John Bryan (our Brewing Director) started his first experiments with krausening Attila back in 2001, wanting to create a strong ale that was nevertheless easy to drink. Although perhaps only John would regard a 7.5% ABV strong ale like Attila as “sessionable” !
Colour: Antique Gold
Hops: Brewers Gold, Spalt Select and Magnum (all Germany)
Malts: Maris Otter, Wheat Malt and Clear Choice
Allergens: Contains Gluten
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09/11/2010. CROWN INN, 154 Heaton Lane, STOCKPORT, Greater Manchester, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 13 Jan 2023
at 06:11
7/10
Tried
on 14 Jan 2022
at 19:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
10/1/2020. Cask at the Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of stewed tropical fruit, sweet malt, berries, hops, boiled sweets, touch of caramel and light woody notes. Medium sweetness and light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture, soft to flat carbonation. Decent but not quite as good as I’d hoped for.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2020
at 17:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Gravity cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 24 Nov 2018) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, grapefruit, grass and red berries. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of grapefruit, grass, gooseberries and a generous citric bitterness in a slightly sweetish finish. More than medium body, with a certain sweetness. Tasty, with the hop presence expected from Oakham. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2019
at 16:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ The Abbey, Shrewsbury. Pours a deep copper amber, off-white head. Caramel nose, continuing to taste, with some odd herbal, almost chemical notes. I notice no one else has mentioned this so can only assume there's something amiss here. Not great anyway.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Mar 2019
at 21:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravicask at 23rd St Albans Beer & Cider Festival. Misty golden body, filmy layer, lacing rings down the glass. Floral citrus nose. Berry fruity flavours, mid-sweet. Bittersweet finish. Fine depth. Refreshing. Nice. (Shared with Finn, 27.09.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2018
at 19:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Fra gravicask på St. Albans beer & cider festival 2018. Delt med Rune. Gylden. Filmskum. Ferskenaroma. Smaken tørr frukt. Tørr ettersmak.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Sep 2018
at 13:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear bright gold colour with a small foamy white head. Cereal and citrus aroma with some light floral notes. A sweet fruity taste, grainy malt, caramel, syrupy ripe fruit flavours and alcohol. More fruity bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2018
at 19:10
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tried at the Strait and Narrow, Lincoln. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is slightly Sour fruit. Taste sweet then mid sour. Ok but not great.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 14:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear pale golden, nose is floral, toffee, taste is sweet, grassy, thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2015
at 00:25