Ashover Brewery Poets' Tipple

Poets' Tipple

 

Ashover Brewery in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.11
ABV: 4.1% IBU: - Ticks: 16
Chestnut to amber balanced malt beer. Triple hopped with English Challenger hops for a traditional bitter flavour. Designed for the Poets Corner, home of Ashover Brewery.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Alexandra, Derby. Pours the classic “bitter brown” with a small white head. There are hints of caramel in the nose, but not much else. Sweet malts on a caramel base is the initial flavour with mushy apples coming through later, along with hints of nuts, citrus and traditional hops. Texture is a bit watery and finish is fairly sweet. A very good traditional bitter.

Tried from Cask on 30 Apr 2021 at 21:05


Tried from Cask at The Ale House on 19 Oct 2018 at 18:41


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at BeerHeadz Lincoln. Malty and caramel aroma hints of citrus. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Taste light bittersweet. Medium body.

Tried on 21 Sep 2018 at 23:00


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

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 6/2/2017. Deep amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Some hedgerow hops, red berry fruits, sweet, slightly bready, malts and a decent, bitter, finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 08 Feb 2017 at 06:42


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

Gravity cask at the Land Rover Beer Festival 2016. Poured a clear medium amber with a round white head. The aroma is skunky malt, overripe tropical fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a smooth fruity, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 02 Oct 2016 at 07:01


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap in Brampton 14/2/12 - Low carbonation and very thin. Raved about by my colleagues, but felt this was a pretty mediocre effort.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jul 2012 at 08:43


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear dark amber beer. Medium dry palate. Neutral malt and hops. Serviceable but just another English bitter.

Tried from Cask on 06 May 2012 at 08:08


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

Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty flavor with some hints of hops and caramel. Has a fruity malty finish with some hoppy hints.

Tried from Cask on 06 Dec 2009 at 22:51


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, apple notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090804]

Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2009 at 03:50


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Pale amber with a lasting white head. Grass and sulphur aroma. Sweet caramel flavour with a hint of diacetyl

Tried on 02 Nov 2009 at 12:40