Challenger
Kingstone in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales 🏴
Bitter Regular|
Score
6.10
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To create this quenching brew we mix barley and wheat malts and add generous amounts of Wye Challenger hops for both the bittering and flavouring. Challenger is a smooth and richly hoppy well-balanced ale with a malted nose and toffee undertones.
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jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Old rating from 22-12-14 - 500ml bottle from the brewery on my Wales trip. Poured at home in Jersey, it's light chestnut in colour with a off white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel, flora, nuts & malt. Medium body. Mildly fruity slightly bitter finish. Decent bitter
Leighton (34941) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clear amber with a foamy, white head. Lots of twigs in the nose, toasty with mild fruits, too. Medium sweet flavor with doughy malts, toasty sugar and creamy, toasty malts and semi-dark fruits. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Perhaps some caramel or toffee to finish, lightly sticky. A sweet but basic bitter.
omhper (44752) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled. Cloudy brownish amber, rich head. Muddle floral caramel aroma. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Overly caramelly with slight floral hops and mid-bitter finish.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
31st May 2009
Hazy brown beer. Low carbonation. Dry palate. Sweetish malt with a hint of banana at the end. Not much hop. A dry finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, caramel, spices, and flowers.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle 50cl.Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, light hoppy, orange chlorine. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20090724]
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Nutty aroma. Light body, nutty and caramellish, a little flat. Dry and hoppy finish. 240709
yespr (55501) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild caramelish. Bitter, light herbal and vague roasted flavoured. Bitter and dry malt flavoured finish.
Downender (11275) reviewed Challenger from Kingstone 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
BCA. Bronze coloured with minimal head. Aroma of caramel with some earthy hops. The flavour started off sweet before a decent dry finish. Good.