Eggs-B
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Spring Out of Production|
Score
6.11
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Introduced Easter 2008 with a chocolate pump clip - a seasonal version of Bateman’s XB using chocolate malt.
A dark amber coloured bitter brewed with a combination of Maris Otter pale ale malt and CHOCOLATE malt.
A dark amber coloured bitter brewed with a combination of Maris Otter pale ale malt and CHOCOLATE malt.
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6.5/10
Now has a slightly lower ABV of 3.7%. Amber colour with an off white head. Light chocolate malty and sweet caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2026
at 16:43
21/03/2008. RAVEN, 7 Queen Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 07 Nov 2022
at 12:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Abel Heywood, Manchester. Copper with a creamy head. Has an initial chocolate burst that gives way to a more malty bitter after a while, but there’s still elements evident, certainly in its nose that retains a dry aroma in this respect. Has a medium bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2015
at 14:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in the brewery tasting room (Mr George’s Windmill bar) on 1 April 2013. Dark body: deep amber in colour with a white crown on top. Malty chocolate notes in both the taste and smell: bitter finish to an otherwise semi-sweet yet fairly dry beer. Body depth suited the flavours and alcohol level, all in all a pleasant beer.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2013
at 12:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Small coarseish beige head. Muddy opaque brown body. Faint chocolate and flowers aroma. Dry-sweetish grainy caramelly taste with fruity notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, faintly astringent mouthfeel. Dryish herbal floral wooden aftertaste with very distinct raspberry notes, strangely. Spicy bitter taste lingers. Very nice, but a bit bland. Turned out to be muddy because it was the bottom of the cask. (0.25l cask, The Speaker, Westminster, London.)
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2011
at 10:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
22nd March 2008. Reasonably well balanced bitter. Mildy hoppy with a bitterish finish.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2009
at 06:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Bow Bar, 80 West Bow, Edinburgh EH1 2HH, Scotland.Clear amber brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, apple, chocolate and nutty notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090410]
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2009
at 02:14
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
cask at Heriot Watt beer fesival ... copper ... not my hiop at all in nose ... musty ... oh and drain pour. Just didnt like it at all... where was teh chocolate
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2009
at 08:09
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and flowers, and some odd spicy, soapy note. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and toffee as well as a lighter estery fruity note, leading to a dry nutty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2008
at 16:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask condition, The Chambers, Folkestone. Copper colour with thin beige head. Slightly boiled sweet flavour. Very toasty malts, as you associate with the darker Bateman’s beers. Decent condition. Bit of fruit. Some odd, almost pasteurised boiled sweet. Some dryness on finish. Good toasty malt throughout.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2008
at 08:37