Special Ale
Sharp's Brewery in Rock, Cornwall, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.51
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Delicious jellied fruit aromas blend perfectly with inviting roasted notes. The mouthfeel is succulent with dried fruit, malt and delicate hop bitterness. The finish is lingering and warm with fruit and malt notes.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Dark amber bitter with subtle fruit notes but also a flat and less than attractive texture.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2012
at 14:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
10th July 2012
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Clear amber beer, residual off white head. Mild dark malt on the nose! Light dry palate. Sweet beer! A little toffee. Candy generic fruits. Trace of orange marmalade. Dried fruits. Dry finish. Okay but a bit flat and dry.
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Clear amber beer, residual off white head. Mild dark malt on the nose! Light dry palate. Sweet beer! A little toffee. Candy generic fruits. Trace of orange marmalade. Dried fruits. Dry finish. Okay but a bit flat and dry.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2012
at 09:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@The Rake, London. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is toffee, caramel, some fruity and floral mild wooden and resiny notes. Flavour is caramel, fruity, floral and mildly herbal. Quite bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2012
at 21:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Saint Georges Day 2012: 500ml bottle conditoned ale (5.0%ABV), best before date of 12th April 2012, so 11 days late. Poured slowly into an Abbot Ale glass tankard. The rear label asked for the beer to be served chilled, it was. Dull reddy brown body with a huge light tanned head of foaming bubbles. Malty nose and taste, a semi-dry bitterness from the hops comes very late in the mouthfeel and the overall impression is of a strong, rich, malt flavoured brew. Well carbonated and my sort of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2012
at 13:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask, Hawkley Inn, Hampshire. Good example of cask ESB. Well balanced with caramel, fudge, succulent sweetness from the malts and zesty, ornagelike bitterness from the hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2011
at 13:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden amber. Has a toasty, slightly caramelly aroma. Toasty, fairly complex palate. Full-bodied, with an earthy, caramel finish. Quite a bit better than Doom Bar.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2011
at 00:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
ambrata schiuma media discreta peresitenza naso maltao caramello leggera frutta secca non molto luppolata discreta maltatura
Tried
on 26 Dec 2010
at 12:00
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.Clear medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090124]
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Apr 2009
at 03:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours deep orange to amber, clear, and with a diminished creamy and tan head. Light to vague malt aroma. Flavour is mild malt with a light hoppy touch. Light breadish malt note following. Mild acidic touch in the finish together with a light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2008
at 10:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Copper colour with a lasting creamy off-white head. Malt, grains, apple and a hint of grassy hops in the aroma. Malty, caramel sweet flavour, with a little roast dryness. Could use more balancing hops.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2008
at 11:10