Winter Lightning
Hop Back Brewery in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Wyndham Arms, Salisbury. Golden amber with a thin loose white head; rich buttery aroma with a touch of tropical fruit; thick and oily body with some resinous hops; then a lengthy hoppy finish. Assertive, but rather lightly bodied.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at NWAF 2009. A pale amber beer with no head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of hops, yeast, and ginger. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of ginger on a malty background.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask. Orangeish golden colour, small off-white head. Caramel malts, some spicy notes as well as quite bittery grassy and floral notes. Flavour is grassy, floral and also has some balancing malts. Pleasant and refreshing, but feels a bit thin in the body.
Downender (11275) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask-conditioned at the Coronation, Bristol 09/02/10. Amber coloured with next to no head. Aroma of caramel, ginger and a touch of nutmeg and cinnamon. Flavour was malty with more of the same spicing, fruity hops and a decent bitter finish. Still one of the better English spiced winter beers.
Saintmatty (11304) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (Waterloo Arms, Southampton) - Amber in colour. Slightly spicy aroma with Christmas cake and spicy malt. Fruity and spicy taste with Christmas cake, dried fruit and cinnamon.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
cask at cloisters ... copper thin creamy head ...ginger and light hop nose ... sweett metalic malts ... little spice ... light dry bitter linger ... some ginger
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with hoppy spicy hints. Fruity malty spicy hoppy bitter flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish fruity malty hoppy bitter finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, apple, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090123]
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Cask at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford In previous years I have enjoyed this beer, but this years version left a lot to be desired. Not sure what it was supposed to be, but all I got was some ginger and a bit of spicy hop, and some alcoholic sweetness. Perhaps I just had a bad pint
omhper (44752) reviewed Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery 24 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Golden coloured. Floral hop aroma. Rather sweet, medium bodied, soapy big hop aroma. Late lingering bitterness.