Winter Lightning
Hop Back Brewery in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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Our legendary winter warmer. Brewed with Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, Winter Lightning is very lightly spiced and deceptively drinkable.
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7/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2012
at 15:09
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jun 2010
at 03:44
6.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2010
at 12:43
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Feb 2010
at 10:41
5.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2009
at 11:18
6/10
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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]
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2009
at 02:02
5/10
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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
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2005
at 10:53