Kentish Reserve Premium Bitter
Whitstable Brewery in Maidstone, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.49
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers and special thanks for the ship label!]. Clear, copper-ish, dark red colour with average, thick, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, sulphureous head. Mellow malty and fruity hoppy aroma, cautious hints of milk chocolate, a nuttily touch, fruity notes of red berries. Taste is minimally toasty, mellow malty, slightly fruity hoppy, minimally dry, cautious hints of toffee and milk chocolate, a touch of red berries, minimally metallic overtones.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask - Pours a clear amber colour with a small beige coloured head. Aroma is malt, caramel and hops. A malty caramel taste moderate sweetness with a lingering earthy hop bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Chestnut brown pour with a white head (soon goes). Nose of toffee, orchard fruit, malt, nuts. Flavours of orchard fruit, caramel, sacks more malt. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Fra håndpumpe på The Seven Stars, Carey Str., London, mars-17: lett uklar kobber med flott skum. Lavt karbonert i klassisk engelsk stil, fremhever den lett fruktige aromaen og smaken som også har karamell og jordtoner. Mild bitterhet i den lange ettersmaken.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the Hotel Continental, Whitstable. Poured a slightly hazy medium brown with a frothy white head. The aroma is sweet malt, toffee caramel, light hop. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a smooth sweet woody, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Claret Freehouse. It pours clear deep amber with a decent off-white head. The nose is rich maltiness, brown bread, wood, toasty cereal, toffee and some over-ripe stone fruits. The taste is bitter-sweet, firm bitterness, caramel, wood, nuttiness, brown bread, rich tea biscuit, varnish and leather with a dry, woody finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Great condition. A respectable ESB by all accounts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
cask at Market Porter in London, review from many years ago - Pours a light amber color with a thin, frothy, long lasting head. It has a mild, malty aroma and tastes of caramel malt with mild bitterness. It’s a straightforward, easy drinking beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at St Albans beer festival 2011. An amber coloured pour with a small fluffy white head on top. Hopy, fruity aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, caramel, bitter. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at OT, Stockholm, on May 14, 2011Slight bit hazy copper color, white head. Fruity, caramel taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Faint malty scent. A bit sour aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark London, Greater London England SE1 9AA.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, toffee, moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090103]