Chiltern Brewery Beechwood Bitter

Beechwood Bitter

 

Chiltern Brewery in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.42
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 27
Mid amber colour with a rich butter-toffee aroma. Fruity and slightly nutty.

Premium quality pale ale malt, with an extra proportion of crystal malt, and increased hops, gives this beer its renowned ‘nutty’ flavour and punch. Very much a cruiserweight, it catches up with you unawares! First brewed in 1982, the beer takes its name from the numerous beech trees synonymous with the area.
 

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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Micro Beer Crate. Pours a clear amber with small off-white head, some retention. Quite fruity in the aroma with dried fruits, citrus, citrus peel, raisins, malts. Nice. Taste of caramel malts dominates at first then dried fruits, citrus peel, floral resin, moderate bitter bite in the finish. Nice smooth medium body for the strength. Very good bitter in my book.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:04


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle bought as part if a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Iced tea brown, clear with a little bit of off-white head. Light aroma of caramel and oak. Taste is sweet, oaky, slightly tangy. So subtle yet so good. And fantastic with food. Gentle body with medium carbonation. Chiltern haven't exactly set my world alight but this is a fucking excellent best.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2024 at 20:11


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Clear amber colour with lasting thin head. Aroma is a bit grassy. Nice taste. Malty and nutty with a really dry hoppy finish.

Tried on 12 Oct 2024 at 20:24


7

Cask @The Chiltern Brewery. 12/10/2023. Color amabarino corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores malta, caramelo cuerpo medio.

Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2023 at 08:00


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle as Supermarine, relabeled for Imperial War Museums. Thanks Dušan I reckon for sharing this! Golden body, off-white head. Oxidized aroma, red apples and rice. Smells a bit like a rice lager. Lean, sweet taste, that rice-like presence as well, light minerally and herbal notes, dusty... not the best of shapes... Will probably rerate if I find it fresh, especially on cask.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2023 at 14:25


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Tried on 18 Nov 2022 at 08:27


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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Grehound in a village near Oxford. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty golden and slight citrus. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2022 at 13:55


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 040122

Tried on 04 Jan 2022 at 17:53


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy Grumbo. Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitrtre grassy flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 29 Dec 2021 at 14:28


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy Grumbo. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are citrus, caramel, malt, hops, fruits and has a sweet caramel finish.

Tried on 29 Dec 2021 at 14:28