Barnsey
Bath Ales in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.57
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Formerly known as Barnstormer.
Rich in fruit with hints of chocolate, we’ve made Barnsey a full-bodied dark ale that is both complex and deeply satisfying.
Barnsey is a truly rewarding and enjoyable beer, carefully brewed using a mix of Maris Otter, Chocolate and Crystal malts together with Bramling Cross hops. Barnsey contains wheat and barley malt.
Rich in fruit with hints of chocolate, we’ve made Barnsey a full-bodied dark ale that is both complex and deeply satisfying.
Barnsey is a truly rewarding and enjoyable beer, carefully brewed using a mix of Maris Otter, Chocolate and Crystal malts together with Bramling Cross hops. Barnsey contains wheat and barley malt.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Small offwhite head. Deep dark red body. Faint resiny hop aroma. Deep sweetish resiny wooden malty taste with strong chalky floral hop notes. Soft, smooth, and clean mouthfeel. Dry, smoky, roasty malt aftertaste. Medium body. Wooden, minty taste lingers. Very nice! Impressive for such a light beer. (0.5pt cask at the Museum Tavern.)
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2007
at 13:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask conditioned at the Live & Let Live, Frampton Cotterell, S Gloucs 4/5/07. Very dark brown with little head. Aroma of sweet malt with some dark fruit. Flavours of raisin with a hint of toffee, followed by a decent dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 May 2007
at 13:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark brown, mahogany, colour with frothy beige head. Malty nose with fruity notes of wild berries and ripe cherries. Malty taste with berries, chocolate and hints of coffee. Initial malty sweetness gives away for a drier finish with balanced notes of earthy hops. Chewy and smooth mouthfeel. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2007
at 14:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.Wow! A lustrous dark ale with an off-white head; a spicy, malty aroma; creamy, smooth and dry in the mouth with lots of chocolate malt, and pleasantly sour fruity edge; the finish is dry, clean, and genty bitter. Could almost be described as a porter - a marvellous pint whatever you call it though. (6/4/7/3/16=3.6)
Cask, gravity dispensed, at Marlow Donkey, Marlow. Reddish copper with a loose off-white head; earthy aroma; soft, with an earthy malt flavour and a touch of fruity carmael; then a gentle bitterness with some spicy English hops and a dry finish. Very good, again. (6/4/7/3/13=3.3)
Cask, gravity dispensed, at Marlow Donkey, Marlow. Reddish copper with a loose off-white head; earthy aroma; soft, with an earthy malt flavour and a touch of fruity carmael; then a gentle bitterness with some spicy English hops and a dry finish. Very good, again. (6/4/7/3/13=3.3)
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2007
at 08:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask handpull at The Guildhall, Folkestone. Very deep ruby colour with thick lasting beige head. Maybe getting towards the end of the barrel as it took a bit of pumping to get the pint, which killed some of the carbonation in the glass. Very nice dark ale though. Juicy dark fruits, plums, but not sour and good choc flavours. Finish is really quite drying. Extremely drinkable. Lovely finish. Choc and ark fruit aroam. Some sweet blackberry. Brilliant pint. Full and rich with a bit of puckering of the mouth on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2007
at 07:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask conditioned at the Ipswich Beer Festival 2004. Deep copper coloured. Roasted malts, fruit and chocolate. Flavourwise if fits in the gap between a premium bitter and a porter, proving that "styles" are not an accurate science. Good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2004
at 07:16
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
2010 rating, on cask @ Salamander. Nutty brown colour. Malty-earthy aroma with lots of butter, which sadly is standard for this brewery nowadays. Taste is buttery, with some dark malts and light, vague fruitiness.
2002 rating: Very dark amber; resiny, malty, molasses aroma; bursting cherry, earth, wood on the palate - both complex and quenching. 6-4-8-4-15 = 3.7
2002 rating: Very dark amber; resiny, malty, molasses aroma; bursting cherry, earth, wood on the palate - both complex and quenching. 6-4-8-4-15 = 3.7
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2002
at 16:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled cask conditioned. Dark brown. Sweet and fruity with nice soft maltiness and a roasty burnt aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2002
at 03:29