Barbus Barbus
Butts Brewery in Hungerford, Berkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.36
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Hoppy and well balanced without being sweet.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with floral hops. Sweet fruity flavor with hoppy and caramel notes. Ends mild bitter.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2008
at 17:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Kent BF. Gold, bubbly white head. Bit yeasty on aroma. Some citrus hops. It’s a fairly standard citrusy bitter. Fine, if not outstanding.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2007
at 13:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 5/6/07. Amber coloured with little head. Hoppy aroma of hay and herbs. Well-balanced flavours of biscuity malt and hops with a long bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jun 2007
at 14:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Golden orange, strong orange hoppy with bitter juicy finish, some sharper citrusy tones
Tried
on 06 May 2007
at 09:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Merton Summer Beer Festival 2004 (retrospectively added from diary notes) Great name, great beer, amber in colour fruity lingering taste, my beer of the festival bar none.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2006
at 01:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The aroma is lovely of oranges and aroma hops. The color is orange and it has no head. The flavor is lightly sweet in the beginning, watery in the middle, but with a good bitter end combined with notes of grass and oil. A very nice beer.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2004
at 12:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber; fruity, good foresty hops; slight toastiness. Interesting bottled English ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2002
at 10:11