Elgood's Brewery Cambridge Bitter (Cask)

Cambridge Bitter (Cask)
(Batch of Cambridge Bitter)

 

Elgood's Brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.73
ABV: 3.8% IBU: - Ticks: 60
Malty and fruity aroma with a satisfying flavour and bitter finish, Cambridge Bitter is the main brand beer at an ABV of 3.8%.

A mild brown bitter with a good balance of malt and hop character give a pleasing session drink. The finest pale ale malt (made from Maris Otter barley) is blended with torrified wheat, invert sugar and a small amount of roast barley, to ensure consistent colour.

Hops used are English Fuggles and challenger, a blend that gives a full hop character to the beer.
 

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

Cask @ The Reindeer, Norwich. No head. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, caramel, malt and hops. Sweet finish. Little watery.

Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2017 at 05:08


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Grain Brewery, Norwich. Pours amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, light sweet fruit. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, fruit. Medium body, soft carbonation. 180217

Tried from Cask on 24 Feb 2017 at 10:29


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Reindeer, Norwich. Clear amber with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, a little dark fruit and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 180217

Tried from Cask on 22 Feb 2017 at 09:18


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Handpull cask at the Grain & Hop Store, Cambridge. Light tawny brown with a little bit of white head and lots of lacing. Sour yeasty smell with raw nut and fresh toast. Sour/sweet interplay in the taste with an earthy bitter finish. Turpentine and horehound in the aftertaste. Not very convincing.

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2016 at 11:28


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Rose & Crown, Fleet Hargate, Lincolnshire. Poured a deep amber brown colour with a nice sized off white head. Aroma of caramel, roasted malt with fruity notes. Light sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Tasty brew for a session beer.

Tried from Cask on 19 Apr 2015 at 03:35


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear dark amber pour with a frothy white head, robust malt aroma, taste has roast malt along with a hint of fruit action.

Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2014 at 05:37


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Gravity dispense at the Happy Man Spring BF, 14/03/14. Chestnut brown with moderate off white spotting. Nose is toffee, dark fruits, sugary sweet notes unusually so for a bitter. Taste comprises dark malt notes, toffee, dark fruit, brown bread, light sugar. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so.

Tried on 26 Mar 2014 at 05:59


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at The Watford Beer Festival 2013. Poured light amber with a thin halo of white head. Aroma of caramel, wort and mild peppery hop. Malty initial flavour with toffee and some grass. Finish was barley sugar, pine needles and dry grain.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2014 at 12:23


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Cask gravity at the Watford beer fest 2013. Orange light amber colour thin halo white head. Aroma is sugary toffee , paper. Flavour is dull biscuit malt. Light dried fruit. Oxidised. Thin palate.

Tried from Cask on 08 Nov 2013 at 12:47