Broughton Ales Excisemans 80/- (Bottle)

Excisemans 80/- (Bottle)
(Batch of Excisemans 80/-)

 

Broughton Ales in Broughton, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production
Score
5.94
ABV: 4.6% IBU: 35 Ticks: 44
A traditional 80/- Specially brewed to mark 25 Years of Brewing at Broughton Ales. Typical of classic Scottish 80/- ales, Exciseman’s 80/- is dark and slightly sweet. Full drinking with a good hop aftertaste. Just the sort of ale Burns would have savoured during his time as an officer of the Excise.

Major ingredients are:
Optic Pale Ale Malt, Black Malt, Crystal Malt. Hops used are English grown Challenger, Fuggles and first Gold.
 

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

Old rating - 500ml bottle, pours red / brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, cereal, nuts, treacle, butter & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 10:07


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

(bottle) Clear, brown colour with a medium-sized and tanned foamy head. Toasted malty aroma with notes of caramel, fudge, a whiff of nuts and subtle fruity hints. Bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Dry-ish and heavily toasted malt character with present notes of caramel, slightly ashy and nutty hints; subtle fruity flavours towards the bitter and delicately sweet finish. Lacks a bit balance. 06.II.16

Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2016 at 14:41


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

Bottle, 4.6%. Clear daark amber/brown with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, biscuit, notes of chocolate and hop. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, biscuit, medium sweet, hop, little grass and a little bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2015 at 13:41


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

Bottle from Asda Bridge of Don. It pours deep red-brown with a small white head. The nose is toasty, bitter-sweet, earth, dark fruits and light jam. The taste is bitter, toasty, earth, dark fruits, jam, liquorice, earthy roast, light vinous notes and a touch of coffee with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Easy going stuff. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2015 at 10:20


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

500ml bottle. Clear chestnut colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Nuttily, minimally roasty, malty aroma, grassy and minimally floral hoppy overtones, cautious hints of dark berries. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty, some roasted grain, a nuttily touch, floral hoppy overtones; slightly anaemic.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2015 at 14:27


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottled. Hazy nut brown, rich head. Caramely nose. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and caramelly. Low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2015 at 13:31


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

DØE. Clear dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel amd light fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. Watery. 290515

Tried on 05 Jul 2015 at 10:31


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

Klare dunkel orangebraune Farbe, große beige Schaumkrone. Geruch nussig, leicht röstmalzig, leicht fruchtig hopfig. Geschmack sehr hopfig, leicht metallisch, nussig, süß röstmalzig, rote Früchte.

Tried on 01 Jul 2015 at 14:52


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Deep red color, one finger bubbly offwhite head, quiet nose. Light pale malts and roasted malts with soft english hops. Taste is light bitter. Body is thin, carbonation is soft, dry mineral finish. Simple bitter.

Tried on 01 Feb 2015 at 11:13


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Clear dark caramel beer with a mild malt aroma. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit and mild hop too. Finish was slightly watery but it’s a drinkable enough beer.

Tried on 23 Dec 2013 at 09:13