Dragonfire
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.05
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Launched as a St. Georges Day special in May 2008.
"A celebration of the best that England has to offer. the cream of the crop of malted barley, oats, rye and wheat with Goldings Hops adding a classic bitterness. Full bodied and rich with a mellow mahogany hue. Ideal for St George’s Day."
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madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
15th May 2015
Sun Inn, Kelvedon. Cask. Clear copper colour beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, fine carbonation. Malts provide tangy caramel. Spicy esters. Bitter floralness. Mild marmalade. Some very light dusted sugar candy fruits. Smooth finish. Pretty tasty.
Olut (21769) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Lidl. Copper-brown with a very thin head. Has a small hoppy nose and a fairly bland malt-hop taste with a small sweetness and small bitterness.
hohops (2663) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask. Pours deep amber, pretty clear, an off-white head which clings to the glass. Aroma- caramel, treacle, malts, fruit hints, hoppy. Taste- raisin, caramel, malts, smooth, hops, dark fruits, bit of brown sugar. Nice bitter.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask at Edgar Wallace, Strand, London, 8 Apr 2014) Reddish brown colour with dense, beige head. Malty nose with notes of chocolate, caramel, dark fruit and toffee. Malty taste with caramel, chocolate, toffee, a touch of cherries and a slightly bitter-sweet finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Well balanced and quite tasty. Nice one.
Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
500ml bottle from Rhythm and Booze - A good looking beer, deep russet with a pillowy white head. Nose is a little metallic, lots of caramel. Taste is equally metallic, a big malty kick. Nothing to write home about.
stravale (3279) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
Bottle from Lidl 121212
Copper brown, clear, big frothy white head, good lacing
Aroma - Caramel malts, some rust, bit skunky
Taste - Caramel malts, Shep yeast, hint of fruit, bitter woody hops, cinders
Palate - Soft carb, thinnish body. Finish - bitter hops, rust, lingering rather metallic bitterness
Overall - Below average bitter. 5 sips - threw rest of bottle out. The tasting notes are ridiculous
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Clear 50ml bottle, brewed I believe for Saint Georges Day (23rd April 2010): drank on 18th June from an ’Old Speckled Hen’ Vase shaped pint glass. Mahogany and clear in colour and appearance, bubbly off-white head, fairly thin covering. The aroma has more malt than hop esters, a faint caramel/toffee smell hides the hops almost completely. The taste is again, like the smell, more malt flavours than a hop content. Malted Barley, Oats, Rye and Wheat are all used in the brew, a later hop bitterness appears (Goldings) to balance out the beer. This is one of the ’Master Brewer’s Choice’ selection of beers, pleasant but no world beater. Most likely a lot better in cask form.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
50cl bottle from Lidl, Crowthorne. Copper with a dense cream head; typical SN malty aroma; light malt flavour with some caramel; and some herbal hops before a biscuity finish. Very drinkable.
patrick767 (7169) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
cask, it was my third "dragon" ale of the day because hey, it was St. George’s Day - Pours light amber and smells of sweet malt with a bit of caramel and some earthy hops. The flavor is quite sweet with caramel malt joined by mild hops bitterness. It’s light to medium bodied and overall average at best.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Dragonfire from Shepherd Neame 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity @ Ølfestival Aarhus 2008 @ Charlies Bar.Clear medium to dark amber color with a small, virtually none appearance, virtually none lancing, fully diminishing, head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - smooth, carbonation is soft to flat. (170508)