Early Bird (Cask)
(Batch of Early Bird)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.07
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2018. Deep amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. A sweet beer, with red berries, ripe malts, caramel, and a touch of leafy hop leading to a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2018
at 21:43
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the standing order. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, light citrus, hay, taste is sweet toffee, light fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2018
at 16:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the standing order... Copper.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet toffee fruit nose... long metal bitter fruits
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2018
at 15:46
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Mables Tavern. Pours dark gold with a lasting just off-white head. Aroma of hop, fruit, flowers and grass. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2018
at 16:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours amber with a clingy white head. Soft dark fruits and caramel malt in the aroma. Taste is sweet honey/caramel malt, raisin, sugary dark fruit. Sweet, but nice.
Tried
on 22 May 2016
at 16:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Neptune, Whitstable on 7th May 2016. Copper with thin dying off white film and almost no lacing. Malty caramel aroma. Caramel malts and berry fruits in-mouth. Nutty, malty finish with some slight vast fruitiness. Smooth, flattish mouthfeel with medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 May 2016
at 12:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Duke of Wellington, Chelsea. It pours clear amber with a decent white head. The aroma is sweet, fruity, dull caramel, bread and malt loaf. The taste is crisp, mellow bitterness, caramel, toasted grain, good fresh fruity character and tangy berry with a dry finish. Light - medium body and fine carbonation. Perfectly pleasant drinking and the best of the Shep Neame’s beers I had on the day.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2016
at 02:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @Tree Folk’s (Rome). Pours golden with a medium creamy foam. Aroma is fresh fruits, apple, peach, lemon zest, chamomile, some malt, biscuits. Flavour is light sweet at first with a light bitter end, fresh and clean, good. Light body, flat. Nice!
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2015
at 17:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, clear daek amber, small creamy offwhite head. Light caramel aroma. Malty, caramel flavour, hoppy notes. Sweetish. No carb. Not impressive but refreshing.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Apr 2015
at 08:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask half pint at the Cask and Glass, London Victoria. Copper colour, moderate white head. Typical Shepherd Neame house character in the aroma, a special combination of malty and fruity. The flavour is fairly dry, some malts with nutty and biscuity notes. A little more of the Early Bird hops would not hurt.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2015
at 17:42