GFB (Gilberts First Brew)
Hop Back Brewery in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.19
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GFB our Golden, with the sort of light clean tasty quality which makes an ideal session ale. Tasted to destruction by our brewers, GFB our Golden Best has a hoppy aroma and is packed full of the very best East Kent Goldings, leading to a good dry finish.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Hand-pulled pint in the lovely old tourist pub ’Haunch of Venison’, Salisbury, on 12th Oct 2013. This comes a real pale golden colour, almost Lager-like and with the same white head s you’d expect on a Lager/Pilsner. The aroma was both ’grainy’ and hoppy in about equal measures, the hops just winning in the taste stakes with a mild citrus hint coming through. Dry finish to a pretty average brew that was almost boring and lacking any robustness of flavour or body depth. Subtle for some, bland for me.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2013
at 00:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Brownswood, London. Pours clear yellow with a fine, white froth head. Grainy malt nose, wet leaves. Light sweet flavor, toasted grains, dirt, leafy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, toast, more dirt and leaves, grainy malts. Wholly uninspiring.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2012
at 12:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Wyndham Arms, Salisbury. Amber with a loose white head; aroma of fresh, grassy hops and malts; in the mouth there is an immediate bite of sharp citrus hops, then a slightly sweet malty body; follwed by a prolonged bitterness. An excellent bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2012
at 15:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Number Twenty-2, Darlington. Golden colour, moderate white head. Moderate flowery aroma. Elderflowers? Floral and hoppy flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2011
at 21:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
7th December 2007
Pigs Ear Festival, Hackney. Dry palate. Hoppy with distinct elderflower. Also prominent honey. A bit different.
Pigs Ear Festival, Hackney. Dry palate. Hoppy with distinct elderflower. Also prominent honey. A bit different.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2011
at 06:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (Deacons, Salisbury) - Gold/amber in colour. Slightly hoppy aroma with peach, tea and fruit. Malty and fruity taste with faint notes of peach and hops. I remember it being better than this, so I will rate it again in future.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2009
at 04:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Charlies Pub, Copenhagen. Golden colour, small white head. Sweet fruity hoppyness along with some wood. Flavour is wood, nectar, fruity hops and some caramel malty notes as well. Smooth and refreshing.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2009
at 05:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden with a medium white creamy head. Aroma had floral hops and fruity notes. Flavour had fruits, floral hops, eath and malty notes. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2009
at 06:58
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Sultan, London SW19, UK on 24th June 2009. Golden session ale with lasting off-white head. Moderately hoppy and clean tasting. Some fruitiness Zingy mouthfeel, longish dry finish, leaving the drinker wanting more. A good pint.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2009
at 07:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Light caramelish and vague hoppy aroma. Sweet caramelish and light fruity hoppy flavoured. Solid bitter and dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2009
at 14:41