Black Country Special
Holdens Brewery in Dudley, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.25
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A Dark amber premium beer with robust malty overtones and a bitter sweet full bodied taste. Brewed using the Finest English Maris Otter Malt and Goldings hops this big, beautiful malty monster is an industrial strength beer at it’s best.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bull’s Head, Sedgely, 22/11/2014. Golden in colour, with a decent, white, head. Sweetish, honeyed strong bitter, with a touch of stone fruit and decent, bitter, finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2014
at 03:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at Derby Tup, Chesterfield - Gold colour, moderate head and condition. Honey and apple aromas mingled with a citric hop nose. Honey and sweet malt in the mouth with more delicate hopping and a good hop bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2013
at 13:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Great Western during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear gold with a light, foamy white head. Sugary dough character with light wet hay and faint grassy bitterness. Light of body with fine of carbonation. Sweet finish with hay and sugary dough. Simple.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2013
at 02:26
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Keighley Beer Festival. Copper coloured, no head. Has a sweet aroma with a bitter-sweet taste.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2013
at 14:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6th July 2013
Black Country Beano. Cask in the Great Western. Clear gold beer, little white head. Light palate, semi dry. Fine carbonation. A little marmalade. Tiny bit of honey. Light dry finish.
Black Country Beano. Cask in the Great Western. Clear gold beer, little white head. Light palate, semi dry. Fine carbonation. A little marmalade. Tiny bit of honey. Light dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2013
at 04:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Great Western, Wolverhampton at the early stages of the RB Black Country Bus Bash - 06/07/13. Clear golden with a good sized off white head, good lacing ensues. Nose is toasted malts, caramel, sugars. Taste comprises caramel, bready malts, sugars. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, good dose of bitterness in the finish. Decent ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2013
at 03:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, one-third pint, on a sample tray at the pub called Roscoe Head. Clear amber coloured body, fragile white layer leaving spotty lacing down the glass. Rather modest aroma of bread-like malts together with floral hops. Jam like taste of juicy malts and dried fruits. Bittersweet tail. Satisfying bitter (Liverpool, 07.04.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2013
at 02:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Fountain, Walsall. Pours a lovely clear golden brown with a big white bubbly head. The aroma is weak and malty leading to a malty bitter creamy flavour with a nice smooth creamy palate and a slightly bitter aftertaste. The perfect session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2012
at 12:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sep 2011: Hand pulled in my new local Wetherspoons pub, a pint in a sleeve. I’ve had this lovely beer many times, but never reviewed it before for some reason. All Holdens beers look good and this one is ‘really good looking’; great amber body, clear and rich, the creamy off-white head sticking to the glass like a wet net curtain. No huge aroma, a mix of malt molasses and yeasts, with hints of hops as the beer warms. Malts rule the flavours as well as the smell, this is a semi-sweet Premium Bitter, the type I prefer, the malts allude to a toffee liking feel. Almost creamy in texture, but remaining true to its roots, this is a classic West Midlands (Black Country) Bitter and long may it be so.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2012
at 06:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to Robson for bringing this. Very clear yellow, golden color, nice white head that’s quickly gone. Slight fruity, malty and bitter smell. Taste slight fruity, mainly bitter. Pretty good ESB. Nice carbo, medium body.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2011
at 00:44