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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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours a dark golden with a large, lasting head. Aroma is floral, some grass and bready malt. Bready start. Strong bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2010
at 11:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. An attractive amber with a loose white head; aromas of tropical fruits and butterscotch; think in the mouth with the same tropical fruit flavour followed by a good blast of English hops. I rather liked this.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2010
at 11:10
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Wharf, Aalborog. Golden colour with nearly no off-white head. Aroma is malt, butterscotsch, yeast. Flavour is malt, butterscotsch, yeast, caramel, herbs. Ordinary beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2010
at 21:58
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask, at The Wharf, Aalborg. As Holden’s Black Special. A golden beer topped by a cask-style off-white head. Yeasty, citrusy nose with caramel malts and a touch of dms. Some catpee like hops aren’t disturbing the experience. The flavor has some caramel and yeast, with grassy, almost lime-like hops. Quite low on initial bitterness, but decent in the end. Some fruityness too in the finish. A very easy drinkable beer, but nothing impressive about it. 091025
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2010
at 04:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at bow bar ... Ligth amber ... thin white head ... quite bitter ...soft fruityness and a little blackcurrent.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2009
at 08:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@EBF2008. Golden colour with particles floating around. Small head. Aroma is fruits and some hops with mild bitterish grassy notes. Flavour is the same with mild notes of grass and wood.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2008
at 00:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
No head. Amber body. Fruity caramelly tea aroma with wooden roasty notes. Dry-sweet floral roasty caramelly taste. Light, delicate, harmonic. Bitter floral caramelly aftertaste. Highly drinkable, yet interesting. Excellent! (0.1l taster cask at EBF ’08.)
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2008
at 11:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, 5.1% at EBF08. Clear golden colour. Rough malty aroma. Sweetish with a hint of yeast. 6 3 6 3 11
Bottle at EBF08. Clear golden colour. Very small white head. Grainy flavour, quite boring. 4 3 4 3 8
Bottle at EBF08. Clear golden colour. Very small white head. Grainy flavour, quite boring. 4 3 4 3 8
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2008
at 16:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at stand 35 on EBF 2008, on Saturday September 13)Clear golden color, small white head. Fruity and hoppy bitter taste. Rather high bitterness. Sweet and fruity scent, some butterscotch. Medium mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2008
at 04:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Gravity cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a little lacing white head. Arom is mild citric to cornosh with a light bitterness showing through. Smooth although bitter finish. Bitter and light malty to roasted finish.6-3-6-3-11=2.9
From cask at Charlies. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a small white head. Vague fruity aroma. Fruity and mild yeasty flavoured. Light bitterness coming through. Lingering fruity flavoured finish.5-3-6-3-11=2.8
From cask at Charlies. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a small white head. Vague fruity aroma. Fruity and mild yeasty flavoured. Light bitterness coming through. Lingering fruity flavoured finish.5-3-6-3-11=2.8
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2008
at 02:59