Charley Brewster's Bundle
Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.42
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Bronze coloured with a honeyed aroma and a full sweetish palate.
Ingredients: Maris Otter pale malt, crystal malt. Fuggles and Goldings hops.
Ingredients: Maris Otter pale malt, crystal malt. Fuggles and Goldings hops.
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6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. [ Thanks to Enjoyit ] Clear amber color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, vintage, fruit, plum, honey. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat to soft. (011107)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2007
at 15:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
275ml bottle from Bentalls, Bracknell. Slightly hazy gold colour with a thin white head; aroma is fruity and spicy, with peach and apricot; syrupy sweet and very fruity, with some bitterness; warming alcohol to finish with gentle spice and a sticky finish. One to sip slowly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2007
at 14:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 6
Succesfull bottle-conditioned version of a B.C."H."; slightly cloudy orange-amber beer, with a verdigris shine. Quite medicinal nose, with some phenolic streaks and hop hiding behind. Faint fruity, but the phenols keep overwhelming this. Bitterish overlying taste on a malty underbuild. The bitterness is difficult to analyse; part hops, no doubt, part coffee-like - though no coffee would be acceptable this way - and part again phenolic. Maybe some higher alcohols. Also some berry-like flavours - very wild berries then. Sharp, aggressive MF, rather mild alcoholic, but thinnish body. Sample well inside its BBD frame, but I wonder how it was kept. I cannot imagine this flavour profile being deliberate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2007
at 12:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle conditioned. Copper orange with a slight haze. Low head and condition. Big aromas of butterscotch and malt. Complex mix of malt, toffee, yeast and brie in the mouth and a chalky chewy sweet finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2006
at 10:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
275ml bottle from Cask & Glass, Tonbridge. Very hazy russet colour with lasting off white head. Strong hop/alcohol aroma with intense grapefruit and hops. Refreshing in mouth, juicy fruit. Stunnning. Some choc lime. The fruit in the mouth really is lovely. Good strong hop finish. Really rather nice. I like the hop and alcohol mix.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2006
at 10:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 27,5 cl) Dark amber with a small, creamy off-white head. Very light-bodied which is fairly surprising considering the alcohol. Flavourwise this isn’t really a major thrill - lightly fruity with a light bitter finish. Brewed to commemorate the birth of the female brewer’s baby girl. Cute! 280705
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2005
at 14:01