Orchard (Cask)
(Batch of Orchard)
Ruddles in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Summer Out of Production|
Score
5.68
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This combination creates an intriguing beer with an instant apple hit. Balanced by a bitterness that Ruddles beers have become famous for.
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fonefan (84534) reviewed Orchard (Cask) from Ruddles 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask (handpump) @ The Corner House, B3, Birmingham. Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity-vinegar, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and some acetic (vinegar) with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
Fin (18365) reviewed Orchard (Cask) from Ruddles 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Cask at The Crown, Charlton on Otmoor, Oxon. To be honest I viewed this with some scepticism having had the bottle version recently, which in fairness I had also viewed with about as much enthusiasm as having my eyes gouged out with chopsticks, that said the bottle wasn’t as bad as I expected and this faired ever so slightly better. Poured an amber colour but the first whiff was definately of Apples which was strange coming from what looked like an everday bitter. Other than the instantly detectable apple which struck me as being a bit of artificial smell I didn’t think that this appeared so artificial in the taste department, much maltier than I expected and maybe a little bit sweet but you know this proved to be better than I had anticipated.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Orchard (Cask) from Ruddles 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy orange beer with a nice orange head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of apples - and so is the flavor, where the apple presence reminds me most of the apple core. The end is dry. Refreshing, but just not me.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Orchard (Cask) from Ruddles 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Cask handpull at Lord Moon of the Mall JDW, Whitehall. Orangey gold colour, red apple on the aroma, ok in mouth, some caramel on finish with more slightly artificial apple flavour