Pale Ale (USA)
Whitbread in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Samuel AdamsBitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production
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Score
5.96
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A moderately hoppy English style pale ale contract brewed by Boston Beer Co. (at their Cincinnati plant, previously used by Hudepohl) for Interbrew.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
FC Nordsjælland vs. Chelsea FC Champions League football night tasting in Odense, October 2012. Amber with a small white head. Malty aroma with bread crust and toffee, and a fruity touch of red apples. Sweetish malty flavour with a touch of fruit, and a slightly bitter finish
Tried
on 02 Oct 2012
at 10:30
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle shared with Joes and DutchDrebus. Thanks Joes for sharing. Nice amber color, but not a good smell. Malt and caramel. Low to medium body, low to medium carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2011
at 10:31
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz. bottle, $1.50 loose at HyVee, Storm Lake, IA. No expiry code. Twist-off cap. Poured in my Sam Adams glass, there’s a slightly cloudy brown beer under a thin head. Some sediment left in the bottle. This has gotten old, I think, probably why it sat in the loose rack. Oxidized, slightly phenolic smell that I can’t count against an undated bottle. At least that means there’s malt in here, and that’s plain with the taste. It’s malty sweet, but a bit medicinal. Hops have dwindled away. Hate to knock a beer for being past its prime, but I can’t rate based on what I think it would taste like. Clearly a chance for a nice, malty English beer that is, it seems, not easy to find where I am.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2010
at 22:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a clear copper amber with a medium creamy off white head that lasts awhile leaving good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a spicy fruit aroma with caramel and light bready malt. Medium mouthfeel with a bitter malt with caramel and a nice sugary finish. A good ESB from Boston Beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2009
at 01:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours deep amber into a Sam glass. Medium head leaves spot lacing as it slowly recedes. Caramel malt aromas. Sweet caramel and quite carbonated upfront. Dry, sour and stale finish.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2009
at 21:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet yeasty with malty and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with yeasty and caramel notes. Finished sweet.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2008
at 02:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
thanks kim for sharing, 33cl bottle, not much aroma wise, kinda faint, and also kinda bitter in the boring-bitterness way. light amber, small white head. flavor is sweetish, caramellish, bitterhops i dont like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2008
at 15:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
25 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Dark malty, slight overripe fruity note. Sweet caramel and fruity yeasty flavoured. Light carbonation mouthfeel. Mild and slight crisp bitterness into a medium dry finish with a lasting malt impression.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2008
at 15:21
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Slightly hazy copper-amber colour. Very caramelly and a little bit oxidized nose. This never went across the pond, so what gives? Caramelly taste with some pear/plum/apricot vague fruitiness from the yeast. The usual boring two-step of pasteurized English ale.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2008
at 03:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a caramel-amber color with a medium sized yellow-white head. The aroma had moderate fruity hops and a light sour nutty malt base. The flavor was lightly bitter with a noted fruity hop presence and notes of caramel and nut underneath. Caramel and fruity hops linger on the finish. Nicely balanced. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2007
at 15:36