Special
Brakspear in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.36
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Brakspear Special is available from the Bell Street Brewery all year round. Up to four barrels a week will be brewed, which equates to over 1,100 pints. This beer has been brewed by Brakspear for over 40 years, and we're following the original recipe. A truly classic English beer that’s golden red in colour with a well balanced aroma and a hint of sweetness. Full bodied, the initial sweetness gives way to a dry hop bitterness.
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27/07/1978. GREEN MAN, Hinton Road, HURST, Berkshire, England (BRAKSPEARS)
Tried
on 11 Nov 2022
at 08:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
18/10/2018. Cask at the Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival 2018, Nottingham. Pours amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of fruit, malt, hops, caramel and floral notes. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2018
at 15:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Nottingham Beer Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, malt and hops. Sweet bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2018
at 14:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and toffee. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 181018
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2018
at 14:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at gbbf 2015 day 3. Pale copper coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is a little fatty, sulphur, spicy hop,.low caramel. Hedgerow hop. Flavour is composed of nutty grains, hedgerow and bark , firm harsh bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, OK condition. Meh.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2015
at 09:19
4/10
Tried
on 23 Mar 2015
at 13:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Bridge, Kingswinford. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma was bitter orange hops. Taste had orange malt to start and an orange hop finish with some pine.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2011
at 03:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From notes. Deep copper color with a thin white head. Aroma of orange peel and caramel. Flavor starts with caramel and progresses to a bitter finish. Complex.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2010
at 15:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, various occasions at The Swan, Bicester. Copper colour with red hue, bit sweet, with plenty of toffee flavours, malty finishes bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2007
at 01:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask hand-pump at the Crooked Billet, Wokingham. A deep golden colour with a white head; strong yeasty aroma; soft caramel sweet roasted malt flavour; with a rounded bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2007
at 07:27