Firefly Bitter
Hanlons Brewery in Exeter, Devon, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.96
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Fantastic, crisp amber session bitter whose rich character belies the low abv. Light on the palate and kind to the head, it delivers delicate fruitiness from Cascade balanced with biscuity maltiness. Firefly has a clean and citrusy finish, late hopped with Saaz.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Blackfriars. Clear dark golden colour, small white head. Aroma of sour fruits, some malts. Flavour of glue, sourness, some malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2010
at 14:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(The Edgar Wallace, cask) Dark amber color, small off-white head, some lace. Caramelly, hard toffee aroma. Caramelly-nutty flavor. Very weak palate - otherwise quite ok. Short nutty hoppy and toffeish finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2009
at 19:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy amber with a small white head. Weak aroma of toffee and biscuit. Sweet toffee flavour with notes oof roasted malt and hops.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2009
at 10:34
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at OT, Stockholm, on June 6, 2009Clear copper color, very small head. Mild malty scent and taste. Smooth mouthfeel, low bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2009
at 18:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Pale brown colour with brief head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of dark fruit and dusty hops. Malty, nutty taste with dark fruit, caramel, toffee, butter, dusty hops and a touch of orange. Light body, balanced sweetness. Decent, but leaning in the boring direction.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2009
at 16:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. pale brown, smll head. Nutty and light. Sweetish and mild, lightly roasty with spun sugar. Caramelly with clean flavour profile and light salty finish. Very quaffable.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2009
at 04:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
2009-06-16, Cask Conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 6-3-4-2-9=24
Amber color, still. Initially the aroma shows some good hop, but it quickly disappears. Very light caramel flavor, soft mouthfeel also because of the missing carbonation, correct bitterness. Absolutely anonymous.
2008-11-05, Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Pommelers Rest, London, 5-4-6-3-10=28
Nice amber color. Simple Bitter, reasonable caramel flavor and bitterness, too light aroma (maybe a bit floreal), but also a light metallic touch. Too easy.
Amber color, still. Initially the aroma shows some good hop, but it quickly disappears. Very light caramel flavor, soft mouthfeel also because of the missing carbonation, correct bitterness. Absolutely anonymous.
2008-11-05, Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Pommelers Rest, London, 5-4-6-3-10=28
Nice amber color. Simple Bitter, reasonable caramel flavor and bitterness, too light aroma (maybe a bit floreal), but also a light metallic touch. Too easy.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2009
at 05:12
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at the Three Mariners, Hythe, Kent. Hazy gold with a ring of white head; malty aroma; thin and watery with some malt, suagar and hops. Rather plain and boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2008
at 04:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught. Clear coppery with some head, but disappears quickly. Little aroma, mainly hops. Very light body with light carbonation. Flavour has hops and some vanilla in finish. Overall lacks body but has some interesting falvours.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2008
at 18:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Market Porter. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is wood and spices along with some notes of conifer forest. Flavour is grass, wood and some mildherbal notes. Aftertaste is mainly yeasty, herbal and slightly grassy.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2008
at 03:21