Pardoe's Bumblehole
Olde Swan in Netherton, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.59
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Pale, well hopped premium bitter.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Ma Pardoe's, Netherton. Clear copper gold. Thick foamy white head. Aroma is low key - sweet fruity/floral with a hint of sourness. Flavourwise it's initially sweet before a more hoppy bitterness appears.but the sweetness then reasserts itself. Light. Slick. Soft-flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Olde Swan (Ma Pardoes)
on 20 Mar 2026
at 14:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
14/4/2024. Cask at The Miller's T'Ale micropub, Peel, Isle of Man. Courtesy of Robin. Pours clear golden amber with a creamy/frothy off-white head. Aroma is very fruity, floral, malt, straw, herbal notes. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Quite enjoyed this.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2024
at 17:07
30/10/2004. OLD SWAN, Halesowen Road, NETHERTON, West Midlands, England (OLD SWAN)
Tried
on 16 Jan 2023
at 07:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the brewpub. Clear golden, small white head. Malty, bit fruity, sweetish, soft texture, some bitterness in finish. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
from Cask
at
Olde Swan (Ma Pardoes)
on 01 Jan 2020
at 10:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, gravity at The Berwick Bar, Shrewsbury Folk Festival Sunday 28th August 2016 Pours hazy yellow with a white head atop. A little honey sweetness and a decent malty backbone, one of the better beers that I have had today from the festival bar. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov13 3.2
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2016
at 00:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Swan. Poured a crystal clear straw with a frothy white head. The aroma is sweet ovaltine malt. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet with a smooth hop, light floral bitter palate. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2015
at 14:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Olde Swan; clear golden yellow pour with a frothy white head, aroma has sweet malts, taste has sweet honey.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2015
at 11:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at the source. Clear golden color. Fruity aroma. Taste has lemony fruit, bitter finish. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2015
at 11:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (backlog). Golden colour with a small white head, which vanishes quite quickly. Aroma is mild wood, resin, some slight herbal and floral notes along with some sweet malts and mild nutty notes. Flavour is resin, wood, some herbal, earthy and grassy notes. Balanced, but nothing "extraordinary" when it comes to an ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2015
at 13:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled pint on 28th Feb 2015 in the Posada, Wolverhampton. Golden bodied brew with a white head that hung around. Pale malty sweetness in the nose and taste, finishes a little more bitter and drier, but overall this is a fairly sweet brew.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2015
at 02:10