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Slater's Ales in Stafford, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.29
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A complex dark ruby beer that has a traditional winter warmer feel with a rich malty taste.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a dark brown with a medium sized foamy off0white head and good lacing. Malt and nuts can be found in the aroma – but not to any great extent. In the mouth, it starts of bitter and hoppy but quickly calms down to sweet and malty. Some spices do appear eventually plus hints of treacle, but the whole affair is somewhat watery. This is just a standard bitter with a few spices thrown in – but reasonable for all that.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2021
at 17:50
6/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2019
at 19:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of malt and toffee, faint spice. Taste is sweet, malty. Thin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2018
at 10:25
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Horse and jockey. Waddington. A bearish colour with a white head. A dull and unintesting beer with a touch of spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2016
at 14:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden. Copper with a small creamy head. Malty-sweet, with the latter dominant and sticky in its texture. Red berry in its nose.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2016
at 08:29
6/10
Tried
on 10 Dec 2015
at 20:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; light clear copper pour with frothy off white head, caramel malt aroma, taste has caramel a hint of spice, not very exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jan 2014
at 05:32
7/10
Tried
on 27 Dec 2013
at 17:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy long-lasting white head and plenty of broken lace. The aroma is malty and a little hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a creamy dry malt, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with flat carbonation. Nice and drinkable but not a lot going on and quite uninspiring. Not what I would expect in a Christmas beer. Where is the fruit? Killed by the malt I guess :-)
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2013
at 15:57