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Craddock's Brewery in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
5.86
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A joyfully flavoured smooth, strong, aromatic ale that is dangerously easy to drink. This rich gold ale is Craddock Brewery’s most favoured beer.
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5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 4
Draft at the source. Clear pale yellow color. Aroma of white pepper. Taste is watery white pepper. Plain.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2015
at 09:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Duke William during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear yellow with a light, creamy white head. Nice citrus hop aroma with lemon and tangerine especially. Light sweet flavor with moderate dry dough, more lemon, more tangerines. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly sweet on the finish with decent sugary dough malts and lemon meringue. Good one.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2013
at 03:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black country beer bash. Cask at the Duke William. Light golden colour with a persistent white head. Light citrus nose, bready malt. Nice clean grassy hop bitterness. Drinkable enough, but lack depth.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2013
at 14:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
6th July 2013
Black Country Beano. Cask at the Duke William. Almost clear gold beer. Little white head. Light and softish palate. Light dried fruits. Elderflower. Tangy orange. Dry finish. Not bad.
Black Country Beano. Cask at the Duke William. Almost clear gold beer. Little white head. Light and softish palate. Light dried fruits. Elderflower. Tangy orange. Dry finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2013
at 07:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge on the Rate Beer Black Country Bash - 06/07/13. Clear golden with a decent sized off white cap. Nose is toasty malts, light fruit, hint of yeast, orange notes. Taste comprises bread dough, summer fruits, bready malt, light sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, bitter notes in the finish. Ok drinkable affair but doesn’t carry much depth of flavour for a 5.4% number. I wouldn’t look to revisit this one - as with all of the Craddocks offerings I sampled - just a bit too basic and this one scored highest!
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2013
at 13:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Poured a light amber with a round white head. The aroma is creamy malt, leading to a big malty, weak bitter flavour with a watery palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2013
at 02:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma is grainy and sandy with some slight hops, somewhere. Taste has some citrus hop and a medium bitter finish. Slightly astringent.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2012
at 01:35