Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from SH Jones, Bicester, 23-09-06. Fairly standard brown colour beer with reasonable sized off white head. Some malts and fruits in the aroma, taste also rather malty and a touch caramelly sweetness, finishing with some bitterness. Fine enough.
Fin (18365) reviewed Admirals Ale from St. Austell Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle conditioned beer, picked up by my dad whilst on hols’ in Cornwall. Dark copper coloured beer with a busy frothy head. Hops and malt are the predominant notes in the aroma but in the taste the malt comes even more to the fore, along with a slight toffeenis’ . Quite a pleasant beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle conditioned: deep gold colour with cream head. Very malty with some hops coming through, long lasting aftertaste but somewhat cloying.
Fin (18365) reviewed Tribute (Bottle/Can) from St. Austell Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle picked up at Sainsburys, Kidlington 11-09-06. Warm golden colour, small head, some citrus on the nose and a little in the flavour with malts and hops backing up. Ok beer.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Proper Job (Bottle) from St. Austell Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at Kook’s Leaving Do at Chris_o’s. Copper/gold colour with thin white head. Nice citruc grassy, grapefruit hop. Honeyish malt. Goodish carbonation. Soft lemony finish. definitely has the hops to be an IPA. Good tangy finish and one of the beers of the day, even if it was the first.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
From bottle - pours a deep golden colour with tight white head. Aroma of citrus with some honey. Tastes of honey too, with a bitter aftertaste.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Dartmoor Best Bitter from St. Austell Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF 2006. Amber with lasting bubbly off white head. Quite fruity malt aroma. Some hop. Quite juicy and fruity in mouth. Bit of cherry. I liked it.
omhper (44752) reviewed Dartmoor Best Bitter from St. Austell Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
[Cask at GBBF] Amber colour. Dryish with rounded mouthfeel. Some solid malt lies beneath the resiny hops. Fairly low bitterness. Standard bitter.
Fin (18365) reviewed Tinners from St. Austell Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask Handpump at The Butchers Arms, Headington, Oxford 30-06-06 Mid brown colour, quite a traditional tasting bitter nice fruitiness to it, bitterness was maybe a tad restrained, as was the hops, but an enjoyable beer that would make quite a decent session bitter. A6 A3 F7 P3 Ov13 3.2 Had this again at The Swan, Clewer Village, Nr Windsor Berkshire 08-08-09 on leg seven of the Thames Tipple Pours amber with a loose white bubbly head, good clarity. Nice pushy bitterness with a good late sweetness, some dryness also showing. A decent session beer. A6 A4 F6 P4 Ov12 3.2
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Admirals Ale from St. Austell Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500ml bottle from Tesco, Calais. Deep chestnut colour with lasting beige head. Cascade hop aroma, citrus, malty strawberry too. Bit of choc/coffee. Good hop on the end. Really tasty and satisfying beer. I commend this beer to the house.