Subsidiaries
6.4/10
โ
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A pale amber beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet with slight notes of hops and caramel. The flavor is hoppy and malty with a dry hoppy end. A standard British beer.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2005
at 17:06
4.6/10
โ
Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Sampler from bottle at Binnyโs, Orland Park, A good session beer with a pale golden color, and a light taste that puts is more into a lager category. All I can say besides, though, is that itโs a bit of a comedown after all the other great beers Iโve been sampling. Needs to be enjoyed of an evening by itself.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2005
at 21:40
5.2/10
โ
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
660ml bottle from Sainsburys. Copper colour, thickish lasting white head. Touch of green apple and earthy almost burnt hops. Palate is almost stale, dusty with biscuity malts. Very hoppy finish but it is not attached to anything
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2005
at 09:28
5.9/10
โ
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Reddish copper colour with nice hop/malt balance and some yeasty, apple aromas. Overall though a bit thin. A little bit of toffee flavour but not a great finsih.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2005
at 03:35
6.8/10
โ
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy white lasting head, wonderfull dark amber colour, OK aroma and flavour. A very good esb
Tried
on 08 Aug 2005
at 10:42
6.6/10
โ
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Brown beer with a very strong head. The aroma is rich and very mulled wine/Port like, and the flavour is caramel based, warming and slightly spiced. Overall a pretty good Winter beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2005
at 08:57
4.8/10
โ
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Hobgoblin Cantebury. This yeasty nose, some malt and thin finish. Not at its best
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2005
at 05:01
6.6/10
โ
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Certainly better than when I have had this on draught. Yeast and roast coffe on nose with good full malt in mouth and good hop finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2005
at 04:59
6.6/10
โ
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Chambers, Folkestone, Kent. Reddish brown best bitter with good malty fruit on nose and in the flavour. Fruitiness gives it a bit of a sweet feel but there are enough hops on the end to balance it. A decent best bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jun 2005
at 07:47
5.6/10
โ
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500 ml bottle, bought in Denmark. Golden colour, fluffy head diminishing rapidly. Moderate but pleasant hoppy aroma with citrussy elements and some toffee. Flavour is rather lager-like, with a grapefruity bitterness with some metallic notes in the finish. I started drinking it far too cold, improves a bit as it warms up, but not much. Reasonably refreshing, but no masterpiece.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2005
at 16:36