Bishop Nick
Microbrewery
in
Braintree,
Essex,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Bishop Nick Brewery Shop
Established in 2012
Contact
33 East Street, Braintree, CM7 3JJ, England
Description
in 1842 Thomas Dixon Ridley built his brewery on the banks of the River Chelmer. It was here that the Ridleys’ great tradition of brewing was born. The brewery thrived and Ridley’s beer was enjoyed at inns from Southend to Saffron Walden. Over the next 163 years six generations of Ridleys honed their skills and perfected their palettes to bring the people of Essex the best local brews, until the brewery was sold in 2005. In 2012 Nelion Ridley takes up the mantle once more, and with his craft brewery ‘Bishop Nick’, is devoted to keeping Essex ales sacred.
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a clear amber colour with a smallish frothy off white head. The aroma is malty, some caramel, grass and a little fruit. A malty taste, caramel and fruity flavours and a twiggy dry bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2018
at 17:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear, faint, dark amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Fruity and minimally leafy, slightly citrusy, hoppy and mellow malty aroma, initial hints of red berries and corresponding shrubs find themselves widely replaced by condensed mandarine jelly notes, minimally nutty malty undertones. Taste is slightly bitter, dry, nuttily malty and slightly fruity hoppy, cautious hints of orange and mandarine, a leafy touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2018
at 20:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Minimally milky, yellow-ish golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Biscuity pale malty and fruity hoppy aroma, hints of apricot, mirabelle, a touch of mandarine and orange. Taste is minimally bitter hoppy, slightly fruity, minimally sweet, biscuity pale malty, hints of mirabelle and apricot. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2018
at 16:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. @ The Shnoodlepip, London. [ As Bishop Nick Arise ].Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, caramel, blackcurrant. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, nutty, caramel, blackcurrant. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160805] 6-3-6-3-11
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2018
at 15:24
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2018
at 12:28
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Thin beige head left a covering on a still, reddish brown body. Fruity aroma with eucalyptus, herbs & spices - quite festive! Thin body, watery, minimal carbonation - much like drinking water. Spicy tastes with eucalyptus, pepper, aniseed, red berry & jam.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2018
at 19:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500 ml bottle, from Ales By Mail. ABV is 4.5%. Reddish brown colour, small off-white head. Distinct aroma of ginger, cinnamon and possibly other Yuletide spices. Light bodied. The flavour is medium dry, with very distinct (maybe too distinct) notes of ginger, cinnamon and other Yuletide spices. Hints of citrus. By all means, I like the spices, but would prefer that they were somewhat better balanced by the malts and hops. A slight but pleasant ginger burn in the aftertaste. Very drinkable beer after all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2018
at 17:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear, dark amber colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Fruity hoppy and slightly spicy malty aroma, hints of red berries and gooseberry. Taste is dry, fruity hoppy and spicy malty, hints of plum, red berries, some gooseberry, a minimally waxy touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2018
at 00:33
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Clear, copper-ish, chestnut colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Mellow malty and mildly spicy aroma, notes of cinnamon, ginger,a touch of cola. Taste is initially homogeneously mellow malty and mildly spicy, breaks into slightly loose, if not isolated hints of cinnamon and ginger, and moves thereby to dry (cinnamon) and minimally soapy (ginger) regions; finally minimally overspiced and slightly inharmonious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2018
at 20:36
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from eebria.com. Hazy Amber colour with a thin tan head. Aroma is dominated by the ginger with a spice finish. Taste spicy and light bitter. Light body slightly thin and watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2018
at 00:00