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.
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle, 3.8%. Slightly hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma ismalt, caramel, vegetables and fruit. Flavour is malt, caramel, vegetabels, thin, little toasted, medium sweet, hop and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 11:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 4%. Clear dark yellow with medium white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, little earthy and a little citrus. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, little grapefruit, earthy, little peach and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 08:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light fruity and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 170115
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 08:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, light fruity and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 170115
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 07:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle, 3.8%. Clear amber with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, biscuit, little vegetable and a little hop. Flavour is malt, caramel, little biscuit, medium sweet, hop, little thin and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 07:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle [light gusher]. Apart from a palmful tiny, floating particles clear golden colour with average to huge, osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Slightly grainy, prevailing hoppy aroma has notes of gooseberry and yellow stone fruit. Taste is minimally biting bitter hoppy, minimally fruity, unripe pear and apple, a touch of gooseberry, very cautious pale malty basis; dry, mineral finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2015
at 18:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Slightly murky, pale amber colour with small, macropore, diminishing, off-white head. Hoppy aroma with hints of gooseberry and lemon ice tea, unripe peach. Taste is delivers the same flavours in slightly more powerful format; flat carbonation. Very British.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2015
at 17:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
First beer of 2015. And it’s good. If a touch lively. Golden colour huge head. Citrus taste and aroma. A nice welcome to 2015.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2014
at 00:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from brewery via eebria. Amber colour with white head. Fruity aroma, and taste. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 00:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from brewery via eebria. Deep gold colour with a thin white head. Aroma has fruit and malt. The taste has a spicy hoppiness with a touch of caramel, and a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 00:00