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madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Piston Bitter from Beer Engine 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
15th July 2014
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Almost clear amber beer, residual bubbly white head. Palate is dry with modest fine carbonation. Mild caramel im the slightly sourish malt. Tangy dried fruits before the dry finish. Too dry and tangy. Bleh.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Piston Bitter from Beer Engine 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
500ml brown bottle with a comical label of a train loaded with brewing equipment. 4.2%. The label also says it was brewed and bottled for ’The Beer Engine’, but not by who and where. Best by Nov 2007, drank in Dec 2006. Tawny brown, clean looking in my sleeved pint glass, very thin white wispy head sat on top, loads of bubbled rising through the beer,they are not however helping the head to grow or stay. Aroma, caramel, but not sweet or toffee apple, hops and a splash of malt also in the air. Very dry, too dry for my tastebuds. the dryness is there from the first sip until the last and lingers in the mouth. I have two more bottles in the garage, they will now move from my personal stash, to the ’visitors allowed to drink them’ area. Not a bad beer by any standard, but just a bit dry for me.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Sleeper Heavy from Beer Engine 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Stortford Beer Festival 2011. An amber beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of matl and caramel as well as lighter notes of fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and fruits - especially peaches, leading to a lightly bitter finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Piston Bitter from Beer Engine 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask. An amber beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and some hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Downender (11275) reviewed Rail Ale from Beer Engine 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On gravity at the Tuckers Maltings Beer festival, Newton Abbot 23/04/10. Amber coloured with a slight, off-white head. I can only agree with the other ratings. This was an easy, drinking bitter with a touch of strawberry fruit and dry finish, but it didn’t make a lot of impact.
Fin (18365) reviewed Piston Bitter from Beer Engine 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle picked up at Darts Farm, Topsham, Nr Exeter, Devon 12-11-06 had the same evening. Amber in colour with a strange slightly gasseous nose, though not unpleasant tasted absolutely fine but soft, malty and some bittereness but all in all a tad bland.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Sleeper Heavy from Beer Engine 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Copper/brown colour with off white head. Red berry/yeast aroma with a bit of vanilla. Quite good hp. I like the fruit which has red berries running throughout the beer.