Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2020 vintage - 500ml bottle for 11 bucks at the brewery - yes, please - clear dark amber - the dry hopping on this is still surprisingly apparent, but has mellowed enough for the caramelized maltiness to shine - notes of plum, date, sherry - light oxidation and and very mild funkiness to it - the barrel is really understated, but there is an oaky tannic character that is just beneath the surface throughout - alcohol is not apparent at all - creamy texture, full body - I'm not really a fan of the base beer, especially when fresh, but the age and barrel treatment have made this quite nice - I appreciate that it does not bludgeon you over the head and is not a syrupy sugar bomb.
jhsnitz1 (1803) reviewed The Tower ESB from Bull & Bush Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Copper color, tan foam, toast and woody aroma. Taste is woody, moderately floral bitterness. A little sweet malt at the dry finish. Gets more sweet as it warms.
gtaegeek (6356) reviewed Big Ben Brown Ale from Bull & Bush Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Taster at Beasts & Brews. Pours a clear, brown color, with a medium, foamy, beige head. The nose is black bread, cherry wood, pumpernickel, and chalk. Sweet and malty, with a resinous, sticky bitterness. Medium body, crisp, and chewy. Pretty nice brown.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Royal Oil from Bull & Bush Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle pours out dark brown topped with a small sand head. Nose is nice sweet caramel brown sugar malts and bourbon barrel vanilla notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts bourbon barrel vanilla some roast.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Royal Oil from Bull & Bush Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle at share. Dark brown PO r with a ring of beige foamy head. Aroma is sweet roasty malts. Taste follows with more roasty malt sweetness, notes of chocolate, but lost against a sea of open RIS bottles.
samuel214 (2965) reviewed Royal Oil from Bull & Bush Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
[2022-08-07] Flaska från 2022, 13,5%. Mörk, lite murken kastanjebrun med liten ljusbeige krona. Smakar som ett glas höst. Stor sötma, kolaremmar, johannesbröd, rostat socker. Stor kropp, fat, bra hetta. Rejält med sötma, drar nästan åt en sherry. Smuttvänligt. #lastone [9/4/9/4/17=4,3] [2022-10-08] Flaska från 2018, 13,5%. Kastanjebrun med en gnutta vitbeige krona. Smakar och doftar av bränt socker, Bourbon, fat, kolaremma, blöta höstlöv, kastanj. Mycket gott och snyggt. Betyget samma för denna. [9/4/9/4/17=4,3]
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Black Friday from Bull & Bush Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap. Pours clear reddish black, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is roasty, pine, grapefruit, earth. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Nice. Glad these are still being made, honestly.
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solidfunk (21946) reviewed Big Ben Brown Ale from Bull & Bush Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Roast and some nut. Pours clear brown with decent head. Some metallic copper aroma here. Light caramel. Aftertaste a little off. Tap at First Draft.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed The Tower ESB from Bull & Bush Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a very amber glow and even some ruby tints when held up to a light, with a thick, three to four centimetre tall tan head that fades quickly, but still tops the beer after a few minutes. Aroma of earthiness, pitted fruits, caramelised sugars, a dash of toast and some peated malts, all with a good strength in terms of alcohol and malts. Medium-bodied; Rich toasted malts with bunches of nutty and biscuity flavours, some pungent sweetness from caramelised sugars and toffee flavours, but also a dash of earthy and herbal qualities, especially at the end. Aftertaste shows the earthy and very biscuity malt notes with some lighter bitterness from the grain and caramelised sugars with a dry profile near the finish showing some lower alpha acid hops. Overall, a pretty nice beer with a lot of malt notes, but a pretty good balance of [lower alpha acid] hops with some pleasant sweetness and a touch of earth on the finish, but reminiscent of some of the older and classic beers from England! I sampled this 50 cL bottle, purchased from Total Beverage in Thornton, Colorado on 08-May-2021 for US$4,99 sampled in my hotel room here in Estes Park, Colorado on 09-May-2021.