Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Rating moved from under other name from saturday, june 30, 2007 50 cl bottle, thanks Pelle from The Rover! Named Bluebird Bitter Premium XB. Labeled 4.4% ABV. Clear pale golden color, fluffy white head. Sweet grapefruit and hoppy apricot scent. Sweet malty and hoppy taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled 500ml. -from Presporska Pivoteka ie Cafe Luxor, Bratislava. Hazy golden coloured, medium sized white head, dusty light fruity nose. Moderate malty, yeasty and light caramel with notes of rose hip tea in the finish. Let’s say huge disappointment.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
I approached this with trepidation after the failure that was the regular bottled Bluebird Bitter... It poured a clear, maybe just slightly hazy golden body with a small head. Aroma hops dominate the nose, but somehow fail to impress. Appley, sweet dry empty taste, somewhat bready, soft maltiness, slightly bitter from the hopiness in the end. Well, not bad in general, only way too subdued.
ogivlado (19466) reviewed Old Man Ale (Bottle) from Coniston Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled 500ml. -from Presporska Pivoteka ie Cafe Luxor, Bratislava. Clear amber coloured, medium sized off white head, caramel nose. Moderate malty, caramel and fruits with mild hoppy notes in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Ogi’s, shared with heavy and me of course. Murky ochre body with a medium sized white head. The aroma is immediately a huge letdown, tired yeastiness... and that’s it. What the... The same continues into the taste, dull, tired yeastiness, but it’s somewhat saved by the soft mouthfeel, and it’s a bit mild. Extremely light bitterness in the finish. Oh great, the night of obviously crappy English bitters with averages above 3.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle.. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Brown amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate. A little boring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle conditioned 500ml, best before 18 Nov 2011, drank and reviewed 26 Oct 2010. Poured carefully into an ’Abbot Ale’ tankard. Golden, light amber body, clear and bright, large white head of bubbles sat on top. The head fell away to swiftly for me, soon only a collar and a wispy half covering. The aroma was weak, typical UK Bitter with hints of light malts and a selection of aromatic hops smells. The taste is again what you’d expect, nothing spectacular, just a bog standard bitter, semi-sweet malt initial flavours followed by a hop bitterness as the mouth dries. If anything I found it slightly over carbonated and almost ’fizzy’, not what I’d expect from ’bottle conditioned’ UK beers which are usually a lot less lively. Drinkable, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ YNWA, Kolding. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. Crisp. 240312
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Copper colour with a white head. Fruity and mild caramel nose. Mild fruity and hoppy flavour with a fine malt background.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Old Man Ale (Cask) from Coniston Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ Bishops Arms Savoy, Malmö. Pours a clear dark amber reddish color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with hoppy hints.