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Arkells 3B (Cask)

Arkells 3B (Cask)

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A Bitter brewed by
Arkells

Swindon, England

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302.86/5.02.86/5.04%30.4English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular. Also available in a Tesco bottle conditioned pack.
Arkell's Best Bitter Beer, as it was originally known, was first brewed in 1910 and has been affectionately known as BBB or 3B by customers ever since. (One Swindon landlord will tell you that 'BBB' stands for "Big Boy's Beer"). Today, 3B is renowned by Britain's beer lovers as a superb, amber brew with a very distinctive taste and a sweet scent of malt beneath the hops. Pale malt makes up 88% of the dry ingredients along with 10% crystal malt and 2% sugar. According to the 'Real Ale Drinker's Almanac', 3B has "delicate, beautifully balanced malt and hop with lingering dry finish and hint of nut".

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 Ungstrup (11710), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/57/20
Jan 18, 2006  
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy brown beer with no head. The aroma is nutty with light notes of alcohol. The flavor is slightly sour with notes of metal and nuts, but the body is thin.


 oh6gdx (6460), Vaasa, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is yeast, some dough, wood and also some mild wooden notes. Flavour is wood, yeast, some mild licorice as well as mild herbal notes.


 fonefan (5547), Ulfborg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 21, 2008  
<b>Cask &#40;handpump&#41; &#64; Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.</b><br />Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty sour notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. &#40;070808&#41;


 harrisoni (5474), Ashford, Kent, England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 6, 2005  
Cask handpull at Wetherspoons, Folkestone. Dark copper colour with thin beige head. Earthy citric hop and muddy in mouth. Citric finish has nettle hop. Alright, no great shakes, earthy best bitter


 duff (5407), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/512/20
Nov 4, 2005  
Cask&#64;Twickenham Beer Festival. Quite a dry, grainy mouthfeel, with a touch of green citric hops, pretty much tastes like any other English Bitter, i really struggled to pick up anythinjg else from this, a little boring.



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