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Arkells Kingsdown Ale (Bottle)

Percentile
50
overall
Brewed by Arkells
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Swindon, England

bottling
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
123.2/5.03.05/5.05%42.7English pint
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised bottle.
Kingsdown Ale is the strongest of our regular beers but is a brother to 3B as it comes from the same mash. It retains a strong character of its own, however, with its rich colour, ripe fruit 'nose' and that traditional Arkell's hopiness. You can taste the malt too, along with a bitter-sweet finish and fruit notes. 'Kingsdown', which is named after the area of Upper Stratton where the brewery is situated, was originally brewed as a special beer to commemorate Swindon Town Football Club's League Cup triumph in 1969 and went into regular production in 1976.
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 downender (2587), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 27, 2009  
Bottle from Waitrose, Cirencester. Deep copper in colour with a lacy, off-white head. Aroma of sweetmalts, hedgerow fruit and some earthiness. Sweet, malty flavour with a lot more fruit and bitter hop finish. A good bottled beer - streets ahead of the Tanglefoot sampled earlier in the day.


 azlondon (662), Fribourg, Switzerland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Jun 27, 2008  
Appearance: Amber, copper brown. Little head. Aroma: Fruity. Pear/Orange. Taste: Nice malt, hops. Fresh. Bit fruity. Info: 500ml bottle, 29/6-2006, 133/300


 johninmelb (692), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/54/102/56/20
Nov 6, 2005  
I hope I’m talking about the same beer as everyone else here, but I didn’t like it. Smells like dishwater with a bit of melon. The flavour was malty - and slightly dark - but not sustained. It soon gives way to a nasty finish of ethanol and washing machine water.


 imdownthepub (5143), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 12, 2005  
Bottled, Pasteurised.
Deep brown with red hue, slight white head. Sweetish full bodied fruity beer with a slight chemical note about it. Plenty of caramel toffee notes but overall fairly decent.


 Garrat (1132), Suffolk, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/511/20
Jan 13, 2005    Updated: Jan 11, 2006
From a bottle.Dark brown in colour,no head,toffee and fudge flavours.A sweet sunblest maltloaf bitter.


 chriso (4796), London, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 8, 2004  
Deep red/amber colour. Very nice for a pasteurised bottled bitter. Far better than I was expecting. A good balance of nutty malt, fruit and hops. Clean fruity finish. Bottled (500ml)


 RichardGretton (3145), Leicestershire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 8, 2004  
Dark brown/reddish ale withb a slightly burn't and lightly hopped aroma. The flavour is mainly carmel with a dry finish. Overall a nice but plain ale.


 johndoughty (2156), cheslyn hay, West Midlands, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 31, 2003  
A reddish bitter with malts dominating although there are a range of other flavours present.Fruits are there and as are traces of hops.What may appear on the surface to be a run of the mill strong bitter turns out to be a complex and satisfying drink.



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