 harrisoni (6946), Ashford, Kent, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 15, 2005 Updated: Mar 10, 2007Bottle at Fountain, Seabrook, Kent
Copper coloured with off white thickish lasting head. Resiny hops with good biscuity malts, very bitter on end with good longish finish. Would definitely drink again.
Re-rate drunk a bottle on the train on the way home from work and I gave it exactly the same score. Amazing. Little bit more put off this time by the pasteurisation and candy sugar, but there is a definite attractive yeast, hop, malt balance and a sharpness from the yeast and hop on finish is very good. 737314
Tmoney99 (4793), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 15, 2005 500ml Bottle from Party Source. Dark amber with huge off-white head that diminished slowly. Medium aroma of malt and yeast. Medium body. Good flavor of sweet malt and medium bitter finish. Above average bitter.
UnsofistaCat (222), Garden City, Michigan, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 2, 2005 Didn’t smell much from this one. Although, I have to admit I am in the middle of barbequing using a chamber and hickory wood. So maybe my nose is blown out. Might of detected a little apples. Taste, very average for a bitter. And bitter it is, but that’s about all. slight apple after taste...maybe. On a positive note, this beer has a real nice appearance. Dark golden with perfect lacing.
CampbellWilson (533), Scotland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 29, 2005 Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Amber/light brown. Earthy malt, little bit of resinous hop in aroma. Minerally roasty hop finish. S’alright.
HogTownHarry (4025), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Jun 26, 2005 Updated: Aug 15, 2005Bottle (500ml). A gift. *warning* no idea how long bottle had been in refrigerator. Poured average whitish head, okay lacing, not much carbonation. Decent dark amber in colour. Aroma of yeast (big time), some malt, some sour milk, some hoppiness. Tasted a bit flat and sour, this bottle was pretty generic ESB (take issue with the "special"). Somewhat unpleasant aftertaste- again, stale/sour. I’ll try it again as my memory of the first bottle I had a couple of years ago was "decent".
Magicdave6 (5558), London, Greater London, England
| 1.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Jun 21, 2005 pritty bad news alroudndhshshshssshhhshhshshshshshhshshhshs, oh yea i smell grasss just to add sharacters
GarethYoung (1110), Glasgow, Scotland
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jun 21, 2005 [bottle from tesco] pours light brown with minimal head. nose is malty, fruity with a little underlying nuttyness. body is reasonable, little bitterness in the finish.
SpudClampDawg (1027), Jasper, Indiana, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jun 10, 2005 The nose on this seems ’dead’ to me, as there are sweet fruit aromas in it, but they are flat and distant. Bready malts are much more abundant and take over the aroma. Some fruitiness in the body - peach, cherry and banana - as well as some doughy malts. The mouthfeel is thin. I’m just ’eh’ on this one...
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