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Coniston Bluebird Bitter (Bottle)

Percentile
69
overall
Brewed by Hepworth
Style: Bitter

Horsham, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4033.24/5.03.23/5.04.2%94English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottled Conditioned.
This used to be contract brewed by Brakspear. The former Brakspear head brewer (Peter Scholey) has the contract to brew it via his Beer Counter company.
Currently contract brewed at Hepworth for Beer Counter, under the supervision of Peter Scholey.
The ingredients and abv are different to the CAMRA Supreme Champion cask ale which continues to be brewed by Coniston.
Ingredients: Maris Otter and crystal malt; Challenger hops - mainly at the end of the boil.
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 frankenkitty (1902), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 16, 2005  
Bright, copper-penny (hazing late with bottle-conditioned residue) under a stout, creamy, white head. Rather weak aromas, inherently bitter with light citric hopping and basement mustiness. Iced tea to the flavor with high lemon & fine, delicate yet prominent bitters to end. Damn sessionable.

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 can8ianben (903), Pasadena, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 12, 2005  
Nice, it is what it says. A nice bitter beer. Good amber colour, solid hoppy aroma, not much sweetness to this beer, mouthfeel is dry and.. well... bitter. Very smooth and drinkable.


 DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Oct 9, 2005  
(500 ml bottle: $3.79 at Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa, CA) Dry, grassy nose with a decent hop aroma. The flavor is also minimally sweet, with a mildly bitter but a very grassy, dry and hoppy flavor. Light bodied and very clean, and a little crisp in the finish. Medium gold color, crystal clear, and topped by a small, but very long-lasting, off-white head that leaves large patches of dense lace on the glass. Not really a style of beer I’m likely to enjoy.


 ehhdayton (1113), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 3, 2005  
Bluebird Bitter has a nice floral aroma. The color is golden with a white head and some lacing. The flavor is a mild bitterness that lingers in the aftertaste.


 Rballs01 (264), Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/58/104/516/20
Sep 27, 2005  
A great Bitter style beer. Full flavor, unique flavor, some kind of vegetable or something. Ice-cold it’s great, refreshing and delicious! Drank it until the bluebirds were chirpin’


 Cable (286), SE, Oklahoma, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 25, 2005  
Sampled from bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a lasting, creamy, white head. The sheets of lacing left along side the glass make this bitter even more enticing. Aroma is spicy, floral and has a hard-candy-like sweetness. Flavor is pleasantly bitter, but has a soft sweetness in the middle. Medium-bodied and lightly carbonated. a very refreshing, easy-drinking bitter. I bet this would be great on cask.


 Braudog (3762), Dayton, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/102/512/20
Sep 21, 2005  
True amber color, with a nice whipped head, but very still. Sweet cookie aroma. Mellowly flavored ... lightly malted with a grassy hop bitterness. Bit light on the palate.


 jaymobrown (1354), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Sep 15, 2005  
Well, I’d say that this is a fairly drinkable beer. Light color. Some crisp malt, sort of toast, cookie flavors. Low on the bitter scale. Soft texture. I’d have more of these, but considering they were $9 at the bar I was at it wasn’t worth it.



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