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Gales HSB (Can)

 (RETIRED)
Percentile
61
overall
Formerly brewed at Gales
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Horndean, England

bottled
available

on tap
unknown

distribution
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
293.26/5.03.17/5.04.8%61.2English pint
Commercial Description:
Can: Pasteurised. (Cask and bottle conditioned listed separately).
The cask version of Horndean Special Bitter (HSB) was first brewed in 1959.
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 mkobes (2104), paramus, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Jun 9, 2004  
Nice orange color with a white head. Carmel fruity aroma. Fruity aroma with some hops too. Full flavored beer. The hops linger throughout the beer. Good.


 MaiBockAddict (1499), Good Beer Bar Deprived, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Jun 8, 2004  
0.5 l can. Nice orange with a whitish head. Carmel fruity aroma. Some hops too. Full flavored carmel hop palate. Hops linger. Lots of flavor for a light beer. Too bad Boddington’s isn’t this good.


 wunderbier (1267), Tampere, Finland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Jan 20, 2004  
Nitro can, snifter. Caramel malt (M); earthy hops (L); toffee aroma. Deep brown color. Tinny, Sam Adams taste. Moderately sweet throughout with a moderate bitterness in the finish. Too much carbonation! Medium body, oily/creamy texture, heavy carbonation. The bottom line is: good, for a can, I guess.


 harlequinn (2745), Tacoma, Washington, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Jan 19, 2004  
A bitter that is really bitter, and not in a good way. This is a low alchohol bitter, that you can taste all the alchohol, very bland and boring.


 r464 (285), Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 3, 2003  
Deep copper color, poured from a can. Full flavor bitter with a strong finish. A little too powerful on the back end for my tastes, but still not a bad bitter.


 dberger624 (1028), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 16, 2003  
Canned. This was a good beer. The bitter taste was just perfect. Not overpowering.


 JoeM500 (1876), Chicago (little italy), Illinois, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Mar 22, 2003  
From a can. Darl reddish brown with odd aroma of cigarrette tobacco and sweet malts. Dry at first taste, tinny and gritty... malts don't even smooth out as it warmed in the glass. Hard to swallow, this gritty, grainy, metallic beast.


 Jokes (1453), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Feb 15, 2003  
A nice malty drinking beer. Pours deep red/brown color with a small, off-white head. Caramel, toffee, raisin, a nice hop finish. This is nice drinking bitter. Not fabulous, but quite drinkable.



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