Greene King Abbot Ale (Pasteurised)

Brewed by Greene King
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bury St. Edmunds, England

Bottle. Orange/brown color with a white head. Aroma of toasty malt, floral hops, caramel and butterscotch. Taste of toasted malt, fruit, floral hops, metall and butterscotch.

thx 4 great tasting Kimjohansen, formely known as Beljohansen :-) clear amber, malty fruity notes, caramatl, sweet.

Pale amber and clear, brownish short-lasting head. Apricot and hops in the aroma. Fresh, almost yeasty in taste. Caramell and a little bit fruitiness. Nice bitterness.

<b>No 250</b>
<b>Rated: 14.11.2007</b>
<b>Bottle white, 500 ml, 12.1 P</b>
<b>Appearance: </b>Head is frothy, huge, but quickly diminishing and irregular in structure, off - white, bright beige, gives good, decent lacing, carbonation is soft, very appropriate for premium Bitter/ESB. Body is beautifully deeply amber in colour with reddish hue, like very strong tea of good quality, very clean like crystal in body clarity, very homogenous and well balanced hue.
<b>Aroma: </b>Crispy, clean, very hoppy, bitter, not so intensive though, very aromatic hops, floral, spices, earthy hops, soil (watered soli), caramellic, burned sugar but not harsh, rather soft and creamy in it deepness, grainy, flowers, herbs, creamy, green peper, tea like aroma, toasty bread, slightly burned grains.
<b>Flavour: </b>Very, very hoppy, really heavy hoppyness, front is mellow, creamy, velvet, than in the body orange and grapefruite juice is hidden and well balanced with heavy, spicy, floral, bitter aroma of two kinds of hops (earthy&floral), at the background some crystal and amber malts with crystal malst suited to high hoppy character. Finish duration is medium, toast bread, crisp.
<b>Palate: </b>Body is medium, texture is dry, carbonation is very soft on palate (beer goes smoothly), finish feel is floral, hoppy, aromatic, essentially bitter with creamy (bitter) background. Alcohol is very well hidden. No yeasts.

Very creamy head but not much nitrogenation in the brew. Flavors of stale malt and alcohol surprisingly. Not special at all. Would not buy again.

Appearance: Golden brown, nice amount of head. Aroma: Fruity, malty. Taste: Particular taste, malty. Info: 500ml bottle, 17/9-2005, 18/300, 11/500

I really enjoyed this beer, and I thought that it was a good fit for winter in Lima. Very carmel appley and peaty but light bodied. Not sweet. Decent creamy head. I expect these to be thin, and actually appreciate that (since I had this before 10 AM). Bought at Wong in Miraflores, Lima, Peru.

Pours from the can into my 25cl tulip with a frothy, half-finger thick, lightly amber tinged, tan colored head. The beer is a brilliantly clear, reddish amber color that shows a bright, deep red tinged, copper color when held up to the light. The aroma is quite fruity smelling with notes of Macintosh apples, fresh cut - not quite ripe pears as well as malty notes of toffee and perhaps a hint of butterscotch. The fruitiness of the nose is quite distinctly different from what I am used to in a beer, it has a green, under-ripe edge to it that is interesting (though not necessarily in the best way).

Soft and creamy up front, but has a touch of prickly carbonation to it at the finish. The flavor has a green apple note to it as well as a touch of toasty malt character that adds some bread crust like touches and a biscuit like flavor. A touch of butterscotch / toffee seems to round things out a little bit as does a herbal, slightly astringent, earthy hop flavor and bitterness in the finish. This has a nice body to it; light, but with a reasonable heft to it that has a nice presence on the palate.

I am not sure why, but I was expecting more from this beer. It seems a bit bland and the flavors & characteristics that are here don’t quite seem to mesh / integrate very well.

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