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Arkells 3B (Cask)

Score
3534
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Arkells
Style: Bitter
Swindon, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 35   MEAN: 2.87/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.85   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular. Also available in a Tesco bottle conditioned pack.
Arkell's Best Bitter Beer, as it was originally known, was first brewed in 1910 and has been affectionately known as BBB or 3B by customers ever since. (One Swindon landlord will tell you that 'BBB' stands for "Big Boy's Beer"). Today, 3B is renowned by Britain's beer lovers as a superb, amber brew with a very distinctive taste and a sweet scent of malt beneath the hops. Pale malt makes up 88% of the dry ingredients along with 10% crystal malt and 2% sugar. According to the 'Real Ale Drinker's Almanac', 3B has "delicate, beautifully balanced malt and hop with lingering dry finish and hint of nut".

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
Srumping (1) - - DEC 30, 2011 does not count
This is beer is well received where ever it is found. It has stood the test of time when other more modern brews have come and gone. It is a reflection of the quality and traditional method of brewing still undertaken at Arkells Brewery. The smooth drinkable flavour of the beer hides the deep after taste, and the impact of it’s 4% abv. Many a new drinker has found it to be a more powerful brew than it’s strength implies. If well kept this is a superb beer, still brewed in a traditional fashion.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
tombyars (672) - Saltcoats, SCOTLAND - SEP 29, 2011
First tasted this at the Mossend Beer Festival, Lochwinnoch. Cask, handpump dispense. Crystal clear copper red in colour with a thin white head. Slight fruit note in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Pale malt base gives a digestive tea biscuit flavour with a suggestion of dried raisins. Metallic tang of hop resins gives a tired bitterness in the short aftertaste. Dry in the bitter sweet finish but poor overall.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Rune (4667) - Tromsø, NORWAY - SEP 8, 2011
Cask, one-third pint, GBBF’11. Amber-copper body, bubbles at the surface. Plain malt-fruity aroma. Ditto taste profile with notes of apricot. Dry bitter ending. True to the style (London, 04.08.2011).

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JamieFerdinand (163) - Hove, East Sussex, ENGLAND - OCT 31, 2010
Draught in The Jolly Tar, Hannington - 30/10/10. Thick white head. Malty beer though also nice and hoppy in the background. Dry palate.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
swoopjones (3245) - Buffalo, New York, USA - SEP 24, 2009
Cask @ White Hart, Stow-on-the-Wold, England. Amber/orange pour. Light to medium bodied. Nice malt flavor, mild to medium bitterness, light tea. decent session brew

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fonefan (23588) - VestJylland, DENMARK - OCT 21, 2008
Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty sour notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
SaintMatty (2645) - Uppsala, SWEDEN - AUG 27, 2008
Cask (White Hart Hotel,Whitechurch) - Copper brown with a small head. Fruity aroma with raisins. Malty and fruity taste with raisins featuring again. Refreshing but nothing special.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
oh6gdx (15510) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 19, 2008
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is yeast, some dough, wood and also some mild wooden notes. Flavour is wood, yeast, some mild licorice as well as mild herbal notes.


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