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Brewed at Boston Breweries (South Africa)

Style: Bitter
Western Cape, South Africa
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 83   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.17   IBU: 35   EST. CALORIES: 114   ABV: 3.8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A traditional British bitter with an African twist. Home toasted caramel malts, South African barley malt and loads of freshly picked Southern promise hops went into this unique ale. It is a complex beer for its modest strength with a refreshingly dry finish. This beer is unfiltered and matured and refermented in the bottle. Pour carefully to avoid disturbing the sediment.


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3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JorisPPattyn (7308) - Antwerpen, BELGIUM - FEB 17, 2013
Slightly aged sample Dirty-creamy (-coloured), rather stable head over hazed amber-golden beer. Citrus, orangepeel, faint oxydation, bit of ureum, hops. Dried orange; finishing bittery and straw-like. Again light oxydation and slightly perfumey. Very spritzy despite the light dustiness; light body, but nowhere empty. Very tasty, pity that age had brought some oxydation. Fresh, I’m sure this rivals any original UK bottled bitter. Thanks, Mathieu

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (12756) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAY 22, 2011
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity aroma with weak hoppy hints and weak caramel hints. Fruity malty weak hoppy flavor. Has a fruitymalty caramel finish with hoppy hints.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - APR 12, 2011
Bottled@Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Hazy brownish orange colour with a small white head. Aroma is wood, caramel, some zestyness as well as mild spices. Flavour is quite similar along with some nutty notes,.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
sfhodense (4793) - Odense NØ, DENMARK - MAY 21, 2011
Pours amber with a white head. Aroma is caramel, flower, peach and citrus. Flavour is malt, caramel, citrus, peach, light grapefruit and light flower.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Archibaldo de la Cruz (1068) - FINLAND - DEC 31, 2011
550ml bottle. Orange colour with a small off-white head. Malty aroma with hoppy notes. Flavour is malt, some caramel, bitter hops. Some bitterness in the finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
phredrik (987) - Copenhagen (formerly Aalborg), DENMARK - APR 21, 2011
Bottle, 55 cl. Pours copper orange with a nice bubbly white head. Aroma is moderately hopp with a grassy and hayish English hop profile backed up with a clear yeast component leaving some esters, a hint of liquorice. Taste is moderately bitter, caramel malts, fruity esters, grassy as well, low carbonation and a bitter and dry finish. Quite tasteful at 3,8%.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
beerisgoodforu (992) - Nørresundby, DENMARK - APR 13, 2011
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange color, with a small white head. Aroma has alot of grassy hops, but also some citrus notes and some sweet and caramel malts. Flavor is moslty hoppy with notes of citrus, grapefruit and alot of grass, but also a good amount of caramel malts and some sweet malts too. The body is light with a slightly powdery dry mouthfeel. Overall a pretty solid Bitter.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mile (2111) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JUL 7, 2011
Bottle. Light amber, hazy, small to average and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, fruitiness with grassy hoppyness and some caramel. Body is light to medium, malty and lightly sweetish flavor, light fruitiness with some citrus hoppyness, some caramel. Finish is average, malty and dryish, some caramel and grassy hoppyness. Light-bodied bitter with caramel – too much caramel for me considering the body and hoppyness.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
visionthing (1637) - Oslo, NORWAY - JUN 18, 2012
Bottle at Øl og Mat (2011) i Kubaparken. Pours slightly hazy amber with a white head. Malty and fruity aroma with hops and caramel. Lightly sweet with a nice bitter finish. More flavour than expected. Easy to drink and quite refreshing on a sunny Saturday in the park. (2011-06-04)

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
ClubGonzo (2704) - Bergen, NORWAY - JUN 7, 2011
Bottle sample @ Copenhagen Beer Festival 2011. Clear orange body, small white head. Floral hops in the nose, some honey and pale malts. Taste is bitter floral tones, hints of heather honey and grass. Filling palate. An OK bitter, but then again a bitter rarely gets high ratings from me.


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