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5186
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Brewed by Brodies
Style: Bitter
London, England
Serve in English pint

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unknown

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available

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RATINGS: 27   MEAN: 3.14/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.07   EST. CALORIES: 117   ABV: 3.9%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular.
Pale Maris Otter and Crystal malt in the mash tun. Fuggles in the copper and Fuggles in the cask . The quintessential English ale.


3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - OCT 7, 2009
Cask (handpump) @ The Cross Keys, 31 Endell Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London England WC2H 9BA.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light apple, moderate hoppy, lemon. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate ot heavy shell bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090803]

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
yespr (22163) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - NOV 19, 2010
From cask at William IV. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and slight spiced. Fruity, slight caramel malty to breadish. Bitter, slight citrusy fruity. Roasted malty and rather bitter dry. Lingering fruity and bitter to a dry yet crisp finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
oh6gdx (16042) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 7, 2009
Cask@The Cross Keys. Coppery colour, mediumsized creamy beige head. Nice lace. Aroma is fruits, sweet wood, yeast annd some red berries. Flavour is wood, some berries as well as quite earthy notes.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
omhper (15956) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - DEC 20, 2011
Cask at the brewpub. Hazy nut brown. Soapy nose. Sweet and fruity with ligh-medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Salty and lightly roasty with marked bitterness.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Dedollewaitor (10292) - Odense, DENMARK - AUG 26, 2011
Cask @ King William IV, London. RBESG 2011. Pours clear amber with a small white head. Bread, grain and hops. Smooth. Dry and short. Ok.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
harrisoni (10070) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - SEP 5, 2010
Cask handpull at William IV pub, Leyton. First beer of the day, so always interesting to see how your palate is going to react. Copper brown, thin grey beige head. Brown bitter with odd hop flavour. Earthy and a little herby. Bit of toffee. Bit of dry malt. Odd bitter.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (9908) - Malmö, SWEDEN - NOV 7, 2011
Cask @ The Old Coffee House, Soho W1. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Theis (9217) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 22, 2011
Cask (RBESG 2011, London) at King William IV. Clear brown - offwhite head. Nutty, peppery, fruity, licorice, sharpness, light roasted, cramel, berries. OK.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
cgarvieuk (8640) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JAN 1, 2012
RBESG 2011 day 1 at the King William ... Copper ... thin tan head .. soft malty fruits ... juicy malts .. soft toffee ... juicy malts ... soft toffee ... decent standard bitter

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Christian (8548) - Odense, DENMARK - SEP 16, 2009
Amber with a lasting and creamy off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma with currants and a grassy touch. Dryish biscuit malty flavour with strong grassy hop flavour and bitterness.


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