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4046
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Brewed by Buntingford
Style: Bitter
Royston, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 16   MEAN: 2.98/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.92   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Occasional. Mainly available bottled.
A copper coloured premium bitter, brewed to 4.5% abv. A careful blend of malted barleys is combined with the finest English bittering hops, and rounded off with the delightfully rich flavours of the North American hop Amarillo. The resulting beer has a forceful but nonetheless polite bitterness, backed up by a characterful intense fruity hoppiness. A beer that is strongly flavoured yet remaining highly drinkable.


3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
Alphadelic (1470) - Portland, USA - JAN 22, 2009
Crystal, chestnutty brown with a lively hed that dissipates to sustained lacing. Old stale pubby aromas, nostalgic. Warm and nicely hopped with good malt characters. Roasty, toasty cereal notes. Pleasant in the mouth. Not bad.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
madmitch76 (6183) - , Essex, ENGLAND - MAY 5, 2012
12th August 2009
Clear brown beer with a tidy cream coloured head. Light crisp palate, semi dry. Light malt reasonably well balanced with bittering hops. However the hops just impart bitterness and not much else. Slight metallic note in the finish.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
thepegjett (1194) - Cambridge (via Winnipeg), Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - MAR 30, 2012
A - citrus and caramel A - golden-brown with lasting head T - light sweet and full hops P - mid and soft O - good

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
AndrewC (265) - Canterbury, Kent, ENGLAND - JAN 28, 2012
Bottle. Smells of malt and a hint of twiglets. Chestnut brown colour. Malty basic best bitter.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 10/20
ralphdot (612) - Billingham, Durham, ENGLAND - DEC 1, 2011
4.5% amber colour with a thin head, malty aroma, taste is malt and hops nice bitter.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
rosenbergh (3486) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JUN 17, 2011
500 ml bottle. Grays, England.
Clear copper colour with tiny off-white head. Weak aroma of wood. Mild flavour of dark hops, malt and wood. Darkish hoppy bitterness in aftertaste. American hops well subdued...

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Fin (5749) - Merton, Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - AUG 28, 2010
Bottle that I got from Tesco, consumed at Shrewsbury Folk Festival 27.08.10 Pours mid brown, this a very average bitter, with few redeeming features, fruity, medium sweetness not that hoppy, in fact it’s just fairly boring. A6 A3 T5 P3 Ov11 2.8

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Vladivostok (103) - Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - JUN 28, 2010
Bottled. Thin head and rather sour bitter flavour which overpowered everything else. I really wanted to like this beer but sadly...

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
sm89walt (1419) - Norwich, Norfolk, ENGLAND - APR 22, 2009
Bottle. Amber coloured body with a good sized off-white head that slowly dissipates to a fine foam - never completely disappearing - leaving a scattered lacing. Sweet and fruity malt-based aromas with an occasional metallic undertone. Spicy hop bitterness asserts itself after a fairly straightforward initial malty flavour. The lasting dry bitterness in the finish gradually gives way to a nutty, roasted malt aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, medium body, pleasant beer.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
berkshirejohn (3014) - Bracknell, Berkshire, ENGLAND - APR 13, 2009
50cl bottle from Tesco Stevenage. Amber with a fast fading off-white head; malty aroma; straightforward roasted malt flavour; good assertive bitterness; slightly peppery finish.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
cluny6 (115) - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - FEB 21, 2009
Pours chestnut amber with good head. Good lacing. rAroma is malty with some hops. Taste is medium fruity, with noticeable medium roast malts and medium hops. Medium body. Good beer. B+


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