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Buntingford Britannia

 (RETIRED)
Score
4672
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at Buntingford
Style: Bitter
Royston, England
Serve in English pint

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
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RATINGS: 14   MEAN: 3.12/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.01   EST. CALORIES: 132   ABV: 4.4%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular.
A true best bitter - a pleasant balance of malt and hop flavours wrapped up in a beer that is, well, beer coloured. Brewed using English Bramling Cross hops and a careful blend of 5 malts. A beer worthy of Britannia herself...


2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
RichardGretton (3759) - - MAR 20, 2005
Cask@Leicester Beer Festival. Pale beer with a light aroma and a light malty and lightly bitter flavour. Overall quite a plain beer.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
madmitch76 (6183) - , Essex, ENGLAND - MAY 27, 2012
11th September 2009
Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Clear brown beer. Light tan head. Low carbonation. Soft and semi dry palate. Soft tangy malt with fruity hops - bitter orange with a splash of grapefruit. Well joined up.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Ethereal (2399) - Los Angeles, California, USA - DEC 30, 2009
Cask at GBBF 2009, 5th August 09. Mid-brown with little head. It’s a massive malt-fest - loads of toffee flavours. A good beer for the malt lover.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - NOV 29, 2009
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, nutty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090805]

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - NOV 12, 2009
Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 05/08/2009 Floral aroma. Amber coloured and a little thin on the palate. Some bitterness in a malt finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
oh6gdx (16042) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 12, 2009
Cask@GBBF2009. Deep amber colour, small white head. Aroma is dry wood, grass, some caramel malts and quite bittery. Flavour is quite much the same along with some birchsap and mildly herbal notes.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
TBone (9414) - Pori, FINLAND - AUG 11, 2009
Cask@GBBF 2009. Deep amber color, small off-white head. Fruity oaky and caramelly pleasant aroma. Caramelly flavor, some dry oaky woodyness. Lingering caramel and woody hops in the finish. Above par.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
maeib (6632) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - JAN 7, 2007
Cask conditoned - handpump - Malt Shovel Northampton. A copper coloured beer with a whitish head. The aroma is fruity with a touch of citrus. The taste is very bitter. Sharp, dry and hoppy. Clean and tasty. Another nice one.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
hughie (3992) - Bedford, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - DEC 2, 2006
Amber with a small white head. Floral hop aroma with fruit. Little sweetness; the taste is uncompromisingly hoppy. Bitterness lasts well. Decent beer.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Rune (4924) - Tromsø, NORWAY - OCT 16, 2006
Half on cask. Dark brown body under a low white layer. Aroma of dark fruit. Hoppy fruitiness in flavour with a lightly malt component. Slightly bitter ending. A well built brew with medium to full palate (served in a friendly atmosphere by an attentive barmaid at The Fat Cat, Norwich 25.09.2006).

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Finn (2613) - Tromsø, NORWAY - OCT 14, 2006
Cask at The Fat Cat Norwich 25 Sep 2006. Golden brown coloured. A tiny head. Fruity aroma and a rich fluity flavour. A nice complex finish.


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