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City of Cambridge
Formerly brewed at Elgoods

Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Chittering, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 32   MEAN: 3.05/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular. Also available bottle conditioned. Previously 4.7%.
1st in the Old Ales/Strong Milds category at the 25th Cambridge Beer Festival.
Named in honor of Ernest Rutherfords work on Splitting the Atom. Amber coloured beer with plenty of character. Bursting with First Gold hoppiness.


2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
sm89walt (1419) - Norwich, - JAN 7, 2008
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber colour with no head but a slight fizz. The aroma is rather dusty and malty. The flavours remind me of certain homebrew at times, that is to say it’s quite musky but with a lemony citric quality to counterbalance this. Thin and smooth on the palate once the fizz dies down. The finish is pleasant but a bit too short. I don’t taste anything groundbreaking but I don’t mind this brew.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Leighton (4095) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - MAY 8, 2012
Cask at the Wandsworth Common Spring BF, Le Gothique, London. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Dry hay nose with some dough, white sugar and straw. Medium sweet flavor with doughy malts and bitter straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Doughy malt finish with some toasty hay lending a little hop bite. Nice beer overall.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
BlackHaddock (1709) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - APR 27, 2012
Very suprised to find this bottle in a shop located in North East Lincolnshire (Cleethorpes to be exact). The original review has been lost on the BA site somehow, so this is a quick check of my memory. Average throughout, I was disappointed with it to be honest. I’ll review it again if i ever come across it, honest!

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
mr_h (462) - Ayr, SCOTLAND - APR 24, 2012
Cask by handpump at Bon Accord, Glasgow (14 Apr 12) - clear pale golden ale, thin white head, good temperature, lightly hopped citrus aroma, mild citrus, low carbonation, neither sweet nor bitter

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
thepegjett (1194) - Cambridge (via Winnipeg), Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - OCT 22, 2011
A - Sour apple and caramel A - gold and hazy with thin head T- Sour and slight sweets with a touch of bitter P - Medium and soft O - Decent sweet bitter

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
swooper (1133) - Cambridge and Kladno(Czech Rep.), Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - APR 19, 2011
bottle, nice hoppy aroma, golden, clear, white foam, very bitter, light sweetness, good bitter taste, medium body, slick feel, bitter, long finish, good beer

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
madmitch76 (6193) - , Essex, ENGLAND - JAN 9, 2011
8th January 2008
Very lively goldy brown beer. Sharp and effervescent - almost lambic like! Bitterish grapefruit and orange dry finish. Unusual beer.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (9908) - Malmö, SWEDEN - JAN 1, 2011
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough SE1. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
FatPhil (6207) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - DEC 12, 2010
Cask (Market Porter, London)
6 Lovely bready aroma, loads of sweetish malts.
3 Mid gold, small head.
7- Apple and other fleshy fruits in the retronasals. Simple but tasty malty bready body, hopping low.
4 Lovely soft palate, carbonation low. Finish sweet but with a real bitter bite. Ends a little weetabixy and grainy.
14 Again, a great bitter, very quaffable, and full of flavour.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Cuso (1766) - Bratislava, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - OCT 6, 2010
0,5l bottle from Tesco in Cambridge.. Dark golden color with small white head. Aroma, fruity, hops. Taste, starts with fruit, followed with hops with long nice bitter finish. Very drinkable beer.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
oh6gdx (16042) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 25, 2010
Cask@Market Porter. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some floral and grassy hops along with mild grainy notes. Flavour is fruits, nectar, toffee, some mild nuttyness as well as some grassy notes. floral and grassy aftertaste.


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