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Brewed by Earl Soham
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Woodbridge, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 3   MEAN: 3.47/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.99   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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Cask; Seasonal - Christmas. Also available bottle conditioned (only from the Tastebuds shop next to the brewery).
This is about as strong a beer as bitter gets before it is called something else. Its paleness deceives other senses. Bitter and hoppy with malty undertones.


3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
chriso (7065) - London, - FEB 5, 2010
Cask (gravity dispense) at Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival, 4 February 2010. Amber colour. Apparently the name means "Yule Brew" in Icelandic so I was expecting something appropriately seasonal. What I got was a fairly straightforward strong bitter with some sharp berry fruit and a modicum of resinous hops. Decent enough, just not what I was expecting.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
harrisoni (10070) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - JAN 22, 2011
Cask gravity at Colchester BF 2011. Gold amber. No real head. Some syrupy fruit on aroma. It does remind me a bit of a Danish or Norweigian heer. Some fruit sweetness in there. Even some strawberry. Some strawberry jam on end. I liked this a lot

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Garrat (1248) - Suffolk, ENGLAND - JAN 18, 2005
Handpump At The Dove,Ipswich.Pale yellow in colour,small head,nice hoppy smell,summer fruit flavours.


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