3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
No evidence of the promised dry hopping on the nose for my money. Solid straight up and down bitter, some caramel malt. Finishes a little chalky. Decent pint, but the Bob Hudsons is the real star
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Galbraith’s Alehouse, Auckland. Nice that they serve their beers at the correct temperature for drinking. Rich copper hue, no head. Yummy strong malty aroma dominates, caramel, toffee, ripe fruit (mostly dark fruit), a touch of sweat (?) yeastiness in there. Some sweetness but mostly bitter. No carbonation, oily texture, medium bodied. I liked this Bellringers Best Bitter beer but Bob Hudson’s Bitter was a bit better.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the brewpub. Pours a nice clear amber with a small white head. A lot of caramel on the nose, along with vanilla, fruit, earth, and hops. The flavor is hoppier, along with the sweet caramel and vanilla, and just a bit of fruit and earthy notes. Light body, sticky, with a bitter finish. Another sessionable, solid, unmistakably English-style bitter from Galbraith.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at Galbraith’s Alehouse, Auckland. A golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malt, biscuit and fruit. The flavour is a nice chewy biscuit and fruit. Medium bodied with low bitterness.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A perfectly pleasant pint, very much in style of the classic English special bitters. However I felt that this beer was under hopped. Don’t get me wrong, I’d happily sit down with a pint of this, a pork pie and the crossword, but there are better in this class in New Zealand. I really, really wanted to love this beer more.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Cask) Clear, amber golden with a creamy, off-white head leaving a neat lacework. Fat malty aroma. Medium body with a soft, low carbonated mouthfeel. Solid caramellish malt base but never sweet. Dry, hoppy finish. 070208
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap: Looks thick - hazy copper, yummy 1cm head. Smokey aroma that exudes well into the taste. And there’s biscuits too and a bit of burnt home-made hokey pokey (that’s a caramelised sugar and butter treat folks - like toffee). Scrummy easy drinkin’ beer that wants some food with it cos it’s deliciously bitter...
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Excellent best bitter, good malt background with a solid bitter finish. Great solid mouthfeel an excellent example of a English best bitter
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Served from the cask via beer engine with a sparkler. Aroma of fruit ( plums, hint of citrus) and earthy english hops. Firm palate with nice complex malt flavours leading to a medium bitter finish. Excellent Best Bitter.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the brewpub. Copper colour, grassy nose. Sweet with clean crystal malt character. There’s some toffee and a salty bitterish finish, but the simplistic malt character makes it far less interesting than it’s lighter brother, Bob Hudson.
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