Galbraith Bitter and Twisted

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Brewed by Galbraith Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Auckland, New Zealand

Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 24 MEAN: 3.5/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.34 EST. CALORIES: 159 ABV: 5.3%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Our version of the classic London ESB style was put together by myself and Bob Hudson when he came to New Zealand for the first time in 1998. We were on holiday in Northland and had just completed an exhaustive internal assessment of the style (in the sun) when the recipe struck us. Brewed with Maris Otter and two other darker malts from Simpsons it has generous additions of classic UK hops throughout the boil. The resulting ale is deep copper-red with full bitter/sweet flavours. There are powerful aromatic hops on the nose and palate. A pint for supping not quaffing.

Gold Medal and Trophy - NZ International Beer Awards 1999

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2.6

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

eczematic (1304) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - APR 20, 2004

i was a bit disappointed with this one. copper colour, not much aroma. lots of dark crystal plummy, sticky flavours fighting tangy hops. strange banana ester note, not very brit-fruity. sweet and tangy-astringent finish. my guess is the NZ hops give it the tang and rub the malts up the wrong way but what do i know.

3.4

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

Crit (3089) - New Westminster, British Columbia, CANADA - OCT 26, 2003

Hazy gold,lasting beige head. Carmel malt nose. Flavor of light malt with softly carbonation and hopping.

3.4

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

Sully (1378) - Potts Point, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA - MAY 26, 2003

Yup, thus us butter alright. Good coppery finish provided by crystal malt with a definite hop note of the english style, fuggles and goldings. A very good english style bitter.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

Kaya161 (1128) - San Diego, California, USA - APR 8, 2002

This is Galbraith’s ESB. It has a pleasant earthy hop aroma with a matching flavour. Golden yellow in colour and very bitter throughout. Like all of their beers, it is served on hand pump and tastes very British.

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