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Brewed by Greene King
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bury St. Edmunds, England
Serve in English pint

bottled
available

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 231   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.01   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask: Regular.
Ingredients: Pale, Crystal and Amber malts; First Gold, Challenger and Fuggles hops - late-hopped with Fuggles.
First brewed in the 1950s.


most recent ratings

2.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
RichTheVillan (836) - West Midlands, ENGLAND - SEP 15, 2012
Cask at weatherspoons perry barr middle of the road ESB used to be a staple when I was a decent beer virgin but now boring.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
SaintMatty (3596) - Uppsala, SWEDEN - SEP 14, 2012
Cask (Ship and Castle, East Cowes, Isle of Wight) - Copper coloured. Fruity and malty aroma with notes of fruitcake and spice. Malty and fruity taste with fruitcake, spicy malt and caramel detected.

2.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
tlind2 (929) - Helsinki, FINLAND - SEP 5, 2012
Draught@Kaunis Kampela, Helsinki. Cloudy amber color, firm off-white head. Tobacco and wood aroma. Fairly strong hop flavor with a malty background and some wood and nuts. Medium-full body, medium-high carbonation. Fairly complex, but a bit too heavy and somehow unexciting.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
sic1314 (959) - Leiden, NETHERLANDS - SEP 1, 2012
A bit of a guilty pleasure for me after repeated trips to Great Yarmouth 20 odd years ago and a hotel that had this on tap (and me on expenses). Hoppy, quite malty and fairly traditional in taste with an astringent aftertaste.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
neur0 (425) - GERMANY - AUG 9, 2012
(casktap) hellbraune, getreidige faerbung, klar filtriert, feiner weisser schaum. Das aroma besteht aus honig-karamell und einer leichten whiskynote. Der geschmack ist weich, schlank bitter, etwas angenehmes diacetyl, retrinasal wie aroma. Bittere haengt etwas nach.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Frenger (367) - Derby, Alabama, ENGLAND - JUL 21, 2012
Off cask at the Wilmington arms. A nicer than most premium bitter. Light hop flavour and a bit malty.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
mike_77 (1957) - NETHERLANDS - MAY 31, 2012
Sweet malty aroma. Has a very rich fruity, sweet taste. Very full on malt flavour.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
mr_h (1442) - Ayr, SCOTLAND - MAY 24, 2012
Cask by handpump at Prestwick Pioneer, Prestwick - clear rustic brown ale, thin off-white head, mild roasted malt aroma, pine, nutty malt and caramel flavour, sweetish

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
OleR (4247) - Oslo, NORWAY - MAY 19, 2012
Full pint, from cask @Wetherspoon, Stansted Airport. Pours a near-clear pure amber body, topped by a layer of blond fisheyes. Inviting fruity caramel nose. Softly carbonated, and supersmooth in the mouth. Light peppery caramel flavor. Notes of nuts and jammy fruits. Spicy/earthy bitterness underneath. A moreish and well-conditioned Bitter.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
ej (326) - Hauglandshella, NORWAY - MAY 14, 2012
Drought at justice mill. Relatively clear, slight amber hue. Caramel and light malty. Slightly malty with caramel flavors. Just a hint of bitterness, but finish is definetly sweet. Low carb


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