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4950
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Brewed by Greene King
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bury St. Edmunds, England
Serve in English pint

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 842   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.07   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
500ml bottles and 440/500ml cans: Filtered. Also available in kegs under nitro pressure.
Ingredients: Pale, Crystal and Amber malts; First Gold, Challenger and Fuggles hops - late-hopped with Fuggles.
First brewed in the 1950s.
Bottles have been sterile filtered since May 2006.


TheBeerCollector's rating

3.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 14/20
TheBeerCollector (601) - Woodstock, Georgia, USA - JAN 31, 2012
Can. Pours a clear golden brown with a lasting head. Aroma is quite bland. Flavor is a good balance between the hops and malts with the malts providing a sweetness in the finish. Very low carbonation. Overall a decent ESB but not one that I would seek out.


most recent ratings

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
womencantsail (7100) - Garbage Grove, California, USA - JUN 17, 2013
Orange pour with no haze and a white head. Basic bready malt aroma, fairly sweet. Some fruity esters, grass, earth, and flowers. Flavor is sweet bread and fruit esters. Grassy hops, some floral notes, and a mild bitterness. A bit of toast and some earth.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
teddybeer (1533) - Madrid, SPAIN - JUN 15, 2013
Bottle. Brown colour with an off-white head, medium lasting. Aroma is slightly sweet, caramel, nuts and floral hops. Flavor is cerealish at the beginning with earthy notes and English hops. Slightly bittery final.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Pyrmir (1453) - Westra Aros, SWEDEN - JUN 4, 2013
Bottle, rated from backlog. Clear copper with tiny white head. Aroma malty, grainy and some herbs. Taste follows; malt and grain, sweet notes and light bitter finish. Light and a bit watery

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 14/20
RobertDale (2000) - Lansing, Kansas, USA - MAY 26, 2013
Comes a clear copper with a very small white head. Aroma of malt and caramel. Taste is malt, caramel, toffee, and fruit. A bit on the sweet side. Easy to drink.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
shorlin (451) - St. John’s, Newfoundland, CANADA - MAY 2, 2013
NIce orange amber ale, little head, light carbonation. Some toffee in the aroma, not lots. Really mild taste, easy to drink a couple of these. Some bitterness, but not much. Overall, kind of boring but drinkable.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
boozedude (1083) - Des Moines, Iowa, USA - APR 28, 2013
Can into pint glass...clear red pour.. Taste is very plainon the pallet.. Some notes of caramel... Very plain some bitterness but sort of boring overALL

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
tampierre (388) - Pilsen, CZECH REPUBLIC - APR 13, 2013
Bottled ; Devon ; UK ; Malt,caramel,fruit and floral aroma ; Amber color with bigger head ; Medium sweet taste and bitter finish ; Bit lighter body ; Pretty good.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
agent_persik (119) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - APR 12, 2013
Clear copper color, minimal white head. Light malty aroma with hints of grain and herbs. Taste is malty and grainy too, sweet with softly bitter finish. Watery body and soft carbonation. OK but too light and boring.

2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Beerheart65 (691) - Pori, FINLAND - APR 12, 2013
Ruby red, clear, no head. Bit malty aroma, very mild, hard to find nuances. malty flavor, medium body, dry and slightly bitter, tasty malty finish, mild carbonation. Tasty but just ok, not more.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Pizd (78) - Merseyside, ENGLAND - MAR 31, 2013
(Bottle): Pours a copper/amber colour, small head. Aroma is a very nice sweet, caramel scent. Taste is bitter, malty with hints of sweetness. Very nice beer, not amazing but very nice.


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