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Hop Back Back Row

 (RETIRED)
Score
4745
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at Hop Back
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Salisbury, England
Serve in English pint

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 18   MEAN: 3.11/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.02   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 138   ABV: 4.6%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Seasonal - available around February for the Six Nations games.


3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Joeh (2036) - - MAR 29, 2004
Cask Conditioned (gravity), Royal Standard, Wooburn Common, Bucks. Amber/Golden colour. Bitter, slightly floral. A very good cask bitter.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
berkshirejohn (3020) - Bracknell, Berkshire, ENGLAND - FEB 15, 2012
Cask at the Nags Head, Reading. Golden amber with a cream head; crisp with a sweet grainy flavour and a lightly bitter finish. Very drinkable, but rather summery in style.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Leighton (4100) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - OCT 9, 2011
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clear, orange-copper with a foamy, white head. Some fruits on the nose, faint malts and grass. Flavor is pretty sweet with a bit of sugar, mild dough malts, light toast. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Dryish finish, bit more sugar, touch of cocoa, but very faint. Bitterness of earth and grass.. Decent.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Rune (5025) - Tromsø, NORWAY - MAR 24, 2011
Half, gravity, well kept at Bree Louise. Copper coloured body with a slight haze. Naked surface. Malt-fruity nose. Chocolate malts and hoppy fruits in flavour. Spiced bitter ending. Satisfying (London, 19.03.2011).

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (9919) - Malmö, SWEDEN - SEP 5, 2010
Cask gravity @ Bree Louise, Euston NW1. Rating #5500. Pours a clear copper color with no head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some biterness in the aftertaste.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
downender (4389) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - FEB 9, 2010
Cask-conditioned at the Coronation, Bristol 09/02/10. Copper coloured with a decent white head. Aroma of cereal malts, apricots and grassy hops. Flavour had plenty of weetabix, more summer fruit and a decent dry finish. Enjoyable.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DJMonarch (9151) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - JUN 29, 2009
Cask Stillage at the Brunswick Beer Festival, Derby 05/10/2007 Small white head. Hop aroma. Golden coloured and hoppy with some bitterness in a floral crisp malt finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fiulijn (10421) - Como, ITALY - JUN 8, 2008
Cask conditioned at Cockney Pub, Århus
Hazy amber color; creamy head. It has a medium strength hop aroma, partially fruity in the beginning. Smooth mouthfeel, it has a mild caramel aroma, a light paper-like impression, and the bitterness raises at the end to normal levels; simple. The final is correct, bitter enough and balanced. Quite easy.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Bragesnak (3859) - Aarhus, DENMARK - APR 27, 2008
Cockney Pub, Aarhus, DK, 260408 Cask/real ale Light orange colour. Full bodied and a good bitterness. Hints of black pepper

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
yespr (22235) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - MAR 18, 2008
From cask at Charlies. Pours slight hazy orange with a light orange head. Aroma is mild malty. Malty and light bitter flavour into the finish. Ends with a light growing bitterness. Light fruity note in addition.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
imdownthepub (7494) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - OCT 21, 2007
Cask conditioned at The Hobgoblin, Reading, Berks. Amber gold with white head. Fruity, flowery tasting beer, though coming over as a little green and perfumed. Bitter enough but too many different flavours going on. Drinkable but nothing special.


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