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Wells Bombardier Burning Gold (Bottle)

Wells Bombardier Burning Gold (Bottle) - Bitter

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25
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Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Bitter

Bedford, England

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
842.76/5.02.76/5.04.7%18.4English pint
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Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pasteurised.<br /> Ingredients: Water from the brewery well; ’Maris Otter’ malt (crushed, not ground); Fuggles and Goldings hops, sampled by hand.<br /> "Inspired by the words of William Blake’s Jerusalem, Wells Burning Gold is a tribute to all that is celebrated in English ale.<br /> Our Master Brewer insists on the ’Holy’ brewing method - fermenting for a full 7 days."
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 Magicdave6 (5400), London, Greater London, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
May 28, 2008  
Bottle from Asda. Aroma is pale ale malt, grassy small citrus note and floural honey. Taste is similar, on the sweeter side of balanced but thin enough to be quite drinkable. The hops leave a strange grainy chalky character on the tougne. Intresting wee beer.


 HarryFlashman (469), Chatham, Kent, England
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/58/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Interesting, though not particularly nice. Overly sweet and caramel in taste with lots of malt. Not bad; not good.


 maeib (4683), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 17, 2007  
Bottled. A golden coloured beer with no head. The aroma has boiled sweets and a bit of sweet vomit. The taste is sweet and greasy. Pasteurised beyond logic. Watery thin in places. Really very unpleasant and unnecessary. Doesn’t W&Y have enough beers in its portfolio?


 JonMoore (1561), Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 30, 2007  
Bottle. Golden colour with slim white head. Pasteurised aroma, some hops. Smooth and drinkable, well balanced and unremarkable. not bad.


 RichardGretton (3131), Leicestershire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 26, 2007  
Bottle. Golden beer with a very strong head The aroma is dry and lightly caramel, and the flavour is dry and weakly toffee. Overall a smooth drinkable beer.


 SilkTork (4156), Rochester, Kent, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/512/20
Nov 22, 2007    Updated: Jan 30, 2008
Nov, 2007Pint bottle from Asda. Typical pasteurised flavour of a British bottled ale. Light, creamy caramel notes which are quite pleasant. It’s a gold colour, but it’s a fairly standard bitter with none of the features of a blond ale (no wheat, no American hops, no lager hops, no lean lager character). It’s a golden bitter. It’s sort of biscuity and gentley sweet and quite pleasant, with a modest hop note. It’s not a great beer, but it’s not terrible either. [2.5]
Jan, 2008 Delicate beers (which are not always "weak" beers) don’t do well with pasteurising. The boiled sweets flavour comes through, and the hops have the fragrance knocked off them so they simply become blunt and bitter. The aroma is boiled sweets, oak chips and -as maeib says - vomit. It’s a flat, lifeless beer of no interest whatsoever, and so many flaws and off flavours you wonder what the intention was. I suspect that Wells & Youngs are trying to get in on the interest in Golden beers, but haven’t quite understood it’s not just about the colour. [2.3]


 mike1977ok (633), Netherlands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/515/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Deep amber colour. Fresh hoppy aroma. Great balance of fresh hops and malt makes this a clean and easy to drink beer with a sharp edge on the finish.


 JoeMcPhee (4911), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/56/20
Oct 30, 2007  
Bottle. Uh... rank stench of skunk and ass. Some pale UK malt aroma. Quite bland with a light spiciness. Could be worse, first by getting rid of these damn clear bottles.



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