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Wells Bombardier (Pasteurised)

Percentile
70
overall
Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Bedford, England

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5623.25/5.03.24/5.05.2%76.8English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottle & Keg; Pasteurised.
Also known as Bombardier Celebration Ale, and Bombardier English Premium Bitter.
Ingredients: Water from Charles Wells well; Pale Malt; Crushed Crystal Malt; Challenger and Goldings hops.
"Bombardier is the definitive English Bitter, perfectly balanced with a dry personality."
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 winegarner (220), san diego, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Sep 7, 2006  
Poured a clear dark ruby color with a thin short lived head. The aroma is of toasted sweet bread, herbs, and root vegtables. Flavor has a strong toasted bread caracter with some light caramel. A strong vegetal flavor like root vegtables boiled until almost flavorless. Also an unappealing grassy hops flavor in the finish is quite strong and unfortunately very long lasting.


 mountainforest (111), Edinburgh, Scotland
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/510/105/56/20
Aug 28, 2006  
Bursting with flavour. Good colour. Very smooth. Unlike cheap beers, the other its out the less bitter it becomes. Tall head. As their website says, Only national bottled premium ale brand that comes in a full 1 pint (568ml) bottle.


 TerryR (383), Oswego, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 25, 2006  
Deep amber/brown with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and lightly hopped. Flavor is slightly sweet and malty. Bitter finish brings nice balance. Very nice, typical english bitter.


 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Aug 17, 2006  
Dark ruby-tinged carmel with a half-hearted attempt at a layer of course white. Oddly, after a second pour, still not much head, but the little bit that’s there seems rather tenacious. I started this beer a bit on the cold side, and it smelled and tasted downright unpleasant. With some warming, it certainly improves, at least to the point where I’m not making faces after each sip. Sort of a rough earthy carmel aroma. Vegetal, dark bread flavors. As much as some low abv bitters seem to have more flavor than they gravity would indicate, this beer has less. Flabby. Bah.


 Rune (2787), Tromsø, Norway
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Aug 13, 2006  
Two 500ml cans at Balmbra’s place in Bodø. Dark brown body. Sustaining tan head. Blended aroma of brown and black malts. Sharp caramel flavour. The finish contains burnt malt and a nice hint of bitterness (11.08.2006).


 bdjames29 (272), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/104/515/20
Aug 11, 2006  
Ahhh.....the Bombadier. Todd at Mt. Washington Beer Stand gave me a great deal on this brew becasue they weren’t moving a whole lot of Bombardier. Really good becasue I was really thirsty - I wasn’t working real hard on this one. Interesting color - dark murky brown faded into a bright copper red on bottom. Not a lot of aroma....not a lot of taste....but pleasant. Nothing special.. but nothing bad, much like most British beers I’ve tried. I drink it again if I can get it for free.


 xav33 (313), Midland, MI, Michigan, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/101/512/20
Aug 10, 2006  
Wells Bombardier 16 oz bottle Unknown bottling, expiration date 09/06, swallowed 08/06 Medium pour in an English pint. Poured an intriguing clear ruby brown with an average slightly off white mostly diminishing head. Smelt of dark bread. Taste was sweet malty, almost corny upfront, with combination of sweet malt and hoppy body and good average lasting finish. Body was medium light, dry and fizzy, which held back some of the flavors. Overall, an above average English bitter.


 benpickens (130), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/58/20
Aug 5, 2006  
Earthy rootlike aromas. The peat like malt dominates any would be appearance by the hops. The malt smacks of roots and is devoid of any sweetness. Dissapointing.



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