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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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 Elwood (677), Leesburg, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/510/20
Jul 17, 2009  
1 pt. bottle. Pours an amber brown that is like the color of tea. Nice pillowy off-white head. Sweet malt, a touch of caramel, light brown sugar, and a touch of earth in the nose. Medium carbonation with a medium mouthfeel. Caramel malt sweetness, a bit of a metallic note, and just a bit of a sour note, like sourdough bread. A very mild hop note lurks in there too. A medium, sweet finish with just a touch of bitterness. Unfortunately the metallic note keeps ringing through, lessening the experience.


 kopher (297), New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/102/514/20
Jul 15, 2009  
clear orange-brown, thin fizzy beige head. very bready aroma, just smells like yeasty dough with a bit of caramel. flavor is much more caramel, a bit of malt and doughy finish. a bit thin bodied, and maybe too much carbonation. this is good, but the flavor is a bit flat.


 bobinlondon (832), Harrow, Greater London, England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/55/103/512/20
Jul 6, 2009  
Nitrokeg at Harvester in Bushey Heath. Mid brown with nitrocream head. I visit this pub with wife and kids quite regularly and tend to drink this. The London Pride that it has replaced suffered from low tuirnover so this is a safe bet. I have to say that I prefere this to the cask. I seems to have a citrus edge to the hop profile.


 Boystout (900), Chisinau, Moldova
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/513/20
Jul 6, 2009  
Bottle 568 ml. Dark copper-ruby colour, sweet/bitter aroma, intense malty, plummy and herbal palate. A respectable ale.


 finol (486), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/511/20
Jun 30, 2009  
Bottle at Black Sheep Arms, Visby. Very smooth, malty and very much as expected.


 badlizard (2339), Berkeley, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jun 28, 2009  
Tasted at the San Diego International Beer Festival. Light copper with a fizzy tan head. Malty earthy aroma and taste.


 Vertical Bacon Strips (888), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 23, 2009  
Poured out a nice sized light tan crown on top of a mahogany brew. Very good retention, good ropy lacing. The aroma here is odd - first thing that hit me was of a whiskey or something like that - fairly unpleasant to me actually, but this beer is unique. Once it warms, the other smells creep out - sweet toasted malts, bready, dark fruit (plums?), possibly tobacco and an odd spice. The flavour is also unique to me - more sort of whisky like stuff is the first impression but I’m sure that’s the hops in here; seems warm to the nose, toffee and an interesting candy sweetness, slight pepper. Almost medium bodied. So-so smooth with ample carbonation that seems to help the bitterness permeate the mouth. Dry bitter finish. A very interesting beer that has many qualities that do not suit my tastes, I probably won’t get another bottle, but this one is a bit different and worthy of a taste. Get a hold of a bottle and see how much you hate it or love it.


 hirigalzkar (563), Stockholm, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Bottle @ Black Sheep Arms. Mahogny color. Folwery/floury. Malty. Fresh hops.



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