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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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 hammenlind (738), Sundbyberg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 29, 2005  
Ruby red, thick white head. Hoppy, spicy nose. Rich, fruity flavour. Medium to full bodied. Rounded malty taste. Sweet aftertaste. Somewhat yeasty and hints of herbs.


 Dorqui (1359), Brescia, Italy
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/511/20
Apr 23, 2005  
Draught. Discreet and persistent foam. Extinguished and firm aspect, a lot little bubbly. Intense red color. Bitter scent and herbal hoppiness. Dry and deeply bitter taste, little fresh and enough persistent. To me, badly draught.


 Hooker (450), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Apr 18, 2005  
Clear dark copper colour with thick frothy off white head. Mild malt nose. Mild malt taste with dry slightly bitter malt finish.


 TheGrandMaster (1857), Auckland, New Zealand
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 13, 2005  
Poured from the bottle. A light brown colour, quite carbonated. A decent frothy head. Aroma is a fruity/flowery maltiness. Flavor is a nutty hoppiness. A good bitter feel in the mouth. Possibly a little too bitter-dominated. A solid example of an English ESB.


 5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Apr 6, 2005  
Draught @ Brouwer’s Cafe pours dark amber, moderate off-white head, nice lacing, with light carbonation.   Soft malt nose, apple skin, and maybe even a bit of dark pitted fruit showing up.   Malty on the tongue, very mild dark pitted fruit, not much bite.   Twas a bit unexpected for a Premium Bitter.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Lingering malts and that ever so subtle dark pitted fruit.   Minor appleskin as well.   A bit heavier than what I was thinking, but still decent.


 beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 2, 2005  
On tap at the Blue Monk in Portland. Much improved over the bottle version, the sweet maltiness up front really shows well on tap with a bit of sweet dough taste. The hops finish off with a touch of herbal/spiciness to them balancing this out very well.


 frink (467), coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 1, 2005  
Pours a light mahogany with a thin tan head. Nutty aromas as well as some fruitiness. The flavour is nicely bittered with a good sweet malt contingent and some of the same fruitiness as found in the nose. Nice lacing with medium carbonation. An o.k. beer.


 rauchbier (2999), Isle Of Beer, Lincolnshire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 25, 2005  
Bottled. Lots of fruit (raisins) on the nose. Excellent deep red brown colour with good longlasting rocky head. Caramel and spicy hops in the mouth and a hop bitterness towards the end.



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