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7287
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Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bedford, England
Serve in English pint

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 874   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.23   EST. CALORIES: 141   ABV: 4.7%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle & Keg; Pasteurised. 4.7% in bottles. 4.3% in cans
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."


most recent ratings

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Crit (3075) - New Westminster, British Columbia, CANADA - DEC 28, 2002
Brown with tan head.Decent carmel nose.Lightly acidic or vinegary carmel malt flavor with soft lingering hop finish. Would like to try again

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
legion242 (1999) - Richardson, Texas, USA - DEC 21, 2002
Pale granet; soapy head. Round, smooth. Soft- very nice.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
LoveCaissa (873) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - OCT 7, 2002
On tap. Very pleasant and fruity English bitter. I just love the way the head stays throughout the entire glass!

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
madsberg (8790) - Søborg, DENMARK - OCT 4, 2002
This is one for me. Dark amber colour with nice head. Caramel and yeast in the flavour. Pleasant bitterness in the aftertaste.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
radiomgb (2143) - Peterborough, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 29, 2002
Has a fruiy flavour and aroma, nice hoppiness to it, beautiful amber-copper colour to it, just not bitter enough.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mrkimchee (1414) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 20, 2002
amber brown colour with tan head. some toffee-ish and malty aromas. sweet rich malt with some spicy hop notes. dry finish.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DougShoemaker (3148) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 19, 2002
Caramel aroma, plum colour, creamy toffee head. An especially sweet malt flavour, a little bitterness, hint of cherry too. Malty and mellow. A nice one.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 9/20
Davhgbrew (445) - Boca Raton, Florida, USA - SEP 4, 2002
Served to me off cask very warm. Dark appearance, but not thick. It had some nice flavor, but I wouldn’t get it again.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Ronny (100) - Arlöv, SWEDEN - JUL 23, 2002
lovely copper colour ,but not so bitter as one expect of this kind,nice pub beer tough

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
winkle (466) - Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - JUL 19, 2002
From a bottle- good deep copper colour, medium head, smooth typical bitter flavour with a bitter then slightly malty finish. I’d drink a fair bit of this on tap.


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