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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."


Malty_MacHops' rating

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 8/20
Malty_MacHops (562) - Eastanollee, Georgia, USA - JAN 2, 2013
Malty with earthy hops notes. Brown with a small beige head. Sweet in the front with a bitter close. Medium bodied with a bitter finish.


most recent ratings

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
stevoj (920) - Ramstein-Miesenbach, GERMANY - APR 28, 2013
Dark amber with silky head, leaving nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is malt, spice, brown sugar. Taste is light malt and hops with overall watery mouthfeel and palate.

2.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
boozedude (1001) - Des Moines, Iowa, USA - APR 21, 2013
Bottle at limeys...brown clear pour with ohhwhite head...funky arona..with tangy fruit taste..bitter backend...not again 4 me

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Pizd (60) - Merseyside, ENGLAND - APR 19, 2013
(Bottle): Pours amber with a very light, white head. Aroma of sweet malts, fruits and hits of caramel and citrus. Moderately flavoursome, some malt, caramel, nuts with slight hints of bread and citrus coming through on the finish. Good balance between bitter and sweet.

3.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
Bozo_skeleton (137) - Grenoble, FRANCE - APR 18, 2013
Visuelement parfaite, aromatiquement faible. Les aromes sont tres faibles et difficiles a detecter. On percoit malgre tout le caramel et du Houblon Herbeux. Une fois en bouche c’est par contre le feu d’artifice. Tres belle amertume sur un final plutot sec avec des notes de fruits rouges. Ronde et bien equilibree, c’est un regal pour le palais et le gosier...

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
andregoncalves (566) - Lisbon, PORTUGAL - APR 4, 2013
50cl bottle from el corte ingles, lisbon. Actually this is 5,2 abv. Copper to brown color. Medium to low carbonation. Medium to high bitterness. Spicy, malt aroma.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
JorgeLee (718) - Greater London, ENGLAND - APR 1, 2013
Keg sourced from Palais des Bieres for the wedding. Brownish beer with a hint of ruddiness, light white foam. Smooth malty and slightly fruity taste, dryish finish. Better on cask.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
SiKee (1) - Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA - MAR 27, 2013 does not count
Out of a can, it's too metallic, for my liking. On draught, a much nicer and more flavoursome session ale. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
DavidWoodruff (238) - Windsor, California, USA - MAR 26, 2013
Appearance: Amber with a small cream colored head. Aroma: Brown sugar, nuts a bit of marzipan. Flavor: Malt, brown sugar with a firm hp bitterness. Palate: light to medium bodied and low carbonation. Very nice bitter if somewhat typical.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
tampierre (361) - Pilsen, CZECH REPUBLIC - MAR 24, 2013
Bottled ; Devon ; UK ; Malty,caramel,fruit and citrus aroma ; Copper color with smaller head ; Medium sweet and bitter taste ; Dry finish ; Medium body ; Pretty good.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Sizzler80 (300) - Dublin, IRELAND - MAR 23, 2013
Another in long line of above average English bitters. Very drinkable and enjoyable but nothing stands out in particular.


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