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Holly Bush
Salopian Brewing Company Ltd
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Salopian Brewing Company Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 2.64%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 09, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 11, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.7/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
500 ml bottle, from Ales By Mail. ABV is 5.5%. Brown colour, slightly hazy. Huge and lasting off-white head. Malty aroma, hints of lightly roasted malts too, some fruity and piney hops. The flavour has also decent malts, but is rather dry. Fairly distinct piney and grapefruity (American?) hops. Decent beer, but the the style is not very "British", nor very "Christmassy".
Sep 09, 2022Reviewed by gutbucket2 from England
3.76/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
500ml, bottle-conditioned. Pours reddish-brown with light tan head. Aroma piney hop. taste: plenty of piney hop. Some fruit. Quite bitter. Palate: quite syrupy. Overall: strongly flavoured hoppy bitter.
Jan 09, 2016Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.93/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled and a Christmas special
Part of a box sent by brewery thenselves
lovely mix of berry, grapefruit & malty biscuit. I really enjoyed this on cask also.
Nov 26, 2014Part of a box sent by brewery thenselves
lovely mix of berry, grapefruit & malty biscuit. I really enjoyed this on cask also.
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This beer has changed since the first review:
The brewery posted this on facebook: We have brewed Hollybush a few times in the past but this year (2013) the recipe has had a tweak or two. The aim is to have a beautiful red yuletide hue and a pronounced hop profile, we’re using Brewers Gold & Centennial hops.
My thoughts are here:
Hand-pulled half-pint in the excellent ’White Hart’ in Shifnal, Shropshire during a CAMRA pub crawl on 14th Dec 13.
Poured a dark reddy brown with an off-white head. The nose was hop led with a malty undertone, nice. The Brewers Gold and Centennial hops giving a floral feel (not Centennials usual citrus notes).
Taste wise it changed somewhat with the malts asserting themselves more although the hops did give a dry and semi-bitter finish with just a trace of citrus within the flavour.
Good body depth and an almost rich texture on the palate, a pleasant winter ale and one I’d happily try again.
Dec 20, 2013The brewery posted this on facebook: We have brewed Hollybush a few times in the past but this year (2013) the recipe has had a tweak or two. The aim is to have a beautiful red yuletide hue and a pronounced hop profile, we’re using Brewers Gold & Centennial hops.
My thoughts are here:
Hand-pulled half-pint in the excellent ’White Hart’ in Shifnal, Shropshire during a CAMRA pub crawl on 14th Dec 13.
Poured a dark reddy brown with an off-white head. The nose was hop led with a malty undertone, nice. The Brewers Gold and Centennial hops giving a floral feel (not Centennials usual citrus notes).
Taste wise it changed somewhat with the malts asserting themselves more although the hops did give a dry and semi-bitter finish with just a trace of citrus within the flavour.
Good body depth and an almost rich texture on the palate, a pleasant winter ale and one I’d happily try again.
Reviewed by DaveHS from California
3.92/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On cask at The Wenlock Arms in London.
A-Golden blonde with a thin foam of bubbly brilliant white head.
S-Biscuity malt, sweet tropical fruit, carmelized sugar. Reminds me of creme brulee.
T/M-Not what I expected. A straightforward bitter, with a grassy, hoppy finish. A bit bland.
D-The nose lead me to believe it would be more interesting. Still worth a try.
Jan 11, 2011A-Golden blonde with a thin foam of bubbly brilliant white head.
S-Biscuity malt, sweet tropical fruit, carmelized sugar. Reminds me of creme brulee.
T/M-Not what I expected. A straightforward bitter, with a grassy, hoppy finish. A bit bland.
D-The nose lead me to believe it would be more interesting. Still worth a try.
Holly Bush from Salopian Brewing Company Ltd
Beer rating:
3.79 out of
5 with
6 ratings
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