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Pitchfork Rebellious Bitter
RCH Brewery
- From:
- RCH Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 13.78%
- Reviews:
- 59
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 27, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2002
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
The name comes from the Pitchfork rebellion of 1685 the last battle to be fought on English soil of the Civil War.
A golden bitter with floral citric hop aroma. It has a hoppy predominate taste which is slightly sweet and fruity and leaves you wanting more.
A golden bitter with floral citric hop aroma. It has a hoppy predominate taste which is slightly sweet and fruity and leaves you wanting more.
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Ratings by barefootbrewer:
Reviewed by barefootbrewer from Mississippi
3.63/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This beer poured a golden color with a huge head some sedimentation noted even though I poured carefully. The aroma is spicy and fruity. The taste is spicy and bitter. Hops are noticeable as well as some slight fruit flavors. The mouthfeel is thin to medium and has a lot of carbonation. This beer finishes dry. This is an easy to drink beer - would be good for sessions.
Sep 25, 2007More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Maltanator from New York
4.15/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.15/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: honey-gold, with a huge puffy cream-colored pillowy meringue head
Smell: Floral-spicy-earthy hops, peach-apricot (from the yeast? … ). Not much malt to speak of.
Palate: Light-medium bodied; refreshing; low-medium carbonation (tight bubbles); the peach-apricot really comes through on the palate. Nice acidity (vaguely citrus). Golden malt breaks through near the finish. Malt bill is pretty straight-forward, with the hops and yeast providing aroma and flavor. Heather-floral hop aftertaste.
This beer really grew on me as I let it open up.
Sep 30, 2014Smell: Floral-spicy-earthy hops, peach-apricot (from the yeast? … ). Not much malt to speak of.
Palate: Light-medium bodied; refreshing; low-medium carbonation (tight bubbles); the peach-apricot really comes through on the palate. Nice acidity (vaguely citrus). Golden malt breaks through near the finish. Malt bill is pretty straight-forward, with the hops and yeast providing aroma and flavor. Heather-floral hop aftertaste.
This beer really grew on me as I let it open up.
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
3.27/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A 500ml bottle with a BB of June 2014. Acquired a while back from an off-licence. Described as a light, golden ale and named after the Pitchfork rebellion at the end of the English civil war.
Poured into a tulip pint glass. Bottle conditioned. A hazy golden-amber hue with plenty of floating sediment and good carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy white foam with decent retention; this slowly reduces to a surface layer. Lovely lacing. Aroma of earthy yeast with hints of grainy malt, fruity esters, mild grass/hay and subtle stewed leaves. OK but tired.
Tastes of light malt with a yeasty character and a dry finish. Notes of yeast esters, mild grain, grass/hay, subtle stewed leaves, a twinge of cardboard and faint earthiness. A delicate hint of green apples lurks in the background, followed by a light bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with spritzy carbonation and decent body. Little bit too fizzy. Somewhat astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of earthy yeast, husks and acrid stewed leaves.
Not brilliant, though I reckon the age of the bottle might have something to do with it. Looks alright, while the aroma and flavour are overly yeasty and otherwise quite bland. Mouthfeel is OK but a shade overcarbonated. Possible yeast overdevelopment or cell death giving some off-notes to the character. Nothing special but might be worth sampling again if I have the chance. No need to hunt it down.
Jun 23, 2014Poured into a tulip pint glass. Bottle conditioned. A hazy golden-amber hue with plenty of floating sediment and good carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy white foam with decent retention; this slowly reduces to a surface layer. Lovely lacing. Aroma of earthy yeast with hints of grainy malt, fruity esters, mild grass/hay and subtle stewed leaves. OK but tired.
Tastes of light malt with a yeasty character and a dry finish. Notes of yeast esters, mild grain, grass/hay, subtle stewed leaves, a twinge of cardboard and faint earthiness. A delicate hint of green apples lurks in the background, followed by a light bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with spritzy carbonation and decent body. Little bit too fizzy. Somewhat astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of earthy yeast, husks and acrid stewed leaves.
Not brilliant, though I reckon the age of the bottle might have something to do with it. Looks alright, while the aroma and flavour are overly yeasty and otherwise quite bland. Mouthfeel is OK but a shade overcarbonated. Possible yeast overdevelopment or cell death giving some off-notes to the character. Nothing special but might be worth sampling again if I have the chance. No need to hunt it down.
Pitchfork Rebellious Bitter from RCH Brewery
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
83 ratings
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