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Whitbread Pale Ale
Whitbread PLC
- From:
- Whitbread PLC
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
Ranked #173 - ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- 77
Ranked #27,166 - Avg:
- 3.35 | pDev: 15.22%
- Reviews:
- 227
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2001
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Onenote81:
Reviewed by Onenote81 from North Carolina
2.98/5 rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.98/5 rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Grabbed a bottle of this after a thread was created about it yesterday. This is the Whitbread brewed in OH, so it is technically not really Whitbread. Alas...
Pours a deep partially-cloudy amber with a big billowy off-white head on top. Nice retention leaving some sticky lacing. Smells like banana bread, caramel, brown sugar, beans, and malty biscuits.
The mouthfeel is disappointing. There is a decent amount of visible carbonation in this beer, but it does not transfer to any sort of bubbly mouth. This is very flat and wet feeling. Flavor is of bubblegum, honey, and finishes with a sort of dry chalky sweetness that is different.
This is an interesting brew to say the least. Different smell, different taste. If they could fix the mouth on this, this may be more drinkable for me.
Jun 10, 2009Pours a deep partially-cloudy amber with a big billowy off-white head on top. Nice retention leaving some sticky lacing. Smells like banana bread, caramel, brown sugar, beans, and malty biscuits.
The mouthfeel is disappointing. There is a decent amount of visible carbonation in this beer, but it does not transfer to any sort of bubbly mouth. This is very flat and wet feeling. Flavor is of bubblegum, honey, and finishes with a sort of dry chalky sweetness that is different.
This is an interesting brew to say the least. Different smell, different taste. If they could fix the mouth on this, this may be more drinkable for me.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.04/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.04/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bottle at The Three Judges, Glasgow. ABV is 3.4%. Amber colour, decent head. Moderate aroma of cellar, dust and caramel. Thin mouthfeel. The flavour has toffee and biscuits, with barely acceptable hops in the finish.
Jun 10, 2022Rated by davidward from Florida
3/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A decent pale ale.
Mar 24, 2022Rated by safaricook from Netherlands
3.37/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
not bad, but the malt character is my least favourite. very personal opinion
Oct 20, 2017Rated by mdfb79 from New York
3.52/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Had at The Rugby Tavern in London, England.
Oct 19, 2015Reviewed by jrein0254 from Maryland
3.42/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Yeah, it's just OK out of the bottle cold. Cellar temp knocks it up a point in flavor and aroma. On tap, it is another ball game. This has been far and away the most popular draft beer I have sold in my 40 year restaurant career so far . It just fit the old colonial early american atmosphere of my tavern so well, it was a natural.
Jun 20, 2014
Whitbread Pale Ale from Whitbread PLC
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
296 ratings
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