Flying Herbert
North Yorkshire Brewing Company
- From:
- North Yorkshire Brewing Company
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.44 | pDev: 30.81%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 21, 2013
- Added:
- Jan 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
2.38/5 rDev -30.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.38/5 rDev -30.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
A 500ml bottle with a BB of April 2014. I bought this from a supermarket in Hartlepool over a year ago (unbelievably long BB date). Conditioned with live yeast.
Poured into a tulip pint glass. An orange-amber colour with plentiful carbonation and lots of chunky yeast sediment swirling around. Forms a large head of creamy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before settling as a surface layer. Aroma of earthy yeast esters with hints of tart apples, faint caramel malt, mild stewed leaves and a twinge of solvent in the background. Not brilliant.
Tastes of weak caramel malt with a yeasty character and a dry finish. Notes of earthy yeast, faint unripe apples, a hint of stewed leaves and some solventy 'heat' to round things off. Quite dry; not much bitterness to speak of. Mouthfeel is thin and watery, with tingly carbonation and little body. Pretty astringent - dries the palate. Aftertaste of stewed leaves with solvent overtones.
Blech - rubbish. I hear the term dishwater used to describe bland English ales, and it would be perfectly appropriate to use in this case. Weak taste and aroma, accompanied by some nasty off-flavours. Perhaps this has been sitting around for too long, but then again the brewer seems to think it would last until 2014. Not recommended.
Jan 06, 2013Poured into a tulip pint glass. An orange-amber colour with plentiful carbonation and lots of chunky yeast sediment swirling around. Forms a large head of creamy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before settling as a surface layer. Aroma of earthy yeast esters with hints of tart apples, faint caramel malt, mild stewed leaves and a twinge of solvent in the background. Not brilliant.
Tastes of weak caramel malt with a yeasty character and a dry finish. Notes of earthy yeast, faint unripe apples, a hint of stewed leaves and some solventy 'heat' to round things off. Quite dry; not much bitterness to speak of. Mouthfeel is thin and watery, with tingly carbonation and little body. Pretty astringent - dries the palate. Aftertaste of stewed leaves with solvent overtones.
Blech - rubbish. I hear the term dishwater used to describe bland English ales, and it would be perfectly appropriate to use in this case. Weak taste and aroma, accompanied by some nasty off-flavours. Perhaps this has been sitting around for too long, but then again the brewer seems to think it would last until 2014. Not recommended.
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