Bristol Best Bitter
Wigram Brewing Co
- From:
- Wigram Brewing Co
- New Zealand
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.34 | pDev: 4.49%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2011
- Added:
- May 08, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.4/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Purchased in Platinum Liquor in Bellevue Hill, as part of their somewhat dwindling supply of New Zealand craft beer.
Pours a clearish dark copper hue, with a very fizzy and frothed-up head of white bubbles. Body is very thin, and the carbonation (which looks overly boisterous) streams to the top with minimal effort. Lacing is ok, leaving a few waves of patterning down the glass. Overall, it's not bad, but not particularly inspiring.
Nose is very weak, giving nothing more than a whiff of cooked vegetation and earth, with a overtone of carbonation fizz. Something a bit sweet but organic comes out as it warms a little, perhaps a whiff of dried tobacco leaf or the earthy English hop varieties. Still, not all that robust, but nice enough.
Taste is, again, pleasant but not all that exciting. Some light nutty English malt character on the mid palate lengthens to a slightly astringent bitterness on the back, giving a bite of phenols and aspirin. It's not all that strong, but it's pleasant enough.
Feel is disappointing, with an overtly aggressive carbonation giving too much fizz to the palate.
Nice enough, but nothing particularly groundbreaking here. It's not even that good an execution of the style, but it's inoffensive. Not something I'd necessarily seek out again, though.
Feb 28, 2011Pours a clearish dark copper hue, with a very fizzy and frothed-up head of white bubbles. Body is very thin, and the carbonation (which looks overly boisterous) streams to the top with minimal effort. Lacing is ok, leaving a few waves of patterning down the glass. Overall, it's not bad, but not particularly inspiring.
Nose is very weak, giving nothing more than a whiff of cooked vegetation and earth, with a overtone of carbonation fizz. Something a bit sweet but organic comes out as it warms a little, perhaps a whiff of dried tobacco leaf or the earthy English hop varieties. Still, not all that robust, but nice enough.
Taste is, again, pleasant but not all that exciting. Some light nutty English malt character on the mid palate lengthens to a slightly astringent bitterness on the back, giving a bite of phenols and aspirin. It's not all that strong, but it's pleasant enough.
Feel is disappointing, with an overtly aggressive carbonation giving too much fizz to the palate.
Nice enough, but nothing particularly groundbreaking here. It's not even that good an execution of the style, but it's inoffensive. Not something I'd necessarily seek out again, though.
Reviewed by ADZA from Australia
3.53/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer pours a burnt copper colour with nice carbonation that leaves a one finger head,it oozes aromas of toffee,caramel and some earthy hops,its taste is above average for the style it starts off quite toffeeish and finishes with a nice hoppy bitter finish but very easy enough to drink more then one.
Jul 29, 2009
Reviewed by TubaManJack from District of Columbia
3.33/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.33/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
7oz tasting glass on-tap
Appearance- A nice white head topping off a clear amber body with lots of carbonation.
Smell- Some muted herbal hops, a distinct malt bitterness and something sweet.
Taste- A nice backbone of malt with some tamed hops, lacking the punch of other ESBs. Its caught between an ESB and English Bitter- It would be better either way but not straddling the middle ground.
Mouthfeel - A medium body, with a far amount of carbonation
Drinkability - A decent bitter that has potential, a good craft bitter in NZ.
May 19, 2009Appearance- A nice white head topping off a clear amber body with lots of carbonation.
Smell- Some muted herbal hops, a distinct malt bitterness and something sweet.
Taste- A nice backbone of malt with some tamed hops, lacking the punch of other ESBs. Its caught between an ESB and English Bitter- It would be better either way but not straddling the middle ground.
Mouthfeel - A medium body, with a far amount of carbonation
Drinkability - A decent bitter that has potential, a good craft bitter in NZ.
Reviewed by brendan13 from Australia
3.11/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A - Pours a pretty clear copper colour with a few centimetres of off white head that falls to a thin whisp.
S - Some caramel maltiness and what is quite a vegetable like aroma.
S - A bit of caramel maltiness, an earthy, vegetal taste. Slight roasty hints.
M - Light to medium bodied. Fairly high carbonation.
D - Not horrible but certainly nothing I'll be going for anytime soon.
May 08, 2009S - Some caramel maltiness and what is quite a vegetable like aroma.
S - A bit of caramel maltiness, an earthy, vegetal taste. Slight roasty hints.
M - Light to medium bodied. Fairly high carbonation.
D - Not horrible but certainly nothing I'll be going for anytime soon.
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