Shambles Bitter
Potton Brewery Company Limited
- From:
- Potton Brewery Company Limited
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.15 | pDev: 6.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 19, 2016
- Added:
- May 20, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Ramstein Britshop. Dry bitterness from this beer, but everything else is right target for the style. Hazy amber body, small creamy head, malty aroma and taste.
Jan 19, 2016
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
3/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A 500ml bottle with a BB of Oct 2012. Picked up ages ago from a supermarket (while visiting a friend down South). The Shambles was a market that was built in the town of Potton in the 18th century, but has since been removed.
Poured into a tulip pint glass. A clear coppery-amber hue with high carbonation. Forms a small head of white foam that lasts for a minute or so before dissipating. Aroma of sweetish caramel malt with notes of dried fruit, sherry and stewed leaves.
Tastes of caramel malt with a mild bitter finish. Notes of toffee, sherry, dried fruit and stewed hops. Quite dry, with a touch of solvent/cardboard in the background. A restrained bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth, dry and tingly, with a somewhat insubstantial body. Slightly astringent, with an aftertaste of bitter stewed hops and malt.
A pretty average bitter. Rather dull; standard caramel malt and stewed hops with no aromatic hops to add interest. The sherry/cardboard hints lead me to suspect that this is getting on a bit, and possibly slightly oxidised. Oh well. Nothing fundamentally wrong with it, but it fails to hold your interest. No need to seek it out.
Oct 16, 2012Poured into a tulip pint glass. A clear coppery-amber hue with high carbonation. Forms a small head of white foam that lasts for a minute or so before dissipating. Aroma of sweetish caramel malt with notes of dried fruit, sherry and stewed leaves.
Tastes of caramel malt with a mild bitter finish. Notes of toffee, sherry, dried fruit and stewed hops. Quite dry, with a touch of solvent/cardboard in the background. A restrained bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth, dry and tingly, with a somewhat insubstantial body. Slightly astringent, with an aftertaste of bitter stewed hops and malt.
A pretty average bitter. Rather dull; standard caramel malt and stewed hops with no aromatic hops to add interest. The sherry/cardboard hints lead me to suspect that this is getting on a bit, and possibly slightly oxidised. Oh well. Nothing fundamentally wrong with it, but it fails to hold your interest. No need to seek it out.
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