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S.O.B. (Special Old Bitter)
Wild Rose Brewery & Taproom
- From:
- Wild Rose Brewery & Taproom
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.1%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 13.82%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 01, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 27, 2007
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 5
Golden-bronze colour and light in body, Wild Rose S.O.B. is delicately hopped and refreshingly delicious. Very gentle and approachable, this classic English ale is an excellent choice to enjoy as a "session beer.
23 IBU
23 IBU
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Ratings by joemcgrath27:
Reviewed by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)
3.65/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.65/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - bubbly clear golden, decent white head with fair retention and good lacing
S - wheat and biscuit malts, very subtle earthy hops, and there's something there reminding me of sweet corn
T - bready malts are, not much hop taste, and again I'm getting the taste of sweet corn or corn bread, but generally all subtle flavours
M - a silky smooth feel, medium carbonation, holding the smooth feel through the finish
D - flavours are all subtle, but the balance is nice and it goes down smooth and easy, nothing fantastic but a solid drinkable beer
Jul 31, 2010S - wheat and biscuit malts, very subtle earthy hops, and there's something there reminding me of sweet corn
T - bready malts are, not much hop taste, and again I'm getting the taste of sweet corn or corn bread, but generally all subtle flavours
M - a silky smooth feel, medium carbonation, holding the smooth feel through the finish
D - flavours are all subtle, but the balance is nice and it goes down smooth and easy, nothing fantastic but a solid drinkable beer
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by 69IBU from Canada (AB)
4.1/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
SOB used to be packaged by Wild Rose, but nowadays is only available on tap. Even so, you're hard-pressed to find it in many places outside of their taproom. That's a real pity, but cause this beer is terrific.
Colour is a pleasant golden-orange with a pleasant fruity aroma. The taste is exceptional, with a good balance of bitterness, malt, and fruit esters. It's fairly low alcohol as well, and as WR describes it a "session ale" - which basically just means it's easy to drink a lot of it.
If you see this on any tap or growler bar wherever you go - give it a try!
Dec 01, 2018Colour is a pleasant golden-orange with a pleasant fruity aroma. The taste is exceptional, with a good balance of bitterness, malt, and fruit esters. It's fairly low alcohol as well, and as WR describes it a "session ale" - which basically just means it's easy to drink a lot of it.
If you see this on any tap or growler bar wherever you go - give it a try!
Rated by Albertahab31 from Canada (AB)
3.38/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.38/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
My first bitter on tap and I think there is something wrong with the keg. Taste is good, carbonation is very low and pours with no head
Sep 20, 2015Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)
3.49/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16 oz. pint imbibed at Beer Revolution. Can also be found in Wild Rose mixed packs. A legit English bitter (sans the extra moniker), this one is yellow gold to light copper, with an inch or so of white head. Aroma is light, bright, and fruity, with an extremely mellow crystal malt backbone ... I get light berry and grape aroma notes, some fruit jam and bubble gum. Nice estery smell but subtle. The flavors themselves are hard to discern at the individual level, blending together in a near-seamless complex of light caramel malt, popcorn, and bramble fruit, with almost a corn-like smooth sweetness and East Kent Goldings with the volume knob turned down. Fairly fizzy and thin bodied, just a hint of English pub chew with an uber-smooth mouthfeel. Finish is dryish and includes an interesting peanut butter taste that I get with the bottles as well. One could session this for decades and probably remain frustrated that you cannot taste more ... I suppose that's the whole idea here. What's there is indeed classic English bitter. I'd amp up the overall flavor intensity. Its TOO sessionable.
Feb 07, 2014Reviewed by SickGnar from Pennsylvania
3.51/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.51/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: Rich golden just leaning coppery, smallish white head, clear with a few streams of big rapidly rising bubbles. Cap fades to a skim that has good retention & leaves okay lacing.
S: Muddled citrus, herbal, & grassy hops – EKG? Must be. Pale malt that is slightly biscuit & also hints grainy. Faint hints of caramel & diacetyl. Fair overall, but not all that pungent or strong though.
T: Citrus is even more muted – herbal & grassy, hay-like hops with just a hair beyond moderate bitterness. Malts are biscuit pale with touches of grain, caramel, & sweetness. Diacetyl really fades. Fairly balanced until the finish when it goes hoppy.
M: Just a bit under medium body with CO2 a touch over-matched. Barest hints of texture with a finish that is drying from attenuation and hops.
D: A bit simple. Surely straight ahead, non-complicated session strength Bitter. Feels like an English style done for people used to US pub pales. Drinkable and will not unduly slow you down.
Aug 26, 2012S: Muddled citrus, herbal, & grassy hops – EKG? Must be. Pale malt that is slightly biscuit & also hints grainy. Faint hints of caramel & diacetyl. Fair overall, but not all that pungent or strong though.
T: Citrus is even more muted – herbal & grassy, hay-like hops with just a hair beyond moderate bitterness. Malts are biscuit pale with touches of grain, caramel, & sweetness. Diacetyl really fades. Fairly balanced until the finish when it goes hoppy.
M: Just a bit under medium body with CO2 a touch over-matched. Barest hints of texture with a finish that is drying from attenuation and hops.
D: A bit simple. Surely straight ahead, non-complicated session strength Bitter. Feels like an English style done for people used to US pub pales. Drinkable and will not unduly slow you down.
S.O.B. (Special Old Bitter) from Wild Rose Brewery & Taproom
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
44 ratings
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