Stiff Upper Lip
By The Horns
- From:
- By The Horns
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 3.8%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.97 | pDev: 33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 01, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 02, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.75/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Cask at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, with Holmen2. Golden colour, small white head, some lacing. The aroma and flavour have malty and fruity notes, hints of dark berries. Okay.
Oct 01, 2022
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
3.04/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
A 330ml bottle with a BB of July 2018, so it's just out of date. Acquired a while back from a webshop.
A: Poured into a tulip. Bottle conditioned. A hazy amber hue with fine suspended sediment and light carbonation. Yields a smallish head of creamy white foam that lasts for a moment before settling to a patchy surface layer. Slight lacing.
S: Aroma of grainy malt with hints of biscuit, faint caramel, ale yeast, subtle floral hops, a touch of hay and vague leafiness in the background. Underwhelming.
T: Tastes of mild caramel malt with notes of vague biscuits, ale yeast, earthiness, subtle leafiness, hay and a hint of floral hops. A faint cardboard twang in the background. Slightly sweet, followed by a modest bitterness upon swallowing.
M: Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with soft carbonation and decent body. Somewhat astringent; dries the palate. Aftertaste of earthy ale yeast, vague caramel malt, stewed leaves and faint floral hints.
O: Not brilliant. Subpar looks, while the aroma and flavour are bland and indistinct. So-so body. Probably a bit too old but also rather light. I might try and re-review a fresh bottle if I can, but based on this experience I'd say give it a miss.
Aug 02, 2018A: Poured into a tulip. Bottle conditioned. A hazy amber hue with fine suspended sediment and light carbonation. Yields a smallish head of creamy white foam that lasts for a moment before settling to a patchy surface layer. Slight lacing.
S: Aroma of grainy malt with hints of biscuit, faint caramel, ale yeast, subtle floral hops, a touch of hay and vague leafiness in the background. Underwhelming.
T: Tastes of mild caramel malt with notes of vague biscuits, ale yeast, earthiness, subtle leafiness, hay and a hint of floral hops. A faint cardboard twang in the background. Slightly sweet, followed by a modest bitterness upon swallowing.
M: Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with soft carbonation and decent body. Somewhat astringent; dries the palate. Aftertaste of earthy ale yeast, vague caramel malt, stewed leaves and faint floral hints.
O: Not brilliant. Subpar looks, while the aroma and flavour are bland and indistinct. So-so body. Probably a bit too old but also rather light. I might try and re-review a fresh bottle if I can, but based on this experience I'd say give it a miss.
Rated by mikepcarney from Ohio
1.5/5 rDev -49.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.5/5 rDev -49.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
I don't think this style is to be sour out of the tap. Same issue that others had. Quality control issues?
May 04, 2015
Reviewed by blahblahblahbeer
1.6/5 rDev -46.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.6/5 rDev -46.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Light golden, hazy
Slight floral citrus tones.
Can't say if this reflects the true taste of this beer but going with the bartenders suggestion, that there was nothing wrong with the beer, all I can say is it has sour (off) tastes.
I didn't drink enough to get any mouth feel.
Over all if what I had was a true reflection of the beer i wouldn't recommend it.
Jul 22, 2012Slight floral citrus tones.
Can't say if this reflects the true taste of this beer but going with the bartenders suggestion, that there was nothing wrong with the beer, all I can say is it has sour (off) tastes.
I didn't drink enough to get any mouth feel.
Over all if what I had was a true reflection of the beer i wouldn't recommend it.
Reviewed by soulgrowl from England
3.58/5 rDev +20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.58/5 rDev +20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Practically perfectly clear. Brassy with no head. Glassy and amber-like. Attractive. Smells like a pretty average golden bitter, with some subtle tropical aromas to set it ever so slightly apart from the herd. Slightly. Honeyed bread, mango, and lime.
This one isn't going to set the world on fire. Pleasantly bitter and totally decent through and through – an easy quaffer – but nothing to write home about. In fact, not much to write about at all. It's got a nice grapefruity bitterness and a hint of lychee, but not much character. It feels by-the-book and restrained.
Jun 12, 2012This one isn't going to set the world on fire. Pleasantly bitter and totally decent through and through – an easy quaffer – but nothing to write home about. In fact, not much to write about at all. It's got a nice grapefruity bitterness and a hint of lychee, but not much character. It feels by-the-book and restrained.
Reviewed by woosterbill from Kentucky
3.09/5 rDev +4%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev +4%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Gravity halfpint at the London Drinker festival.
A: Hazy amber body; almost no head. Pretty weak.
S: Hoppy (herbal/floral), grainy (husky/toasty), and uninspired.
T: A bit fuller than the nose, with the toasty malt asserting itself alongside the perfumy hops. Nicely balanced, with a heavy finish. Not bad.
M: Smooth, almost still, fairly light. Meh.
O: Not bad, but no better than average.
Cheers!
Apr 02, 2012A: Hazy amber body; almost no head. Pretty weak.
S: Hoppy (herbal/floral), grainy (husky/toasty), and uninspired.
T: A bit fuller than the nose, with the toasty malt asserting itself alongside the perfumy hops. Nicely balanced, with a heavy finish. Not bad.
M: Smooth, almost still, fairly light. Meh.
O: Not bad, but no better than average.
Cheers!
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