Light Ale
Harbour Brewing Company
- From:
- Harbour Brewing Company
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 3.7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.83 | pDev: 17.31%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 25, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 24, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by interzen from England
3.52/5 rDev +24.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +24.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500ml bottle poured into a nonic pint - bottled ABV is 4.0%, the 3.7% refers to the draught version.
Look: Clear, golden yellow with an off-white head which diminishes to a foam cap leaving a good layer of lace behind it. A bit lighter than some bitters I've had, but by no means atypical.
Smell: Citrus, pineapple and hops but very little else. More of the former than the latter.
Taste: More of the same with an underlying burnt maltiness which was a bit distracting at first but I got used to it. There's a good balance between the fruit and hop notes but compared to some it might come across as a bit insipid. Nice, but nothing to shout about.
Feel: Quite a crisp feel to it with a good balance between the fruit and hop flavours - I suspect that this is trying to be a session beer and, to be fair, it probably does it pretty well. All in all a fairly undemanding pint.
Overall:The bottle describes it as having "citrus hop notes and moderate bitterness" - I can certainly agree with the former, and it's a pretty good balance, but the latter? As bitters go, it isn't, very, especially compared with some of the American IPAs I've been drinking recently. Probably not a fair comparison, though. Nice enough as a session beer, I'd be interested to try it on tap.
Jan 23, 2015Look: Clear, golden yellow with an off-white head which diminishes to a foam cap leaving a good layer of lace behind it. A bit lighter than some bitters I've had, but by no means atypical.
Smell: Citrus, pineapple and hops but very little else. More of the former than the latter.
Taste: More of the same with an underlying burnt maltiness which was a bit distracting at first but I got used to it. There's a good balance between the fruit and hop notes but compared to some it might come across as a bit insipid. Nice, but nothing to shout about.
Feel: Quite a crisp feel to it with a good balance between the fruit and hop flavours - I suspect that this is trying to be a session beer and, to be fair, it probably does it pretty well. All in all a fairly undemanding pint.
Overall:The bottle describes it as having "citrus hop notes and moderate bitterness" - I can certainly agree with the former, and it's a pretty good balance, but the latter? As bitters go, it isn't, very, especially compared with some of the American IPAs I've been drinking recently. Probably not a fair comparison, though. Nice enough as a session beer, I'd be interested to try it on tap.
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