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Back Bay Bitter
Steelhead Brewing Co.
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Steelhead Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 2.94 | pDev: 8.84%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 25, 2012
- Added:
- Feb 14, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by bros:
None found.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Overlord from California
2.53/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.53/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Not a bitter. Not even sure what this was.
Pours a golden yellow. Sudsy white head. Smelled faintly of earthy, musty malt and a tad bit of ... I don't know, pine sol.
Taste is muddled and not sure what to make of it. Is that ... a grainy corn-y taste? Not pleasing. The malt has a strange, earthy quality to it, and the hops basically just add a dash of bitterness.
Thin, watery. I mean, not awful, but not very good, either.
Jul 11, 2009Pours a golden yellow. Sudsy white head. Smelled faintly of earthy, musty malt and a tad bit of ... I don't know, pine sol.
Taste is muddled and not sure what to make of it. Is that ... a grainy corn-y taste? Not pleasing. The malt has a strange, earthy quality to it, and the hops basically just add a dash of bitterness.
Thin, watery. I mean, not awful, but not very good, either.
Reviewed by blitheringidiot from Pennsylvania
3/5 rDev +2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
This bitter was a stretch at best. Seemed to be a pale ale with a tart backing of malt that way missed the delicate ESB bitter balance. Granted, ESBs and bitters are not easy to do, but this one unfortunatley was all chalk and apple. A tad too sloppy but kudos for the brewpub to make a difficult style. I go here all the time when I travel to SoCal so I route for SteelHead to get better.
Feb 14, 2007
Back Bay Bitter from Steelhead Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
2.94 out of
5 with
4 ratings
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