Bitter Yorkie
Mickey Finn's Brewery
- From:
- Mickey Finn's Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 5.37%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 03, 2017
- Added:
- Mar 28, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.5/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted in a pint glass from draught at Firkin on March 3, 2017.
Mar 03, 2017
Reviewed by brew3crew from Ohio
3.57/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.57/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
A-Medium brown with a quickly disappating head. this is about a 3.75, same with smell so I upped on and downed the other
S-Piney hops. Little bit of wood. that's about it
T-The cask imparts a bit of oakiness to the beer. Little bit of bittering hops
M-nice body and smooth. Very drinkable
O-Decent beer. I am not normally into this style, but i will order this again.
Jun 24, 2011S-Piney hops. Little bit of wood. that's about it
T-The cask imparts a bit of oakiness to the beer. Little bit of bittering hops
M-nice body and smooth. Very drinkable
O-Decent beer. I am not normally into this style, but i will order this again.
Reviewed by Vdubb86 from Illinois
3.65/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served in a nonic pint glass at Mickey Finn's
This beer pours a deep plum colored body with a coarse white foam from the hand pumping, it doesn't last long. The aroma is really really nice it combines some plum, raisin, a bit of woodsiness, and a serious dark rich caramel smell. The caramel comes out as the predominant flavor as well. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there is an earthy woodsy finish that in all honesty I don't much care for. It is almost like there is a touch of roasted malt, but that is probably unlikely. The more likely aspect is that is something similar, if not actually, Ringwood ale yeast. A yeast which has phenols I truly don't care much for. The mouthfeel I would have expected smoother on cask, even for the style but it was more of an astringent bitterness that coming from the hops as I would have expected. Overall this was a good beer, but it doesn't really hit a home run here.
May 15, 2011This beer pours a deep plum colored body with a coarse white foam from the hand pumping, it doesn't last long. The aroma is really really nice it combines some plum, raisin, a bit of woodsiness, and a serious dark rich caramel smell. The caramel comes out as the predominant flavor as well. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there is an earthy woodsy finish that in all honesty I don't much care for. It is almost like there is a touch of roasted malt, but that is probably unlikely. The more likely aspect is that is something similar, if not actually, Ringwood ale yeast. A yeast which has phenols I truly don't care much for. The mouthfeel I would have expected smoother on cask, even for the style but it was more of an astringent bitterness that coming from the hops as I would have expected. Overall this was a good beer, but it doesn't really hit a home run here.
Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
3.55/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Served in a nonic pint glass at the brewpub.
Sampled this during an ...interesting... conversation with a fellow bar-sitter. It pours a very lightly hazy copper-amber topped by a half-finger of cream micro-froth. The nose comprises fresh green hops (akin to Centennial, I think), flowers, cedar, and a light touch of oak. The taste holds notes of grass, clover, oak, and some very light and watery toffee in the back. The body is a light medium, with a pretty light carbonation and a somewhat gloopily smooth feel. Overall, a fairly solid bitter, which is definitely helped by the cask engine, but I'm not sure I'd seek this one out in particular all the time.
Mar 28, 2011Sampled this during an ...interesting... conversation with a fellow bar-sitter. It pours a very lightly hazy copper-amber topped by a half-finger of cream micro-froth. The nose comprises fresh green hops (akin to Centennial, I think), flowers, cedar, and a light touch of oak. The taste holds notes of grass, clover, oak, and some very light and watery toffee in the back. The body is a light medium, with a pretty light carbonation and a somewhat gloopily smooth feel. Overall, a fairly solid bitter, which is definitely helped by the cask engine, but I'm not sure I'd seek this one out in particular all the time.
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