Fireball
Elland Brewery
- From:
- Elland Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 0%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 20, 2005
- Added:
- May 20, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
Brewed to 4.2% ABV, Fireball is a copper coloured premium bitter with Crystal Malt flavours and a long hoppy finish deriving from Bramling Cross and Pioneer Hops.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by TheLongBeachBum from California
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Presentation: The Friday of my last weekend in England during my Easter trip back to the homeland was spent with work colleagues in and around Wakefield. The Six Chimneys (see BeerFly); the local J.D. Wetherspoons stunned with not one, nor even two
.but no less than three Eastwood & Sanders brews.
The second of these was Fireball, town of Eastwood & Sanders, and advertised at 4.2% on the Pumpclip. I know that the Brewer Dave Sanders is an old rocker and whilst I am not sure about it, I cant help but think that the Deep Purple 1971 Album of the same must have had some influence on this one, especially looking at the Pumpclip design.
Appearance: Pulled through a tight sparkler, it has a rather lively fiery red copper colored body. Firm beige head stayed at ½ for a while then ran down to a thin ¼ broken covering. Conditioning was subtle but adequate.
Nose: Laid back and subdued, the beer in this Cask was obviously closer to the bottom of the Cask than the top. Yet after a few mouthfuls, a gentle swirl in the Pint glass revealed a subdued but discernable hop-bitterness with some malts throughout.
Taste: Brambling and Pioneer in this one thought I detected an American twang to the bitter finish. Starts with a lovely malt entrance that is middling on the palate and finishes with a tasty fresh hoppy bitterness that slides on the tongue, I swear that the hop oils were coating my throat such was the intensity and longevity of the finish on this one, grassy hops linger and exponentially decay to a nice fruity bitterness. Tasty stuff.
Mouthfeel: The rather restrained carbonation gave the bitterness a sharp character, maybe more so than if this was a freshly tapped Cask. Soft malts (from the crystal malt!?) do help to balance the high bitterness amidst the low conditioning.
Drinkability: The Fireball ran-off about an hour after I sampled it so my suspicions were founded. It is fair to say though that I wouldnt have minded at all draining the Cask myself.
Overall: The Pioneer certainly added a lovely bitterness to the Fireball. Another winner from E&S for me. Recommended, but I guess Im biased LOL.
May 20, 2005The second of these was Fireball, town of Eastwood & Sanders, and advertised at 4.2% on the Pumpclip. I know that the Brewer Dave Sanders is an old rocker and whilst I am not sure about it, I cant help but think that the Deep Purple 1971 Album of the same must have had some influence on this one, especially looking at the Pumpclip design.
Appearance: Pulled through a tight sparkler, it has a rather lively fiery red copper colored body. Firm beige head stayed at ½ for a while then ran down to a thin ¼ broken covering. Conditioning was subtle but adequate.
Nose: Laid back and subdued, the beer in this Cask was obviously closer to the bottom of the Cask than the top. Yet after a few mouthfuls, a gentle swirl in the Pint glass revealed a subdued but discernable hop-bitterness with some malts throughout.
Taste: Brambling and Pioneer in this one thought I detected an American twang to the bitter finish. Starts with a lovely malt entrance that is middling on the palate and finishes with a tasty fresh hoppy bitterness that slides on the tongue, I swear that the hop oils were coating my throat such was the intensity and longevity of the finish on this one, grassy hops linger and exponentially decay to a nice fruity bitterness. Tasty stuff.
Mouthfeel: The rather restrained carbonation gave the bitterness a sharp character, maybe more so than if this was a freshly tapped Cask. Soft malts (from the crystal malt!?) do help to balance the high bitterness amidst the low conditioning.
Drinkability: The Fireball ran-off about an hour after I sampled it so my suspicions were founded. It is fair to say though that I wouldnt have minded at all draining the Cask myself.
Overall: The Pioneer certainly added a lovely bitterness to the Fireball. Another winner from E&S for me. Recommended, but I guess Im biased LOL.
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