City of Cambridge Brewery - Atom Splitter
Wolf Brewery Ltd.
- From:
- Wolf Brewery Ltd.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.04 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 05, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Contract brewed by 'WBC (Norfolk) Ltd.'
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Blind-tasted/rated.
Bought from Scotsdales Garden Centre Trumpington Cambridge. 500ml bottle. BB: 28/1/2025 Ouch £3.29
L- Dark amber, tiny hint of haze, good 3cm cream coloured head.
S- Mild, thought I do get a sense of 'dry' from it.
T- Bright... ooph!... right into a very sour/bitter hop-driven aspect. Is this a pale ale, it's 'hops forward' aka seriously hoppy-dry? It even leaves a sense of dryness on the tongue. Then I realise.... the hops are so dominant that I've registered nothing else (yet).
F- Well...! I wasn't expecting to have my palate challenged by this politely packaged beer. It's very dry, way too much so for me. There seems little else that breaks through that onto my radar.
O- A beer for high-summer? (ie 2-3 days a year in the UK hehe). It's suited to when you really wish to have a thirst properly slaked. Otherwise the hopping over-dominates for me. Shame, I thought their 'Parkers Piece' brew was superb.
Now rated/reviewed, I'll read the lables and note anything of interest here: '...bursting with hoppiness and character'. Brewed with wheat and barley, no other ingredients listed. No style marked at bottle - unusual. Digging around via Google I see ratings elsewhere as Red IPA, Golden and ESB. Maybe the first two are closer? It seems nothing like any ESB I've had before. Someone who can better determine the style might wish to adjust that shown above in the listing headers
May 05, 2024Bought from Scotsdales Garden Centre Trumpington Cambridge. 500ml bottle. BB: 28/1/2025 Ouch £3.29
L- Dark amber, tiny hint of haze, good 3cm cream coloured head.
S- Mild, thought I do get a sense of 'dry' from it.
T- Bright... ooph!... right into a very sour/bitter hop-driven aspect. Is this a pale ale, it's 'hops forward' aka seriously hoppy-dry? It even leaves a sense of dryness on the tongue. Then I realise.... the hops are so dominant that I've registered nothing else (yet).
F- Well...! I wasn't expecting to have my palate challenged by this politely packaged beer. It's very dry, way too much so for me. There seems little else that breaks through that onto my radar.
O- A beer for high-summer? (ie 2-3 days a year in the UK hehe). It's suited to when you really wish to have a thirst properly slaked. Otherwise the hopping over-dominates for me. Shame, I thought their 'Parkers Piece' brew was superb.
Now rated/reviewed, I'll read the lables and note anything of interest here: '...bursting with hoppiness and character'. Brewed with wheat and barley, no other ingredients listed. No style marked at bottle - unusual. Digging around via Google I see ratings elsewhere as Red IPA, Golden and ESB. Maybe the first two are closer? It seems nothing like any ESB I've had before. Someone who can better determine the style might wish to adjust that shown above in the listing headers
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