SOB (Special Old Bitter)
Pump House Brewery
- From:
- Pump House Brewery
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 12.6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 29
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 04, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 01, 2006
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
A deep honey-coloured unfiltered west coast style session beer with the classic fresh aromatic hop bouquet mingling with malty undertones for excellent balance finishing with a pleasant lingering bitterness. A great thirst quencher or the perfect buffer with spicy foods!
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Reviewed by souvenirs from Canada (BC)
3/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I'm hoping for lots of hops, but we'll see.
A: very cloudy honey brown, two fingers of lingering tan head, visible carbonation.
S: not a lot of hop presence, grainy malt
T: grainy malts, grassy bitterness, mainly in the aftertaste.
F: fairly low carbonation, no bite, slight lingering bitterness.
O: An okay beer that I wouldn't refuse, but I wouldn't choose it either. I'm not sure what's "west-coast style" about it.
Dec 18, 2013A: very cloudy honey brown, two fingers of lingering tan head, visible carbonation.
S: not a lot of hop presence, grainy malt
T: grainy malts, grassy bitterness, mainly in the aftertaste.
F: fairly low carbonation, no bite, slight lingering bitterness.
O: An okay beer that I wouldn't refuse, but I wouldn't choose it either. I'm not sure what's "west-coast style" about it.
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
3.65/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.65/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Golden amber color. Haze free. Modest bar-pour head. Leaves only rim bubbles after settling. Some streaks of lace.
Mostly grainy malt aroma. Very low hop nose. A touch of honey.
Round, crystal malt flavor. Rich bodied which is enhanced with a low carbonation level. There's little bitterness, even in the swallow, which has a bit of sourness.
Aug 20, 2012Mostly grainy malt aroma. Very low hop nose. A touch of honey.
Round, crystal malt flavor. Rich bodied which is enhanced with a low carbonation level. There's little bitterness, even in the swallow, which has a bit of sourness.
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