Father Christmas
Itchen Valley Brewery Ltd
- From:
- Itchen Valley Brewery Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 15, 2009
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.4/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.4/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Taken home from Itchen Valley's beer stall at today's local Farmer's Market, Andover; bottle-conditioned, BB 20/10/2010, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass.
A: pours a dark russet colour, bright and 95% clear, coming with very restrained beer head and low carbonation.
S: current-like sour fruits, dark sweet tea, rich semi-toasted malts and aromatic chocolatey-biscuity malts, plus a touch of smoked nuts - all in all this is like a diluted premium bitter, showcasing mostly dark-ish malts and traditional fruity hops, in need of more excitement.
T: initially the flavour gears towards the brown-malty side, laced with bits and pieces of nuts, sour grapey fruits as well as a light, refreshing note of licorice-like herbs... then hop bitterness catches up along with a mildly salty yeasty edge, rendering a light, herbal, chewy palate in the finish.
M&D: the mouthfeel is decent, softly carbonated to go well with a medium-light body. This is an attenuated brown bitter, malty and yet falling slightly too light on the side of hops overall.
Nov 15, 2009A: pours a dark russet colour, bright and 95% clear, coming with very restrained beer head and low carbonation.
S: current-like sour fruits, dark sweet tea, rich semi-toasted malts and aromatic chocolatey-biscuity malts, plus a touch of smoked nuts - all in all this is like a diluted premium bitter, showcasing mostly dark-ish malts and traditional fruity hops, in need of more excitement.
T: initially the flavour gears towards the brown-malty side, laced with bits and pieces of nuts, sour grapey fruits as well as a light, refreshing note of licorice-like herbs... then hop bitterness catches up along with a mildly salty yeasty edge, rendering a light, herbal, chewy palate in the finish.
M&D: the mouthfeel is decent, softly carbonated to go well with a medium-light body. This is an attenuated brown bitter, malty and yet falling slightly too light on the side of hops overall.
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