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Prize Fighter
Arundel Brewery Limited
- From:
- Arundel Brewery Limited
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.31 | pDev: 2.42%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 14, 2008
- Added:
- Aug 31, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by GreenCard:
Reviewed by GreenCard from Maryland
3.38/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: copper brown, slight chill haze, thick layer of off-white spongey foam, good head retention
Aroma: malt dust, iron, orange marmalade
Flavor: dryish malt backbone; hints of herbal hops and leather; finishes dry with a mellow bitterness
Mouthfeel: medium body, terse carbonation, slight acidity
Other comments: Pretty solid and fairly flavorful, if a bit understated.
Sep 14, 2008Aroma: malt dust, iron, orange marmalade
Flavor: dryish malt backbone; hints of herbal hops and leather; finishes dry with a mellow bitterness
Mouthfeel: medium body, terse carbonation, slight acidity
Other comments: Pretty solid and fairly flavorful, if a bit understated.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.23/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.23/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Purchased at the Sainsbury's supermarket, this filtered ale comes in a 500ml brown glass bottle; BB June 09, serve cool in a straight imperial pint glass. The ingredients include torrified wheat, malted barley, East Kent Goldings and Fuggles hops.
A: pours bright light copper hue, coming with a well-lasting beige soufflé-froth and constant streams of mini-carbonation.
S: resinous notes from the foam come hand in hand with a clean and dryish tart lemon-zesty fruitiness (also a tad mineral and astringent, remotely reminiscent of some old lambic even!); light caramely and biscuity maltiness sits in the background along with some toasted plums, sour black prunes and raspberries. The characters on the nose are true to a premium bitter - fruity, with a good dark malt backbone.
T: the foretaste is quite distinctive, featuring a weird mixture of shell-fishy yeastiness, rustic malts, prune-ish fruits and lightly-moulded cheesy salty-sourness... then settling down with stinky&earthy nuttiness, a touch of dirty kitchen-cloths (that in my mind is closely linked to the traditional pale bitter), and a restrained but lingering bitterness.
M&D: the mouthfeel is slightly more fizzy than ideal, but the body upholds the flavour quite well and never goes thin. The "distinctive" flavour profile proves a bit too weird for my palate, alas. I wonder if this is the work of infection or any other divine intervention. Maybe the cask version can provide some clues.
Aug 31, 2008A: pours bright light copper hue, coming with a well-lasting beige soufflé-froth and constant streams of mini-carbonation.
S: resinous notes from the foam come hand in hand with a clean and dryish tart lemon-zesty fruitiness (also a tad mineral and astringent, remotely reminiscent of some old lambic even!); light caramely and biscuity maltiness sits in the background along with some toasted plums, sour black prunes and raspberries. The characters on the nose are true to a premium bitter - fruity, with a good dark malt backbone.
T: the foretaste is quite distinctive, featuring a weird mixture of shell-fishy yeastiness, rustic malts, prune-ish fruits and lightly-moulded cheesy salty-sourness... then settling down with stinky&earthy nuttiness, a touch of dirty kitchen-cloths (that in my mind is closely linked to the traditional pale bitter), and a restrained but lingering bitterness.
M&D: the mouthfeel is slightly more fizzy than ideal, but the body upholds the flavour quite well and never goes thin. The "distinctive" flavour profile proves a bit too weird for my palate, alas. I wonder if this is the work of infection or any other divine intervention. Maybe the cask version can provide some clues.
Prize Fighter from Arundel Brewery Limited
Beer rating:
3.31 out of
5 with
2 ratings
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