Oakham Bishops Farewell (Bottle)

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A strong premium beer of structured quality dominated by elaborate fruity hop notes, with a grainy background and dry finish.

3.3

161 reviews

Peterborough, England

Community reviews

2.6 Bottled. Pours yellow/golden coloured with an small white head. Aroma has fruits, flowers and grains. Flavour is similar, just add some citrus in finish

3.2 Butelka 500ml. Złota barwa. Piana biała, średnia,o drobnych pęcherzach,zanika dość szybko. Aromat slodowo-zbozowy,trochę trawy i ziół. W smaku słoma,ziarno, skórki chlebowe,biszkopty. Niezła goryczka w tle. Orzezwiajace

3.2 50cl bottle. Poured clear golden color with a thin white head. Mild toffeeish, malty, biscuity aroma. Citrus, toffee, grass and minerals, some bitterness in flavor. Light to medium bodied. Quaffable.

3.3 50cl bottle from Home Bargains. Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness. Easy drinking.

2.2 Bottle from Alko. Medium, unbalanced, slightly bitter malty nuances of fresh though stale fruits like mango and some citrus. Medium/narrow taste spectrum and medium aftertaste with slightly bitter malts and some hops. Light body with medium carbonation. Overall, bit unfresh, stale and watery product. 7 2 4 2 7

2.8 Bottle from Alko. Clear bronze with small pure white head. Herbs, barnyard, hay malts. Taste follows suit. Slightly watery yet starchy palate.

2.8 Bottle 500ml at holiday home. BBE 2019-03-31. From Alko. Pours clear golden with white head. Sweet malts, light hoppiness, light fruityness, citrus. Light body, watery texture and average carbonation.

3.3 Bottle. Golden color with off-white head. Aroma has caramel, tropical fruits, hay. Taste is malty with quite long bitter aftertaste. Flavors of citrus, grassy hops, fruits.

3.3 500ml bottle from RusBeerShop in Moscow. Pours almost clear yellow with a small white head. Aroma is floral hops, citrus. Taste is light sweet, pale malt, citrus, medium bitterness. Nicely balanced and drinkable.

3.1 Bottle. Light golden, small and fully diminishing head. Moderate, malty and lightly sweetish aroma, light - some caramel with light floral fruitiness, some citrus/herbal hoppyness. Body is medium, malty - lightly grainy and dryish - lightly sweetish, light - some caramel with light - some floral fruitiness, light - some citrus/herbal hoppyness. Finish is average, malty - lightly grainy and lightly sweetish, light - some caramel with light floral fruitiness, light - some citrus/herbal hoppyness. Golden ale with caramel and floral fruitiness. Head is weak. OK but nothing special.

2.7 Bottled 500ml (Alko web) Clear golden colour, small white head. Grainy, fruity, even a bit honeyish aroma. A bit we doggie. Light to medium-bodied. Pale malty, fruity hoppy flavour. Lingering bitteness. A bit sweet. Quite traditional golden ale even with Cascade hops.

4.5 Pours with a white head. Color is clear, bright golden. Medium-fruity (plums, little bit of some tropical fruit like papaya) and hoppy aroma that also has some "dirtiness" and metallicity. Palate is interesting. Almost feels like watery, but it's not watery. It's watery in a pleasant and "complete", rather than empty way. It's near balanced. Smallish carbonation is nothing special, but fits the style. Taste starts with some initial dryness and bitterness on the tip of the tongue, quickly evolves to malt mash and crisp hops. The maltiness is quite compromised, but supportive, but particularly the crispiness and "3D"ness of the hops in this is surprising. One can almost feel the "shape" of the hops, since the hop taste is so 3-dimensional. And it's certainly "crisp", without being overly bitter. Additionally tastes of hay, soap and some grass and a hint of grapefruit in after taste (which is a little dry and long). It's a very country-side beer without the artesanal quality often associated with them (rather this beer feels very polished). Interesting beer.

3.4 A golden beer, a head is white and small. Aroma has fruitness with perries, citrus and some tropical notes, biscuit, sweetness of honey. Taste has biscuity maltyness, some fruitness, nice bitterness that's drying the taste. Medium bodied. This is good beer, biscuity, nice fruitness and bitterness. Nicely drinkable.

2.9 Bottle. Pours clear, light straw yellow with minimal head and lacing. Aroma is grassy, citrus, floral hops with som sweet berry notes. Flavour follows with light citrus, grassy hops, malty. Dry, crisp with lingering, rather sharp bitterness. OK.

3.7 A clear, pale gold colour with a minimal off-white head. Aromas are subtle - not much to talk about. A refreshing, fruity start (yellow fruits) then into a dry, bitter, and well-balanced finish. Very clean and refreshing.

3.2 a thin looking beer with a hoppy taste and citrus on the nose all in all though pretty weak

3.1 Bottle from Home Bargains, poured into pint glass slightly hazy golden in colour with minimal white head. Aroma is fairly mild picking up some floral notes and a touch of orange zest along with a touch of caramel malt. Taste is medium dry bitter and lightly sweet, fairly fizzy in the mouth. Long dry finish to this beer, ertainly refreshing and would be lovely on a warm summer's afternoon.

3.5 Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

3.3 500 ml bottle. Clear golden yellow, loose fading white foam. Aroma of orange citrus and muted malt. Taste is lightly sweet grainy bland biscuity malt, fairly fruity, notably orange, a bit bitter near the end. Softer carbonation, light-medium bodied, lightly hopped. LBW (Lagerboys Be Wary)

2.9 Bottle from Waitrose. Lemon colour. Aroma ok. Slightly sweet with a bit of biscuit. Crisp. Sharp. Dry at finish. Pretty bland. Doesn't really work that well. Average.

3.3 500ml bottle. Clear pale golden colour, minimal white head. Aroma is mild, some slightly sweet tropical fruit and hops, malt. Taste follows suit with some fruity hoppiness and slightly sweet malt, mild citrus and bitter grapefruit. Soft carbonation, oily texture. Good balance but a somewhat average beer.

2.5 The aroma isn’t very strong - a bit hoppy. Light golden-amber in color. Somewhat fruity but I don’t feel like it has much flavour otherwise. Slightly bitter and the bitterness lingers. Overall, fine but not very interesting.

3.5 Bottle from Cambridge Wine Merchants, Cherry Hinton Road. Bright yellow. Almost clear. Distinct white head. Floral smell, hint of lemon and grapefruit. Bittersweet gentle taste, followed up with a much more bitter finish. Citrus and a hint of botanical in the finish. Not quite as good as cask but still pretty damn good.

3.3 Bottle @Pulp, Athens. Pours light amber with small diminishing white head. Medium body, dry bitter finish. Malty aromas, fruity notes with a grainy backbone and hoppy kicks for balance. Very refreshing, and well combined with our sausage plate.

3.4 Dourada, translúcida, com aroma bem discreto, levemente ácido, com notas florais e de grama. O sabor é cítrico, com um amargor pungente, que se dissolve rápido. Alta drinkabilidade, corpo médio, uma delícia

3.3 Bottle at home. Reasonably bitter with a fair hop bite. Pleasant dry finish.

3.5 Bottle at KØ 15. Clear golden colour with a white head. Aroma and flavour of malt, citrus, hops, grass and bitterness.

3.5 Pale golden coloured pour with a fading loose white head. Aroma is nice floral citrus, straw, grains. Flavour is nice semi sweet earthy grains, straw, citrus, firm cirrus grapefruit hop bitterness. Palate is semi sweet moderate carbonation. Very sessionable with a good hoppy kick.

3.5 Golden with a small white head. Malty aroma with fruity notes and grassy hops. Sweet fruity flavour with bready malt grassy and wooden notes and a rather bitter finish.

3.7 Poured from bottle. Citrus fruity aroma. Pours a clear golden pale with white head, has a some good lacing. Light to medium bitter taste. Light to medium body, sticky texture, lively carbonation, with a bitter dry finish. A pretty good hoppy brew.