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Big Shed Sentinel Amber Ale


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Brewed by Big Shed
Style: Bitter
Shrewsbury, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 3   MEAN: 3.3/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.93   EST. CALORIES: 114   ABV: 3.8%
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Cask; Regular.

A balance of malt and traditional Fuggle hops.
We have tasting notes below but a little of the background. Firstly, the base of all of our beers is Maris Otter Pale Ale malt which comes from the historic Warminster floor maltings. A lovely bitter beer with good malt which comes from a percentage of Crystal malt and Chocolate malt and these also give the beer the solid amber colour. For bitterness we use a combination of British Challenger and Fuggle hops. These are followed up by a generous helping of more Fuggles to build the distinctive earthy aroma.
A well rounded best bitter beer, amber in colour (of course) with a definite malty flavour and sound body, balanced by a clear bitterness.
A hint of chocolate and the earthy flinty/minty flavour of Fuggle hops. The delicate aroma follows the earthy hop flavour. A good session beer.
A perfect partner for any robust food, roast or grilled meat, chips or roast potatoes, gravy, mature cheddar cheese.


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
BlackHaddock (5113) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - OCT 22, 2014
Brewed less than 10 miles from my house I must have followed this down to the CAMRA Oxford Beer Festival, where I had a cask half-pint on 18th Oct 2014. I really liked it. Cask conditioned at Oxford Beer Festival ’14. Good, solid autumnal amber with full white head. The aroma a nice blend of both floral hops and light maltiness, as was the taste, with the malts just about winning in the top flavouring stakes. Mildly bitter undertone but a malt lead brew in my eyes and taste buds.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
imdownthepub (11738) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - OCT 20, 2014
Cask conditioned at Oxford Beer Festival ’14. Amber with white head. There is a solid, bitter, malty body to this, baked biscuit notes along with a boiled vegetable hint. British, earthy, leafy hop notes then take over. A pretty decent straight bitter one of the better examples in the Festival.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
undercurrent25 (1657) - Barnton, Cheshire, ENGLAND - SEP 21, 2014
Average tasting bitter, malty taste leading to a fruity finish, best beer of the afternoon


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