Available: Cask and Regular. Also available bottle conditioned. The name comes from the Pitchfork rebellion of 1685 the last battle to be fought on English soil of the Civil War. A golden bitter with floral citric hop aroma. It has a hoppy predominate taste which is slightly sweet and fruity and leaves you wanting more. Pitchfork was judged to be the Best Bitter of the Year in 1998 at the Great British Beer Festival and has been a finalist in the last three years. (Pale malt, Fuggles and Goldings hops)
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Sigmund from Hafrsfjord, Norway who has tried this beer once. (12/23/2006 4:17:30 PM)
"500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. Bottle conditioned. Brewed with pale malt only. Golden colour, just a slight haziness, large off-white head. Nice hoppy aroma, hints of citrus, leather and maybe some oak. Distinct hoppy flavour throughout, some citrus and toffee, fruity finish. Bitter and long lasting aftertaste. A refreshing beer - not bad at all."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.9)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by ante from Stockholm, Sweden who has tried this beer once. (5/23/2006 8:06:31 AM)
"Dark golden. Vague grassy hoppy aroma. Grasswy hops in flavour, hints of orange-peels and yeast. Long grassy bitter finish, not of nutshells.. Quite thin body."
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.2)
Sampled: Hand Pump
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by oh6gdx from Vaasa, Finland who has tried this beer (1/12/2006 8:15:46 PM)
"Bottled. Cloudy orange, mediumsized head, lacing. Very strong hoppy aroma with "earthy" hints. Very hoppy bitter taste, but also "earthy" (mouldy) taste. Wellchosen name for the taste. Not much aftertaste."
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
5/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.9)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[4] Review by jonmoore from United Kingdom who has tried this beer once. (1/2/2006 1:44:47 PM)
"Bottle conditioned. Somewhat ambushed by the over lively nature of this one. Huge white head on an amber coloured beer. Aroma is hoppy with some citrus. Hops dominate the taste, some citrus again, and a suggestion of malt. Dry and drinkable."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by EyeChartBrew from CA, Liechtenstein who has tried this beer once. (7/26/2005 7:29:31 PM)
"Well, after punishing my poor taste buds with a variety of middling-to-fair-to-downright-poor Euro Lagers, felt that I needed to reward myself for going the extra mile with something a bit more up my alley. And while I think I might have been better off by simply cracking open one of my many IPAs in my beer fridge, I can't say that I'm disappointed with this, either.
Definately a beer that you need to let "breathe" for a while -- to both warm up to proper Bitter temps, and to let the billowy head of foam calm down a bit.
Quite light, with the aforementioned mounding head of foam -- is this a Weizen of some sort? But no, the hoppy/yeasty aroma makes sure that you know that this is definately an English Bitter, for sure.
A bit quirky in the initial taste -- odd selection of hops, perhaps? Almost has a slight vegetal nature to the hopping -- reminds me of the handful of different "fresh/wet hopped" beers I've had before (esp. Russian River's HopTime Harvest Ale). Not a bad thing in-itself, but takes a whole `nother slant on the way a beer gets it's Bitter, Flavor, and Aroma hop profiles. And can be off-putting if you're not expecting something so left-of-center....
Tends to meld a bit better as this warms. The malt starts to shine through, and provides some much-needed balancing action to the beer overall.
A bit heavy-handed for something only 4.3%ABV -- perhaps not quite "sessionable" as I would have preferred, to be honest....
But still comes across as more along the lines of an beer with an IPA's hop-bill, but with only an Ordinary Bitter's malt bill.
"Rebellious"? Perhaps. It does seem to strike out on it's own, all told. That is to say, this is more bitter than many'an "English IPA" (read: Green King). But I think that the body could have been beefed up to match the wet- and dry-hopping a bit more overall.
But I still didn't mind drinking this. A nice change of pace, all told....
//TB"
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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(3.9)
