Hop Back Brewery GFB

Description: Golden with the sort of light, clean tasty quality which makes an ideal session ale. Hoppy aroma and taste leading to a ... more

Hop Back Brewery GFB ... good, dry finish. Very refreshing. Alcohol Content: 3.5%

Newest Review: ... down a treat and leaves no unpleasant aftertaste. Apparantly the abbreviations stand for Gilbert's First Ale, named after the ... more

... brewer responsible for this heavenly brew. Whether from a pub handpump or from one of the bottles on sale in selected supermarkets throughout the land, this is a smooth operator - clear, warming and wonderfully distinctive. The lowish alcohol content also means that you're less likely to suffer the next morning (which cannot always be said after a few pints of GFB's bigger cousin Summer Lightning). As an aside, Prince Charles was famously snapped (for just about every newspaper and TV station in the land) pulling a...more

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Hop Back Brewery GFB: Hop it - I was here thirst (416 words)
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The Hop back brewery is a small independent brewery based just outside my home town of Salisbury in Wiltshire. The brewery has a brilliant reputation for producing beers of the highest quality and has accumulated many CAMRA Gold Medal Awards. It is very popular in the Salisbury area and has a bit of a cult status. Its' Wyndham Arms pub is a beer drinker's delight with a fantastic range of real ale handpumps greeting those who enter. GFB is a light, fruity, hoppy real ale with an alcohol content of 3.5%. It goes down a treat and leaves no unpleasant aftertaste. Apparantly the abbreviations stand for Gilbert's First Ale, named after the brewer responsible for ... Read the complete review

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