Olde Bumfluff Bitter
Backbeat Brewing Company in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Rotating|
Score
6.55
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Ruby bitter brewed with WGV and Brambling Cross Hops. Smooth and balanced with notes of tea and blackcurrant
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 47th Peterborough Beer Festival, 28/08/2026.
Brown pour with a limited head.
Nose is biscuit malts, dried fruits rinds, straw.
Taste comprises biscuit, toffee, fruit rinds, brown bread.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay bitter.
Brown pour with a limited head.
Nose is biscuit malts, dried fruits rinds, straw.
Taste comprises biscuit, toffee, fruit rinds, brown bread.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay bitter.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2026
at 07:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA)
on 26 Aug 2026
at 15:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 25. Aroma is malty and sweet - overpowered Ovaltine. Opaque amber. Thin foamy. A vegetable brother sprinkled with caramel. Underlying fruit. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long finish. Bland starchy.stuff.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2025
at 09:51
Tried
from Cask
at
CAMRA Great British Beer Festival (GBBF)
on 06 Aug 2025
at 23:00