Polly's Brew Co. Shifting Plates

Shifting Plates

 

Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Collab with: Brimstage Brewery
  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.86
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 5
In case anyone hadn’t already noticed, we’re big suckers for nostalgia here at Polly’s Brew Co. We’ve showcased that thirst for nostalgia by working with a brewery that has existed on our radars long before Polly’s existed, stretching back to the days in which a considerable amount of us all worked in our own bars and restaurants, serving beers from the understated but magnificent Brimstage Brewery. Quietly making some of the best cask beer we’ve had the pleasure to try, we decided to bring our collective expertise together to brew a heritage style and a celebration of our formative drinking years – Shifting Plates. Kicking it very old school and utilising full leaf Styrian hops, this beer leads with the malt to give a warm hug of nostalgia, but with a bright and pleasant fruitiness in a thoroughly modern best bitter.
 

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried from Draft at Tæps on 09 Sep 2026 at 08:59

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
23/8/2026. Can shared by LazyPyro, cheers Chris! Pours well. Aroma is malty, biscuit, leafy, honeycomb, bready. Medium sweet with gentle developing bitterness. Very soft feel. Very nice example of a modern bitter.
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2026 at 16:58

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can. Pours dark golden, with a creamy off white head. Aroma is roasted malts with bread, toffee and floral honey, as well as earthy hops with grassy minerals. Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is bready malts with caramels and heather, as well as earthy hops with herbal notes and grassy minerals.
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2026 at 10:12

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
440ml can. Clear amber/copper pour with a thin beige head. Aroma of biscuity and caramel malts, toffee. Taste is malty, bready and biscuity, caramel, toffee, a bit fruity and nutty, earthy spice, mild grassy/herbal hop, nice bitterness. Light-medium bodied.
Very nice Bitter, and I bet this would be banging on cask.
Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 05 Jul 2026 at 20:39

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried from Draft at Balthazar on 10 Jun 2026 at 12:07