Palmers Best Bitter

Best Bitter

 

Palmers in Bridport, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.11
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 31
A full-drinking, well-balanced beer with a delicious hop character, brewed with classic English malted barley.
 

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13/05/1978. GEORGE HOTEL, 4 South Street, BRIDPORT, Dorset, England (PALMERS)

Tried on 17 Jan 2023 at 08:54


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Spotty off white head on an amber coloured body. Fruity, malt & spiced aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a foamy clean back. Sweet, fruity, malt & tangerine tastes with a lightly hopped finish. Easy drinker.

Tried on 11 Sep 2022 at 16:02


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, last of the backlog ratings. Bought whilst on holiday in Dorset. As Palmers Traditional IPA. Poured amber with an average size off-white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit, malt, hops. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2019 at 16:59


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On cask at the Waterman's Arms near Ashprington. Appearance - amber with a nicely proportioned head. Nose - toffee and brown bread. Wood and leather. Taste - more chewy toffee and brown bread. Palate - close to medium bodied but lacking proper bitterness. Overall - a bit of a twiggy bitter which would struggle to reach across to non Bitter drinkers.

Tried from Cask on 03 Aug 2019 at 08:43


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at PoW, Farnborough. This was labelled as IPA, the cheeky old school bitter peddlers. Aroma of malts and sour berries. An slightly opaque amber brown. Thin bubbly white head. Light bitter. Some berries/stewed fruit but also biscuits and boiled veg. Medium bodied. Slick. Soft to flat carbonation. Astringent finish. Underwhelming.

Tried from Cask on 18 May 2018 at 11:28


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Lamb & Flag, Oxford. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste caramel, malt, fruits and hops. Sweet finish.

Tried from Cask on 17 Feb 2018 at 20:19


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Lamb & Flag, Oxford, as Palmers IPA. Clear brown with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dark fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 170218

Tried from Cask on 17 Feb 2018 at 20:18


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle courtesy of Kermis. Thanks. Poured a clear medium amber with a long lasting frothy white head. The aroma is sweet malt, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a crisp fresh slightly dry light fruity woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Serve "warm" !

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2017 at 09:00


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at The Three Horseshoes, Powerstock. Hazy orange brown with a cream head. Aroma of light nutty malt, light toffee and a little dried fruit. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter. Light to medium bodied with very soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 26 Dec 2016 at 07:10


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

13th October 2015
The Royal Standard, Lyme Regis. Cask. Clear amber beerm small bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is light with modest fine carbonation. Smooth malts, little unsweet toffee. Mild floral bitterness. Tangy dried fruits and a trace of orange peel. Finishes light and semi dry. It’s a bitter and it doesn’t offend.

Tried from Cask on 15 Nov 2015 at 08:43