Marks & Spencer Stores Suffolk Bitter

Suffolk Bitter

 

Marks & Spencer Stores in Paddington, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Brewed at/by: Adnams
  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.35
ABV: 5.2% IBU: - Ticks: 29
The quintessential English bitter is brewed with sweet biscuity East Anglian barley and grassy Fuggles and Goldings hops to create an aromatic beer with a refreshing taste and a long distinctive finish.

Try this traditional bitter with a classic roast, like tender sweet lamb with all the trimmings.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

28/8/2020. Bottle from M&S Martlesham Heath, courtesy of Kev. Pours dark amber / copper with a large frothy off-white head. Aroma of caramel, nut, malt, biscuit, fruit, slight apple notes and initially a bit metallic. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Quite rich and flavoursome, scoring well above average supermarket branded beer.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2020 at 12:43


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle, BB Feb 2020. Drank at home on 5th Dec 2019. Amber to copper coloured body, off-white head which lasted a while. Malty molasses in the nose and taste, mixed fruit bowl flavours too. Liked it.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2019 at 17:31


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5

A good pour with a reasonable head. No real nose, but the taste was really metallic and I found it quite off-putting. Whether this was the beer or just me I do not know, but it was very not enjoyable and spoilt the beer for me.

Tried on 03 Apr 2018 at 08:47


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

Fluffy white head stayed on a still, chestnut coloured body. Spicy dark berries & malt aroma. Medium bodied. Airy in the mouth with a tingle down the throat & a cloying aft. Caramel & malt tastes to the fore followed by berries, biscuit & a long bitter finish.

Tried on 26 Jan 2018 at 18:20


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle at home picked up from Watford M&S. A clear reddy copper coloured pour with a lasting frothy beige head. Aroma is mineral, flint and rusty nails, nutty twiggy malts. Flavour is composed of thin brown bready, twigglets, chalky, mineral, big metallic rusty penny. . Harsh and pretty terrible. Palate is thin, chalky, mellow carbonation. Not good.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2017 at 15:33


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from M&S, Manchester. Clear copper-coloured with a thin head. Has a grainy-malty character with a hint of chocolate. A bitter with a lowish bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2016 at 16:39


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Bought because it was half price. Nose is biscuit, caramel, berry yeast. Taste is perfectly matched to the nose caramel, berry, yeast, hint of grass. Painfully ordinary, certainly not worth the full ticket price.

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2016 at 16:04


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Clear, coppery amber colour. Messy, nicely sticky, off white head. Nose has burnt toffee. Stewed stone fruit. Some grassy hop (as advertised). Sweet, biscuity malts. Taste is light, fruity, toffee sweet. Some fruity, slightly earthy bitterness. Decent mouthfeel. Dries up a little. Light, earthy, grassy bitter finish, with some of that toffee sweetness sticking to the lips. Nice one.

Tried on 15 May 2016 at 12:51


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Deep amber in colour, with a thin, off-white, head and a trace of carbonation. Rich, malty, aroma with some brown sugar and hedgerow fruits. Flavour had caramel and raisin sweetness, ripe grains and a lingering, bitter, finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2016 at 10:24


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

F: good, off-white, average lasting. C: deep coppery, clear. A: caramel, malt, dark fruit, red fruit, molasses, yeast. T: malt, caramel, dry fruity, some “smoked” tones, raisin, toffee, hint of earthy, dates, medium body, good carbonated and good drinkable, not bad, 0,5l bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2016 at 13:53