Blue Hills Bitter
Driftwood Spars Brewery in St. Agnes, Cornwall, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.16
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HOPS: First Gold, Progress, Admiral, Goldings
MALT: Crystal, Brown
YEAST: Nottingham & S04
A perennial favourite, Blue Hills is named after the vintage car race ‘The Land’s End Trial’ which takes place on the ‘Bluehills’ behind the Driftwood Pub every Easter.
This is a deliciously moreish light session bitter with big hop flavour. Food Matches: Cheese Ploughmans
MALT: Crystal, Brown
YEAST: Nottingham & S04
A perennial favourite, Blue Hills is named after the vintage car race ‘The Land’s End Trial’ which takes place on the ‘Bluehills’ behind the Driftwood Pub every Easter.
This is a deliciously moreish light session bitter with big hop flavour. Food Matches: Cheese Ploughmans
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Gluten Free. Amber colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of malt, bready, caramel. Taste is sweet malty, caramel, toffee, bready notes, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2022
at 22:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery online shop. Appearance - golden amber with a proportionate off-white head. Nose - caramel and bready. Taste - mainly caramel again with just a hint of citrus and floral around the edges. Quite sticky though. Palate - light to medium bodied, creamy texture and a finish that could have more bitterness. Overall - ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2021
at 10:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Burnt Pig, Ilkeston. Light brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of fresh paper, woddy and earthy notes, some toffee, sarsaparilla. Sweet taste with a bit of earthy hop pushing back. However the finish is full of sweet toffee and the lightest astringency. Not exciting but well made.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2019
at 18:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
26th Oct 2017. CAMRA Beer Festival in Shifnal, Shropshire. Gravity poured half pint (twice). This was my 'beer of the festival', hence the two halves. Clear and clean amber body, full white head that lasted on both pours. Nice easy drinking blend with the semi-sweet maltiness just about winning in the aroma and taste stakes against a light bitterness from the hop content.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2017
at 13:45
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Brewfactory Bar, Bradford. Golden coloured with a small head. Has a sticky-sweet texture, with a bitterness amongst some sugary malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2016
at 02:23
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
7th April 2012
ChrisOs Easter Tasting. Gold amber beer with a short white head. Light dry palate. Hops are a little soapy and dusty. Semi dry finish. Caught a mild infection methinks.
ChrisOs Easter Tasting. Gold amber beer with a short white head. Light dry palate. Hops are a little soapy and dusty. Semi dry finish. Caught a mild infection methinks.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2012
at 07:11
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle at Chriso’s Easter tasting 2012. It pours golden yellow, with a thick white head. The nose is floral, dust, soap and citrus pith. The taste is tangy citrus, dust, pith, soap, lime and floral, with a dry, tangy finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Infected. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2012
at 15:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Chriso Easter Tasting 2012. hazy gold with ladting white head. Slight infection maybe. Alright slight. Pretty drinkable but mainly because of the infection.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2012
at 07:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at chrisOs... murky amber ... light whitehead ... peachy floral hop ... orange toffeee malts... little musty ... not up to much
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2012
at 07:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden-amber. The aroma is a bit sharp, with fruity hops. A little sharp on the palate as well, fruity and light overall.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2011
at 02:25