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Slater's Ales in Stafford, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.07
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Rich amber coloured beer with hints of caramel, malt and a complex fruity hop aroma developing a bitter finish and balancing the well-rounded 'malty mouthfeel.'
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5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Home Bargains. Slightly deeper amber colour with a very thin head. There’s a fair mix of tastes and flavours here - certainly some caramel and malt, but there’s some fruit here to which is a touch stewed. Quite light and easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2015
at 17:32
6/10
Tried
on 17 Jan 2015
at 10:50
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Simply Fresh Boldmere; clear amber pour with a frothy off white head, malt and butterscotch aroma, taste has butter, bit of diacetyl in here, pale malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2014
at 06:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Strange aroma, slightly musty dried fruit, wood and glue. Flavour has some toffee sweetness and a touch of pear.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2013
at 13:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a big frothy white head and loads of broken lace. The aroma is weak malt. The flavour is medium bitter with a huge malt bitter hop palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. A great English session bitter with a kick.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2013
at 15:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask @ Uxbridge Arms, Chasetown - light amber coloured body with an off-white head and lacing. The aroma is fruity with a hint of pear. Light fruit in the mouth, then a big bash of vanilla ice-cream. Really enjoyed this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 13:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sep 2011: Three pints taken during a ‘Meet the Brewer’ evening at my local Wetherspoons. This amber bodied beer looks and tastes like a good quality British Best Bitter should; the aroma given off is predominately of hops, but malty esters are also in the mix. The taste is a subtle caramel and toffee blend of malty molasses, a hop undertone of bitterness is there at first, but hides as the malts assert themselves. Leaning towards creamy, but quite getting there: it shouldn’t, it’s a Bitter not a Stout. Very easy to drink, especially when the brewer is regaling stories of ‘dare doing’ and adventure while you attack his beer.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2012
at 06:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask. Orangeish amber colour with a small head. Aroma is malty, rather herbal and floral with some slight hints of toffee and nutty notes. Flavour is herbal, earthy, toffeeish and mildly grassy as well. Wellbalanced, but a bit thin in the palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2011
at 23:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours orange amber with a medium head. Aroma is bready malt. Taste has bread throughout. Low bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2011
at 14:54
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at tasting. Pours golden amber with small white head. Sweet malt and fruit aroma. Flavor has fruits and cereal. Low carbonation. Simple and uninteresting. (Rated 2011/05/06)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2011
at 02:25