Dr. Johnson
Leatherbritches Brewery in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.32
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A smooth well rounded mellow, malty bitter. Enjoyed in many traditional drinking houses, chestnut in colour.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at BeerHeadZ, Lincoln. Dark amber brown with a cream colored head. Aroma and taste are toffee and malty, slight sweet. Fairly thin body.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2024
at 12:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Standing Order, Derby – as 4.1%. Pours a reddish brown with a small cream head which soon becomes scummy, but has good lacing. Has a sharp aroma with hints of crusty bread rolls. In the mouth it is fruity with berries, but also has a bitter sharpness that is almost sour. Texture is somewhat watery. Finish is very bitter indeed. A good old style bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2021
at 22:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Handbill cask at the Western, Leicester. Copper/brown with a fairly large just off-white head. Lots of natural carbonation. Sharp woody aroma, some redcurrant with marked astringency. Bitter fruity taste with malt loaf, horehound. Extremely bitter finish without being acrid. Long astringent aftertaste. Cask bitter at its best.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2017
at 12:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Pembury Tavern. Clear pale chestnut with no head. Its quite a hoppy bitter. Pretty likeable even if condition isnt great. Very likeable bitter. Decent hop on end.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2011
at 05:20
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Guildford Arms, Edinburgh, Scotland. Amber colour, off white head. Aroma of rotten eggs/sulphur, light fruity. Flavour is light sweet, watery, light malty, grainy, light caramel. Light bodied, watery. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2010
at 08:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at guildford ... copper ... thin tan headm... light sweet nose ... juicy malts ... light dry hop... decent enough .. little sulphur
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2010
at 04:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask, handpump at The Green Man & Blacks Head Hotel/Pub, Ashbourne, Derbyshire 18.09.10 Pours amber with a filmy white head, good clarity. Nutty taste, little fizziness on the tongue, buzzy bitterness, fresh clean taste, its fine but a fairly standard bitter. A6 A4 T6 P4 Ov12 3.2
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2010
at 09:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the Pembury Tavern on 16th July during their festival. Brown bitter, poured crystal clear with a short-lived effervescent off-white head of little or no lacing. Sweetish malt aromas slightly override the hoppy notes which are citric in nature with lemony undertones. Watery texture, dryish finish best appreciated with long pauses between substantial sips.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2009
at 17:29