Piddle (Dorset Amber Ale)
Piddle Brewery in Dorchester, Dorset, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.32
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This is the one that started it all. Brewed on the banks of the river Piddle, quaffed in pubs throughout the land. An amber ale with a note of citrus, Piddle is perfect when the only thing you want to take seriously is your beer. This is the one that started it all. Brewed on the banks of the river Piddle, quaffed in pubs throughout the land. An amber ale with a note of citrus, Piddle is perfect when the only thing you want to take seriously is your beer.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating from 2011 - 500ml bottle, pours amner with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel, biscuit, grain, pepper & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2025
at 00:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet to slight bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2023
at 19:33
08/06/2013. WHITE SWAN, The Square, High Street, SWANAGE, Dorset, England --- Beer aliased from original tick of Brownsea Beer on 18 Jan 2023 at 07:44. Original review text: 12/09/2018. VILLANO CAFÉ, BROWNSEA ISLAND, Dorset, England (NATIONAL TRUST)
Tried
on 18 Jan 2023
at 08:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Stewarts Garden Centre, Christchurch. Label says 'Dorset Piddle Amber Ale 4.1%'. Pours a slightly hazy amber/orange colour with a medium sized throthy off-white head. Nice lacing. Aromas of caramel, toffee and citrus fruits. Taste has more caramel, toffee, citrus notes with an added resinous hoppy bitter citrus finish. Medium body with a smooth oily mouthfeel. Well balanced. Nice and flavourful hoppy Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2021
at 19:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Castaway restaurant, Swanage. Fruity/berry aroma with a sugaryness to it. Amber. Thin bubbly off-white head. Light-medium bitter. Spice. Peppery. Malts and grain. Some sour fruit hints underneath. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long astringent finish. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2020
at 18:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle as Hive Beer Pours clear gold with almost no head. Medium bitterness, malty sweet link. Okay bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2019
at 14:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Darts Farm, Topsham (Piddle Dorset Amber Ale 4.1%). Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are grain, malt, bread, hops, little caramel and has a bready finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2019
at 09:37
5/10
Tried
on 29 Jul 2018
at 14:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Chriso’s pre- Xmas Tasting 2015 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Piddle Premium Ale ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, cookie, pale malt, citrus notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, cookie - biscuit malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151206] 5-3-6-3-11
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2017
at 01:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle as Hive Beer from the Hive Beach Cafe, Dorset. Pours clear amber with a small and soon dissipating white head. Aroma is fruity, caramel, and biscuit. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Lightish body, sticky texture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2016
at 11:30