Best Bitter
Bathams in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.59
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A straw-coloured bitter which initially seems sweet, but a complex dry, hoppy taste soon predominates.
Probably the best example of the traditional Black Country style of bitter. No better partner to a lunchtime snack!
Probably the best example of the traditional Black Country style of bitter. No better partner to a lunchtime snack!
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle traded with JMGreenUK. Thin creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Subtle bitterness. A good session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2015
at 12:01
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Red Lion, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. Orange-gold, clear as you like, with a white Northern head. Sulphur aroma enhanced to no end by orange peel, clove and yeast roll notes. Taste is standard bittersweet with an edge of sulphur. Simple but clean. When served spot on (as I’m having it now), it’s a real treat.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2014
at 07:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared with Dutchdrebus. Clear orange golden color, medium sized white head. Smell and taste malts, straw, bitter. Tastes almost like a pilsener instead of a bitter. Decent enough beer, nothing wrong with it, just not very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 13:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ benzai. Clear golden colour with a medium sized white head. Smells malts, grains, sweetish, fresh. Tastes malts, grains, slightly bitter, somewhat grassy. Thin to medium body, nice carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 12:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500l bootle in Halesowen Grove Bar - orange body, thin white head. Nose is caramel and malty, a bit tangy. Taste has a metallic tang to it. Nothing special.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2013
at 10:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle @ Tanners, Shrewsbury. Pours gold with a farmyard straw nose. Sweet flavoursome malts, hints of caramel, nice and smooth.. very moreish. Could happily spend an evening on this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2013
at 11:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@GBBF2012. Yellowish golden colour with a minor head. Aroma is fruity, floral with some nectar and mild bready notes. Flavour is sweet floral and fruity notes along with mild wood, resin and some crisp maltiness to it.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2013
at 09:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Great Western during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a light, foamy white head. Sweet dough in the nose, some hay. Light sweet flavor with dry dough and light bitter straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderate sweetness in the end, some further sugary dough, white bread. So so. Quite basic.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2013
at 02:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from The Beer Parlour, Chesterfield. Lovely example of a classic, English Best Bitter. Makes me wish I was drinking it after I’d spent a 14 hour shift ploughing fields. Rather than a few hours sanding skirting boards...
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2013
at 11:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, one-third pint, GBBF 2013. Dark golden body colour. Naked at the top. Malt-fruity nose, smell of bread and faint citrus. Mid-sweet caramel malts offset by bittersweet fruits. Jam-like. Fresh bitter ending. Standard Brit Bitter (London Olympia 15.08.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2013
at 11:58