Sovereign Bitter
Samuel Smith in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.92
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A pale coloured beer with a delicate flavour and a pleasant floral aroma producing a satisfying, refreshing, easy to drink ale despite the relatively high alcohol content.
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6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2025
at 15:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg, half-pint on 20th December 2024 in Robert Raike's House. Clean amber body, decent head. Malty more than hoppy, not unpleasant subtle bitterness late on.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2024
at 23:28
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Three Goats Head, Oxford. Aroma? Clear dark amber. Thick foamy white head. Light sour. Some caramel sweetness. Sour finish. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Bland. BlAND.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2023
at 18:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
# 3046; 6/2022. Worse bitter. Pint, hand-pulled, pub, Wooler (North England).
Tried
on 23 Jun 2022
at 19:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
The aroma is soft grain, has good smooth foam on a body that's too yellow for a bitter. Flavour is medium grain with soft hops. Excellent bitter smoothness. It's not bad, rather simple, needs more maltiness for that bitterness effect. Cask at The White Horse pub in SoHo, London.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Nov 2019
at 08:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Brown Bear, Sheffield. Light, amber gold. Creamy, white head. Nose has sweet grain. Some grassy, privet leaf notes. Taste is sweet and leafy bitter in equal measure. Light body. Nitro pour like carbonation. Leafy bitterness to finish. Standard stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Sep 2018
at 11:19
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint on tap at Victoria Hotel, Cleveleys. Still golden bronze beer with a creamy white head. Good lacing. Slight malt nose. Crispy bitter taste with bitter hoppy finish, touch of dark malt. Refreshing, easy-drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2018
at 12:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From keg at Sinclair’s Oyster Bar, Manchester, with JFE and BG 21.01.19. Clear golden. Dense, even and persistent off-white head and lacing. Fine aroma and taste of pale malt and moderate hops. Well-balanced with good drinkability.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2018
at 13:31
6/10
Tried
on 25 Nov 2017
at 07:20
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
(2017 London) Sampled keg @ John Snow. Clear golden, white head. Nose is vegetable, green vegetables, oily corn syrup. Taste is unpleasant green vegetable, corn syrup. Thick bodied oddly. Quite poor.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2017
at 16:00