Sovereign Bitter
Samuel Smith in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.94
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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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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
2nd June 2014
Cittie Of Yorke. Keg. Almost clear gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and crisp. Light malts. Mellow bitter hops, touch of ripe fruits but mostly just mild bitterness. Light finish. If you were blindfold you would likely think this a brown bitter.
Cittie Of Yorke. Keg. Almost clear gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and crisp. Light malts. Mellow bitter hops, touch of ripe fruits but mostly just mild bitterness. Light finish. If you were blindfold you would likely think this a brown bitter.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2014
at 01:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Shirebrook BRSA Club - Amber body, ridiculously thick head that masked all the early aromas. Overly chilled, but came through with some maltiness and caramel bits. Very drinkable, and surprisingly not bad.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2013
at 03:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ the Cramond Inn. Pours golden to amber with a decent head. The nose has honey and hay. The taste has honey and cornflakes then citrus. Predominantly malty in body and texture. Medium bodied well balanced with a good texture and finish. Overall nice bitter on the light end.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2013
at 16:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Swan and Three Signets, Durham. Golden beer with a strong white head. The aroma is yeasty and bitter, and the flavour is bitter with yeasty and roasted qualities. Overall a reasonable but basic bitter. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Cask
on 05 May 2013
at 06:20
5.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Golden head with a thick creamy white head, although a diluted bitterness for its taste.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2012
at 10:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
half a pint at the red Lion, Conisbrough. Creamy white head. Clear golden blond pour. An ok best bitter
Tried
on 07 May 2012
at 15:35
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Keg @ Cramond Inn, Edinburgh
Amber, clear, bubbly thin dense head
Aroma of light cereal hops, light malt.
Taste of light biscuity malt, bit of weetabix, light toffee, not great, bit metallic
Palate - medium carb, thin body. Finish of biscuity malt and quite metallic finish
Overall - Quite metallic here - worth a re-rate..... certainly below average today
Amber, clear, bubbly thin dense head
Aroma of light cereal hops, light malt.
Taste of light biscuity malt, bit of weetabix, light toffee, not great, bit metallic
Palate - medium carb, thin body. Finish of biscuity malt and quite metallic finish
Overall - Quite metallic here - worth a re-rate..... certainly below average today
Tried
on 29 Mar 2012
at 12:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Bricklayers Arms. Pours a clear, honey hue with a thick, creamy white head. Malty aroma and very, very doughy, with some light florals. Sweet flavor with more bread and dough, along with biscuite followed by some light, earthy bitterness in Phase II. Medium in body with fine, extremely smooth and creamy carbonation. Finishes lightly sweet with some lingering dough and faint bitters. I really liked it.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2010
at 05:06
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Captain Kidd, Wapping 8/03/10. Pale amber with next to no head. Slight, malty aroma. Flavour of biscuit malts and a touch of fruit leading to a bitter finish. Ok, but not memorable.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2010
at 14:37
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
G>olden with a white nitro-look head. Weak fruity and floral aroma. Sweet fruity flavour with an apple peel note. Rather thin.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2009
at 17:15