Razor Back
Ringwood Brewery in Ringwood, Hampshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.75
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Launched as Best Bitter with the opening of the Ringwood Brewery in 1978. Awarded Bronze Medal at the Munich Beer Festival in 2005. The brewery was bought by Marston's (later Carlsberg-Marston's) in 2007. Rebranded as Razorback in November 2015. Production moved to Banks's in Dec 2023 when the Ringwood Brewery closed, and then to the former Marstons brewery in Burton on Trent in 2025.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half pint from the cask at The Lamplighter in Jersey. Pours light brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, fruits, hops & malt. Medium body. Smooth light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Lamplighter
on 22 Mar 2026
at 09:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Goose, Wolverhampton (at 3.6%). Pours “bitter brown” with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. Mainly malts in the aroma but also some hints of red berries. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth with a creamy texture, but also some bitterness involved. Flavour has malts, some floral hops, hints of autumn fruits and (later) nuts and caramel. Bitterness creeps into the slightly dry finish as well. This is reasonable but somewhat bland.
Tried
from Cask
at
Goose (Craft Union)
on 11 Dec 2025
at 14:15
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Old rating - A 500ml bottle from the brewery shop last spring. Pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, light spice, sweet malt. Light body verging on the watery. Mild bitter finish. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2025
at 16:23
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle at home. Gyengécske kis bitter, nagyon vékony, kissé olyan se íze, se bűze. Könnyen csúszik tho.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2025
at 05:43
Tried
on 01 Mar 2025
at 12:07
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from a local Lidl. Aroma is malty with bland caramel toffee and bittering hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and fairly bitter. Body is light and watery. Meh, didn't like this one much, it's dreary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:37
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Tried
on 03 Jan 2025
at 01:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Ringwood Brewery. Pours a deep clear amber, off-white head of foam. Aroma brings caramelised amber malt, a suggestion of dried dark fruit. Flavour profile seems centred around the same sort of thing, good bitter bite. Ok bitter overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2023
at 19:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask at the Red Lion, St Peters, 24/11/23. Clear amber with a good sized lasting beige head, full glass lacing ensues. Nose is caramel, biscuit, sugars, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises caramel, sweet edged, brown bread, sugars, light berry fruit notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. This was in decent condition but it just comes over very 'caramelly' and lacks balance ... last third of the pint became a bit of a chore to finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2023
at 10:08
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask as Ringwoods Best Bitter at Goldies, Dorchestrer. Pours clear chestnut amber with a white cap. Aroma: malt, caramel, light toffee. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, biscuit malts, caramel, berries. Thin body with light carbonation. Insipid.
Tried
from Cask
at
Goldies (Marstons)
on 04 Feb 2023
at 15:51