Razor Back
Ringwood Brewery in Ringwood, Hampshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.73
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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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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cl. bottle @ hoe, bought @ Lidl Culemborg Clear light brown with an off-white head. Lightly roasted malts, caramel, biscuit and some nuttiness. Taste is medium bitter. Surprisingly full bodied for such a low ABV. Nice gentle bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2017
at 15:11
4/10
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Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2017
at 18:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Flasche 0,5l: Kastanienbraun, Kupfer, klar, eher flüchtiger mittelporiger Schaum; frische + fruchtige Nase, dezent dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, kräftig Malz, Getreide, etwas Karamell, deutliche Hopfennoten, dezente Röstaromen, leichte fruchtig-malzige Bitterkeit; frischer + fruchtiger Körper, kräftige trockene Hopfennoten, leichte trockene Säure, kräftig Malz, Getreide, spritzig, kräftige Kohlensäure, leichte Röstaromen, Haselnüsse; würzig-trockener Nachgang
Tried
on 28 Jun 2017
at 08:09
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ tasting shared by Inoven. Clear orange to light amber color, average sized off-white head. Not a lot of aroma. Taste is quite heavily malty, caramalts, caramel-ish, malt bitter, bitter. Decent body and carbonation. Ok beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2017
at 15:50
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Flesje gedeeld met Benzai, TomHendriksen en Roelzie. Weinig aroma. Smaak is waterig maar wel fruitig. Weinig nasmaak.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2017
at 15:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fles gedeeld door Inoven, geprobeerd met Benzai en Roelzie1986. Het is een amandelkleurig bier met weinig schuim. Het heeft weinig aroma. De smaak is zoet, fruitig en een beetje waterig.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2017
at 15:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Sarsen Stones, Farnborough. Floral aroma with malts. Amber. Good thick off-white head. Sweet. Slightly sour. Malt base. Medium bodied. Frothy mouthfeel. Abrupt finish. Goes down inoffensively.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jun 2017
at 09:43
5/10
Tried
on 22 Jun 2017
at 04:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Color: Ruby, off white head. Taste: Malty, bread, notes of caramel and hints of butter. Some bitter notes in the finish. Medium to below medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2017
at 11:35
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Reddish amber with a very thin off white head. Sweet malt, grass aroma, flavour is malty, metallic, pretty flat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2017
at 16:26