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Holdens Brewery in Dudley, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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Sold mainly as a house beer, under the names of its various outlets.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Wellington, Birmingham. Clear dark gold/light amber with small white top. This one had a malty biscuit base with floral and bitter lemon notes. Light to medium bodied and a soft carbonation. Very average in some ways but it grew on me - it has a certain old style session quality to it which I like.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Aldi, Keighley. Golden with a thin head. Has a steady hop-malt balance, making it a pretty decent and sessionable English style ale with a mild sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2019
at 19:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
50cl bottle from Aldi, Bracknell. A pale amber pour with a tight white head; sweet biscuity malt aroma; sweet in the mouth with a light malty taste and some caramel; but little in the way of hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2018
at 18:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Aldi. Golden in colour with a billowy, white, head. Sweet bitter, with a touch of floral hope and stone fruit, before a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2018
at 15:04
6/10
Tried
on 18 Jun 2018
at 17:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden colour with quick fading head. Aroma and flavour have some skunky and floral hops. Fairly bitter finish.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2018
at 20:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried at the Station Pub, Codsall. Golden colour with a thick white head. Light tropical and citrus friuit aroma. Taste starts juice sweet to mid bitter finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2017
at 11:12
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours golden with a medium head. Had a sulphurous nose with eggy hops. Taste was plain and bready with a low bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2010
at 04:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A dark golden beer with a bubbly off-white head. The aroma is flowery and lightly hoppy and malty. The flavor is sweet with notes of metal, malt, fruit, and German hops? Leading to a quite bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2009
at 08:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Straw colour, lasting head. Good condition, bit of biscuit, bit of cardboard on aroma. Some rose petal fruit. Some hop on finish. Oddly drinkable bitter. Citrus hop bite is just enough to make you want to drink it. I am surprised at how good it is. OK, still only a 3.2 but it is fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2008
at 06:04