Essex Boys Best Bitter (cask)
(Batch of Essex Boys Best Bitter)
Crouch Vale Brewery in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.20
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Full bodied, traditional-style mid-brown “best” brewed from 100% English barley malt and copious English Challenger and Boadicea hops, which shine through.
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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 Queen's Head, Chelmsford. Pours amber with next to no head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, biscuit & malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish. Passable
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2025
at 21:21
Historic check-in
Tried
on 22 Nov 2022
at 07:03
Tried
from Cask
at
The Compasses Inn
on 30 Sep 2018
at 23:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at Charlie’s Bar with JU, ES and IF 29.03.17. Pale copper. Off-white head and lacing. Sweet aroma and taste of pale caramel and malt, with a slight hint of moderate English hops. Low carbonation. Good drinkability.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2017
at 16:26
5/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2016
at 19:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Charlies Bar, Copenhagen - Amber copper pour with off white head. Aroma and taste is prominent malty, with some caramel and toasty bready malts, slight nutty, twiggy and herbal hoppy, nice low abv session bitter. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2016
at 13:25
7/10
Tried
on 19 May 2015
at 19:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Dirty Dicks, Halifax. Clear copper brown with a creamy head. There’s some grain in a generally malty nose with a steady malt flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2014
at 05:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[5/4/14] Cask at Charlie’s Bar in Copenhagen. Clear amber. Aroma of malt, a bit of butter and some fruitiness. Sweetish flavor with malt, a bit biscuit, a bit of butter and some fruitiness. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2014
at 00:01
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Poured a clear copper colour with a bubbly broken white head. The aroma is light malt hop. The flavour is light bitter with a watery light hop palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Light and easy drinking but with very little going on.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2014
at 14:01