Ruddles Best (Bottle, Can & Keg)

Best (Bottle, Can & Keg)
(Batch of Best)

 

Ruddles in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.38
ABV: 3.7% IBU: - Ticks: 122
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5.5

Decent session bitter. Bottle at home. Only 3.4% according to the label.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2026 at 19:00


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Creamy off white head on clear amber coloured body.
Bitter & malt aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp dry & clean.
Malt, toffee, berry & caramel tastes with a lightly hopped bitter finish.
Standard Best.

Tried on 22 Jun 2025 at 16:06

gave a cheers!

2.6
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 10

Bottiglia. Il naso viene catturato dall'orzo tostato. La finezza olfattiva è normale, permanendo in maniera sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana medio-fine. Il liquido è di apparenza limpida. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è rotondo. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è normale e permane in maniera sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di facile beva. Il finale è semplice e dissetante. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Sulla lingua si attestano indizi di caramello, miele, frutta secca, un accenno di resinoso, erbaceo e agrumi.

Tried on 17 Feb 2025 at 11:38


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

50 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Lidl Culemborg. Clear copper color with a white head. Biscuity and caramel aroma. Sweet taste with a nice bitter finish. Really tasty for a 3.7% ABV ale. Great stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2024 at 20:36


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Fles 50cl thuis. Toffee, caramel, bitters, biscuit, grainy, fruitig, appel, licht plakkerig, wat bloemig. (15-3-2024).

Tried on 15 Mar 2024 at 20:30


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled (from Lidl Kivihaka, Vaasa). Amber colour, mediumsized beige foamy head. Aroma is sweet malts, some floral and wooden hops. Flavour is biscuity and bready malts with some floral, wooden and mild grainy tones. Earthy bitterness in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2023 at 09:18


3.8
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

0,5 bottle.In a not very promising "white" bottle, behind a simple label is a nice golden-light-ruby red beer, with a normal white head. (The whole color is decisive, the beer is like the label.) A little caramel, very slightly fruity, overall a very restrained aroma. In theory a bitter - well, not really. I've already drunk a delicious bitter around 4%. This beer is rather sweet, very restrained in both malt and hop use. However, there is a delicate floral-fruity aftertaste, a medium, medicinal bitterness that somehow carries it on its back. Drinkable, very light, but it wouldn't be my favorite. (The carbonation is acceptable anyway, and the body is just what we can expect from a 3.7%...)
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Nem sok jót sejtető "fehér" üvegben, egyszerű címke mögött szép arany- világos-rubinvörös sör, normál fehér habbal. ( Az egész szín meghatározó, mint a címke, olyan a sör.) Kicsit karamelles, nagyon kicsit gyümölcsös, összességében igencsak visszafogott illat. Elvileg bitter - hát nem igazán az. Ittam már 4% körüli finom bittert. Ez a sör inkább édeskés, nagyon visszafogott mind a maláta mind a komló-használat. Van viszont egy finom virágos-gyümölcsös mellékíz, egy közepes, gyógyszeres keserűség, ami valahogy elviszi a hátán. Iható, nagyon könnyű, de nem lenne a kedvencem. (Amúgy a szénsavassága elfogadható, a testessége meg pont annyi, amennyit egy 3,7%-tól elvárhatunk...)

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2023 at 16:08


3.5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 3.5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3.5

Servida en pinta, color ámbar cobrizo, espuma blanca de escasa retención, Aroma muy leve a malta y ligero caramelo. En boca es ligera, acuosa, poco dulzor, poco amargor, tiene un leve regustillo terroso y herbal, pero en general es bastante plana, el carácter brilla por su ausencia. Se despide con una sutil pero clara y mantenida nota de metal y cartón mojado.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2023 at 22:00


4

Low/medium carbonation.Malty.Thin,a bit metallic.some herbs.dry.quaffable. From Lidl,no Bbe-label.

Tried on 05 Dec 2022 at 19:32


7

Tried on 24 Jul 2022 at 14:37