Best
Saltaire Brewery in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.41
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All British ingredients, three malts, roasted barley and three hops - Admiral, Challenger and Goldings, and the most traditional recipe, gives this classic Best Bitter a perfect balance of rich malt backbone with fruity hop notes.
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Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2025
at 12:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle@SBWF2022. Rubyish brown colour with a big beige foamy head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is roasted malts, some nutty tones with liquorice, mild toffee. Flavour is toasted malts, some nutty tones along with wooden and mild toffee tones. Smooth and very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2024
at 21:58
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2023
at 15:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Sorbon. Dark mahogany colour, medium head and lasting laces.Malt and melass aroma. Nice bitterness, classical style
Tried
on 01 Feb 2023
at 16:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Appearance: foggy bronze with a moderate off-white frothy head of medium retention. Aroma: caramel, toffee, floral hop, initially a bit metallic. Taste: pretty dry. Light but persistent bitterness. Caramel, toffee, flowers, herbs, earth. Hoppy ending. Well-tasting. Mouth feel: light to medium body, average carbonation. Summary: OK.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2022
at 15:22
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap. Dark bronze color, clear, yellow foam. Aroma: malt, butter, halva, jam, toast. Bitter taste, malt, butter, caramel, jam, slightly grassy and earthy, specific.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2022
at 16:35
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at Captain Cooks, Östersund. I actually found this bitter a bit too rough around the edges for my liking. Bit sticky tar ending. (24/8/22) --- Cask at Captain Cooks. Less rough this time but still plain boring. 2.8 to 2.7. (15/9/22). ---- Bottle from Systembolaget. On the one hand, a very pleasing deep autumnal aroma of liqouricey/sweet malts, but that is punched off course by a kind of macro thud like a bad doombar. Deep dark mahogany colour. Taste is relatively complex, with some hazelnuts, some woodfire. But it sadly just too intense / rough for me to be a good bitter. Kept at 2.7.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2022
at 21:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från Systembolaget. Rödbrun med ett stort skum. Doftar knäckebröd och bränt socker. Mycket rostad malt, röda bär och en bra örtig beska. Läder. Fyllig.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2022
at 15:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Mahognifarget klar med lyst beige skum. Lukter lett bitter brent karamell. Lett. Smaker sitrus og karamell. Kort.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2022
at 17:11
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2022
at 19:55