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Saltaire Brewery in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular

Score

6.41

ABV: 4.4%

IBU: -

Ticks: 24

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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eurosoba (18828) ticked Best from Saltaire Brewery 10 months ago

Tried from Cask on 22 May 2025 at 12:00

oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Best from Saltaire Brewery 2 years ago

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

c0axial (8156) ticked Best from Saltaire Brewery 2 years ago

Tried from Cask on 13 May 2023 at 15:02

6.8

7stern (1446) reviewed Best from Saltaire Brewery 3 years ago

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

vinivini (12875) reviewed Best from Saltaire Brewery 3 years ago

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

alex_leit (19738) reviewed Best from Saltaire Brewery 3 years ago

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

thejackpacker (3464) reviewed Best from Saltaire Brewery 3 years ago

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

BrogenDaniel (4421) reviewed Best from Saltaire Brewery 4 years ago

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

IpaPils (12341) reviewed Best from Saltaire Brewery 4 years ago

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

octal (3683) ticked Best from Saltaire Brewery 4 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2022 at 19:55