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Ruddles in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.20
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An English Ale with a distinctive flavour of dark toffee and caramel combined with a crisp bitterness derived from using rare Bramling Cross hops. Tropical and berry fruits from the mix of hops, in particular the rare Bramling Cross which adds black and redcurrants. Challenger in the boiling copper gives robust bitterness and this is balanced by the sweetness from the pale and crystal malts. (Bottle 4.7%)
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Light brown colour with a beige head. light roasted caramel aroma. Flavour is roasted caramel and hop. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2006
at 06:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours an amber colour with an off-white head. Malty aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty flavor with some fruitiness and bitterness. Malty finish with some nice bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2006
at 02:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Dark golden beer with a small, almost beige head. Malty aroma with a ligth grapefruit-like fruitiness. Medium body and a flavor that is mostly malty, but it also has some caramel, lightly roasted notes and some hops. Medium body and a bready and bitter finish, where the bitterness lasts the longest. (060405)
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2006
at 14:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml in a Ruddles Ales glass at Blå Rock Cafe in Tromsø. Served a bit too cold. Clear and deep mahogany. Virtually no foam. The delicious hoppy aroma sets the standard for the beer. It’s a distinctive hoppy bitterness all the way through with a long and gentle hoppy finish.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2006
at 01:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber beer with a short lived medium head. Very malty aroma for a bitter, with some honey and caramel. Flavour is full of hops though and quite bitter. Somewhat creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2006
at 13:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Beautiful amber coloured with a deliciously creamy head. Classical nutty notes and a marked bitterness. 260102
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2005
at 11:30
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Quite full bodied with malty and fruity flavour. Found on the nice looking bottle in Blå Rock Café, Tromsø, Norway. Sampled it on cask last year and found the bottled version to have less body, more hops and less bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2005
at 03:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Amber coloured, thin but lasting white foam; fruity-malty nose, mixed with a moderate floral/ herbal hoppiness; moderate malty-bitter flavour, ending with a long, dry hoppy-aromatic finish. Fine, very "english" !
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2005
at 12:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Brown beer solid head. Dry and toffee aroma with a very English, very deep dry and caramel flavour. Overall a reasonable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2005
at 19:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Wonderfull creamy white head, fully lasting. Dark amber colour, ok aroma and very bitter long finish.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2005
at 06:16