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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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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg. Brown amber with no head. Little aroma. Light body and carbonation. Reasonable flavour (for keg beer) quite bitter. Quaffable.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2008
at 18:19
2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
[500ml bottle from Asda, High Wycombe] A weak head, slight fizz, no flavour other than a horrible bitter and sour aftertaste that lingers for long afterwards. Quite simple one of the worst British ales I’ve ever had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2008
at 13:09
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Amber colour with fast disappearing head.Aroma of caramel and candy mild with slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2008
at 04:17
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Deep, reddish amber with a short-lived, off-white head. Butter toffee and floral hop aroma. Full mouth feel with more buttery sweetness and some discordant hops in the finish. This became less pleasant the more I drank and one was quite enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2008
at 17:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Aroma has caramel, light grass notes notes. Sweet flavor with caramel, light fruity Notes and a bitter end.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2008
at 13:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
50 cL can, thanks to BelJohansen. Pours amber with light brown head. Aroma is malty, quite spiced towards herbal, mild nutty note too. Flavour holds an almost dry herbal/spice note on top of a mild malt base and a solid bitterness. Ends dry bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2008
at 01:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16.9 oz bottle. Pours brown (duh) with a small head that does not last. Very sour, pilsnerish aroma. Taste is bitter up front, but very creamy overall. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2007
at 19:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear copper body with a medium creamy off-white head. Slightly skunked due to clear bottle. Sweet malty aroma with a floral bitterness. Dry malty caramel flavor with a floral hop flavor. Slightly metallic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2007
at 09:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared with and courtesy of ozujsko (thanks!) Poured a lovely dark amber/red colour with a white head that went at a slow to medium pace. The nose is nice... spicy hopiness, grapefruit, malt. The taste is dominated by a relatively strong hoppy bitterness, grapefruit again, and fruity maltiness. Tasty enough for me. I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2007
at 12:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours bright amber into an English pint. Offwhite head quickly subsides to skim surface. Metallic English hop aromas. Smooth, sweet caramel upfront with a lasting bitter hop finish.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2007
at 18:20