Betty Stogs
Skinners Brewery in Truro, Cornwall, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.20
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Betty Stogs is a copper-coloured bitter brewed since 1997 using Cornish water; whole-flower Celeia, Northdown and Aurora hops; malted barley and wheat; and Skinner’s unique yeast.
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6/10
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2025
at 16:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2025
at 16:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1/11/2025. Can at the ITFC beer share. Bought direct from the brewery. Very fruity. Liked it. 15/4/2019. Cask at the Station Hotel, Ipswich. Pours clear amber with an average sized bubbly off-white head. Aroma of citrus, caramel, hops, malt and berries. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness, hint of tartness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice looking pint, quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2025
at 16:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2014 - From the cask, pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, citrus, flora, honey, toffee & malt. Medium body. Mild bitter finish
Rating from 2019 - A couple of these 500ml bottles at the Wine Bar, Bath Street, St Helier, Jersey. Pours amber colour with a white creamy head. Aromas of biscuit, flora & malt. Tastes of caramel, toffee, biscuit, flora & malt. A medium body with a medium bitter finish. Very good bitter
Rating from 2019 - A couple of these 500ml bottles at the Wine Bar, Bath Street, St Helier, Jersey. Pours amber colour with a white creamy head. Aromas of biscuit, flora & malt. Tastes of caramel, toffee, biscuit, flora & malt. A medium body with a medium bitter finish. Very good bitter
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2025
at 17:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Cable Station Inn as Cable Station Inn House Ale (probably an alias, but I’m not able to figure out witch – maybe Betty Stogs based on my previously rating of this?). Clear dark golden body with a small, dense off-white head. Mild, mostly ,malty aroma. Flavor is ,mild, soft, smooth malty with some kind of general fruitiness. Low bitterness and not much complexity. Decent session ale, nothing special.
Earlier Rating: 6/8/2012 Total Score: 2.6
Cask @ King William IV. Dark golden body with a small white head. Aroma is light malt and fruit, but also a hint of “sour” yeast and rubber. Flavor is soft and light malt with moderate bitterness. Flavor is better than aroma, but I’m afraid this was not in the best state. Medium body. Drinkable but is probably meant to be fresher.
Earlier Rating: 6/8/2012 Total Score: 2.6
Cask @ King William IV. Dark golden body with a small white head. Aroma is light malt and fruit, but also a hint of “sour” yeast and rubber. Flavor is soft and light malt with moderate bitterness. Flavor is better than aroma, but I’m afraid this was not in the best state. Medium body. Drinkable but is probably meant to be fresher.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2025
at 07:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Morrisons online. Clear amber, small white head, some retention. Aroma of caramel malts, some stone fruits. Taste does have a nice light fruitiness, berries and raisins, with supporting biscuit malts. More flavour than your average best bitter. Light to moderate body. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 0,5ltr: Clear amber coloured with an bitter taste and hints of orange.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl Fles van St. Buryan Farm Shop. Gehopt met Celeia, Auroa (sic?) en Northdown hops (IBU 37). Helder goudamber kleur, witte kraag. Licht moutig, hint van toffee, licht bloemig, citrusschil, degelijk bitter, droog maar toch ook sappig. Lichte body. Prima.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2023
at 20:32
09/10/1999. ST. MAWES HOTEL, Marine Parade, ST. MAWES, Cornwall, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 01 Feb 2023
at 10:42
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a hazy orange-brown with a small cream head. Has a faint aroma of fruits mixed with oranges and malts. In the mouth the overwhelming sensation is how watery it is. There’s a barley sugar sweetness and underneath it all are some nuts and toffee. An acrid sharpness as well – I suspect this example not in the best condition. Will need to rerate.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2021
at 22:43