Special Bitter
Woods Brewery in Craven Arms, Shropshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.26
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03/02/1983. PLOUGH, WISTANSTOW, Shropshire, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 20 Feb 2023
at 16:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Woodfield Stores, Shrewsbury. Pours a clear copper, minimal off-white ring circling the glass. Aroma presents a gentle amber malt sweetness. Lightly oily on the palate, with caramel amber malt leading the way, soft fruity undertones, perhaps a hint of cardboard suggesting it's not too fresh (although has plenty of life on the BBD). Kind of tastes like I imagined a cask bitter would taste back in 1980.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2021
at 15:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruity, nutty, caramelly and a bit biscuity notes as well. Flavour is fruity, caramelly, nutty, mildly fudgelike notes as well as some resin to it as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2015
at 00:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at The County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Mid brown colour, lasting beige head. Good condition. Traditional brown bitter, decent malts, some sweetness, bit of caramel. Some soft hop sting,, bit of earth on finish. Very drinkable best bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2010
at 03:50
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. A rather plain and ordinary bitter; gold in colour with a scummy looking cream head; malty aroma; stewed malt flavoura and a rough, slightly spicy, hop finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2010
at 07:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with hints of toffee. Sweetish malty caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Feb 2010
at 10:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask. A dark amber beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel and nuts, but also some citric hops. The flavor is sweet malty with a light touch of metal as well as nuts, leading to an OK bitter end.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2007
at 16:25