Sussex Best Low Alcohol
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Non Alcoholic / Low Alcohol - Pale Ale / IPA Regular|
Score
5.26
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The low alcohol version of Harvey's flagship beer Sussex Best Bitter. A superbly balanced bitter with prominent character from four hop varieties.
A light, malt forward and refreshing beer, produced identically to its parent product (with the alcohol removed prior to bottling)
A light, malt forward and refreshing beer, produced identically to its parent product (with the alcohol removed prior to bottling)
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5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Huge thanks to Erzengel for that one! Bottle looks simple but good. Beer in the glass deep golden, small head. Mild malty aroma. Starts mild, malty, shy bitterness. Not as moldy as other low alcohol beers. Finish a bit washy, but still quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2023
at 18:37
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Clear amber beer with a small beige head. Aroma of sweet caramelized malt, some apples and bread. Taste of sweet breadish and caramelized malt, grains, melasse.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2023
at 15:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from the dry drinker. Pours clear golden with a short-lived thin white head. Aromas of light malt, light spice, faint floral hops. Taste is a bit watery and thin. Malt forward. Thin finish. Lacks depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2023
at 16:30
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2021
at 18:15
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
330ml bottle @ DryJan beer tasting, Chez Sophie, Jan '20. Clear pale gold appearance, foamy white head. Cobwebs on the nose, continuing to taste, has a bit of a cardboardy 10-year-old-bitter feel about it.. light, watery.. not the best of the evening.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2020
at 11:09
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
27th Jan 2020. Shrewsbury Beer Exchange in Chez Sophie, our first ever 'no alcohol' tasting. 39 different beers, we managed 26 before we bloated ourselves out, this was beer number 9. 275ml bottle. Looked OK, golden/amber, decent head. sadly it had a cob-web like aroma and taste (like stale ale), others in the group enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2020
at 09:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at The Lord Nelson, Brighton. It pours clear brown with a small white head. The aroma is earthy, woody, toasted nut, caramel, brown bread and malt loaf. The taste is dry, earthy bitterness, woody, leather, toasted nut, light cardboard and brown bread with a dry finish. Light body and moderate, fizzy carbonation. Obvious not a patch on the full fat cask version, but a decent low abv number anyhow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2019
at 12:25
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at ash’s. Pours clear pale amber, nose is toffee, floral, taste is sweet, thin, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 08:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Harvey’s online shop. Appearance - like irn bru with a wee heid. Nose - mandarins and malt lurking. Taste - very metallic, some malt and herbs. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly agreeable finish, Overall - actually very close to being a beer despite its low alcohol. Big metallic taste is an issue though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 08:05
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared at Herr Schmitt’s gaff. Thanks to Leighton. Aroma is big silage wet grass, mineral wort. Light copper colour with a ton white head. Flavour is dry grass, mineral, some nutty malt. Very dry finish. Light body. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2014
at 12:33