Cambridge Bitter
Elgood's Brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.84
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Malty and fruity aroma with a satisfying flavour and bitter finish, Cambridge Bitter is the main brand beer at an ABV of 3.8%.
A mild brown bitter with a good balance of malt and hop character give a pleasing session drink. The finest pale ale malt (made from Maris Otter barley) is blended with torrified wheat, invert sugar and a small amount of roast barley, to ensure consistent colour.
Hops used are English Fuggles and challenger, a blend that gives a full hop character to the beer.
A mild brown bitter with a good balance of malt and hop character give a pleasing session drink. The finest pale ale malt (made from Maris Otter barley) is blended with torrified wheat, invert sugar and a small amount of roast barley, to ensure consistent colour.
Hops used are English Fuggles and challenger, a blend that gives a full hop character to the beer.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep amber to red. Some head. Nose - caramel and a hint of red fruits. Taste - more red fruits, nuts. Mainly caramel though. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - happy to drink it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2016
at 05:51
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. From Beers of Europe. Pours clear chestnut red-brown with a thin ring of white head. Aromas of toffee and malt, faint digestive biscuit. Taste is caramel, light almonds, red fruit. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2016
at 05:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Handpull cask at the Grain & Hop Store, Cambridge. Light tawny brown with a little bit of white head and lots of lacing. Sour yeasty smell with raw nut and fresh toast. Sour/sweet interplay in the taste with an earthy bitter finish. Turpentine and horehound in the aftertaste. Not very convincing.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2016
at 11:28
4/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2016
at 19:26
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Waitross, Stevenage. Copper coloured with a very thin head. Bitter with a fairly low bitterness, but only a low sweetness to compensate. Session textured.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2015
at 15:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle ambrato carico non molta schiuma media persistenza discreta nota maltata un lieve arrostito buona secchezza amaro medio
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2015
at 18:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Rose & Crown, Fleet Hargate, Lincolnshire. Poured a deep amber brown colour with a nice sized off white head. Aroma of caramel, roasted malt with fruity notes. Light sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Tasty brew for a session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2015
at 03:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear dark amber pour with a frothy white head, robust malt aroma, taste has roast malt along with a hint of fruit action.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2014
at 05:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at the Happy Man Spring BF, 14/03/14. Chestnut brown with moderate off white spotting. Nose is toffee, dark fruits, sugary sweet notes unusually so for a bitter. Taste comprises dark malt notes, toffee, dark fruit, brown bread, light sugar. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2014
at 05:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Watford Beer Festival 2013. Poured light amber with a thin halo of white head. Aroma of caramel, wort and mild peppery hop. Malty initial flavour with toffee and some grass. Finish was barley sugar, pine needles and dry grain.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2014
at 12:23