Suffolk County
Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.11
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Originally Nethergate Best Bitter, this is our oldest recipe first created in 1986. It was showcased in the Cambridge Blue as Dew Drop. It has won many awards in its time, most recently the SIBA Gold Medal for Best Bitter 2014. A Chestnut coloured best bitter, biscuit malt dominates the warm, well-rounded roasted background with a wonderful bitter finish.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Nelson before Ipswich V Fleetwood. Aroma of toffee, red fruit, ash, biscuit and nuts. Very smooth and easy to drink. Lovely ashy bitter aftertaste. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled pint in the Malt Shovel Tavern (Northampton) on 18th October 2024. Clean and clear amber, white crown that lasted. Nice traditional English Bitter, no citrus fruits were harmed brewing this. Really enjoyed it's 'old school' aroma and taste.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2024
at 18:12
7/10
Cask @Mermaid, St Albans. 12/10/2023. Color amabarino corona de espuma blanca escasa aromas y sabores caramelo, malta herbal cuerpo ligero.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2023
at 18:27
10/09/2005. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 11 Jan 2023
at 08:20
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
# 3108; 7/2022. Aroma of grains, caramel, slightly earthy. Brilliant copper body, persistant off-white head. Grainy, slightly roasty, earthy. Good darker bitter. Half of pint, hand-pulled, pub, Sudbury, East England.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2022
at 17:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half pint, cask, shared with Finn after breakfast at Bell Hotel (JDW). Clear mahogany coloured body, off-white head spotty lacing. Moderate malt-fruity aromas. The taste profile contains moments of dark fruit, toffee and caramel malts. Bittersweet tail. Likable. (Norwich 11.11.2021).
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2021
at 08:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Nøttebrun. Lavt tett skum som blir film. Aroma av malt & litt karamell. Smaken nøtter. Fin bitter avslutning. Gjennom Gående nøttepreg.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2021
at 11:28
7/10
ty Grumbo. Pours brownish amber. Aroma and flavor are sweet, and bitter, cramel, malt, yeasty flavors. Overall: ok.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2020
at 20:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Poured a brown with red edges. Aroma is malty some toffee. Taste is bitter and yet strong caramel malts backbone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2020
at 20:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Smooth malty beginning. Very dry grainy with a nice smooth round aftertaste. Caramel, hazelnuts. Very dry with a grainy and moderate bitter dusty dry finish. Nice.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2019
at 20:10