Suffolk County
Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.12
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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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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sample on tap at the Red lion, Doncaster. Thin beige head. Clear light amber pour. Malty bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 May 2019
at 15:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Orange Tree, Chelmsford. Pours amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit, malt, biscuit and hop. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2017
at 04:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2017
at 15:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask, Swan, Farnborough. Low key malty floral aroma. Light chestnut. Light bitter with fruit, berries and malts. Light bodied. Thinnish. Flat carb. Abrupt but tangy finish. A fine bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2017
at 06:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Goat and Tricycle, Bournemouth. Hazy amber with a thick off white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, dark fruits and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with very soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2017
at 17:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Playhouse, Colchester. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, flowers, hops and malt.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2017
at 10:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Playhouse, Colchester. Clear dark amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 170217
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2017
at 10:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Playhouse, Colchester. Pours dark amber with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, little caramel, light flowers and grass. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, light grassy hops. Medium body, soft carbonation. 170217
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2017
at 10:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask at the White Swan, Stow-cum-Quy. Dark brown, mostly clear and quite flat with only a small loose off-white head. Minimal aroma, only a touch of perfume and biscuit. Unbalanced bitter taste, with some harsh malt mixing with bitter hop. Not one of my favourited.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2016
at 11:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On cask at the Bowl Inn Almondsbury. Chestnut brown colour with a thick off white head. Aroma is berry fruity, malty and a touch damp/ Taste earthy malt with a dry finish. medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2016
at 12:19