Suffolk County
(has 2 batches)
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 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear deep amber with a medium beige head. Malty aroma with fruity hops and caramel. Flavour had caramel, fruity hops, pine and toasted malt. Finished dry and bitter.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2010
at 20:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A slightly cloudy dark amber beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and a bit of citrus. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of butterscotch, leading to a lightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2010
at 07:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Victoria, Clifton, Bristol 12/07/09. Chestnut coloured with a decent, off-white head. Nutty malts abound with some caramel sweetness and a decent bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2009
at 16:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Murky reddish brown colour along with creamy mediumsized head. Aroma is caramel malts, some mild wooden and flowery hoppy notes. Flavour is quite close to this, but has a mildly bittery finish. A pleasant bottled bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2009
at 06:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Flaske 0,5l delt med Rune. Mørkebrun på farge. Pent kremaktig skum. Kraftig aroma av karamell. Smaken er litt forsiktig. Malt og karamell framtredende. Mye smak i forhold til alkoholstyrken. Passet helt fint til rømmegrøt & spekemat på St.Hansaften. KI=4
Tried
on 24 Jun 2009
at 16:28
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle shared with Finn at our social gathering on Midsummer Eve. Bubbly, beige head over a deep red-brown body. Malty aroma lightly roasted. Dry hops, grain and caramel malts in a flavour that ends up with a smooth bitter twist. The ale was, in fact, quite well paired with cured meats and porridge made with soured cream (Tromsø, 23.06.2009).
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2009
at 05:26
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... thanks to madmitch76 for this one ... copper ... off white bubbly head ... metalic caramel malt ... sweet fruit ... caramle and again metalic ... really not me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2009
at 12:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Copper colour with an off-white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, hop. Flavour is caramel, malt, hop, fruit. Medium body. OK beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2009
at 00:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. It pours a clear, copper body under a small off-white head. Bready, quite fruity nose. Mostly dried fruits like prunes. Something reminiscent of oxidation, and a hint of toffee as well. The flavor is on the malty side, with bread and toffee, some oxidation, a hint of hazelnuts, some fruity hops and a little bitterness. Bready, bitter finish. Medium body. Far from impressing, and rather boring too. (090422)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2009
at 02:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Copper coloured beer, decent off-white head. The aroma has a nice blend of malts and fruity hops, notes of prunes, toffee and some chocolate. The flavour has earthy notes, some malts and fruit, hints of caramel, but the finish is "dusty" and dry with noticeable hops. A very nice bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 06:48