Best (Cask)
(Batch of Best)
Ruddles in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.61
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This is an English ale with hoppy, citrus undertones balanced with bitterness and a light sweetness. It has an aroma that is packed with soft fruit notes and a clean, moreish finish. Available in cask, smooth and sparkling.
Available as: Cask-conditioned and brewery-conditioned.
Available as: Cask-conditioned and brewery-conditioned.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pint from the royal hop pole Tewkesbury. Amber colour with creamy white head. Aroma has malt and caramel. Taste is bitter and a touch metalic.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2014
at 09:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours amber, fairly clear. Not much in the aroma- hints of malt and raisin. Medium to thin mouthfeel, malty, a standard bitter.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2014
at 09:50
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask at The Cuthbert Brodrick JDW, Leeds. Pours clear amber. Smells like nothing at all. Taste has light biscuit sweetness. Thin and watery. Not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2014
at 12:23
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask @ Bankers Draft, Bedford. Thin golden brown with white foamy head. Smells sulphurous and not particularly enticing. Slightly soapy astringent bitter taste. Reasonable bitter aftertaste. It came free with my curry, what can I say. I left most of it.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2014
at 02:48
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Amber, creamy white head. Medium carbonation. Almost no aroma, some caramel and bitter finish
Tried
on 15 Apr 2013
at 01:23
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask at JDW – Charlie Hall; dark brown pour with frothy white head, sugary sweet bitter mess, cheap but drearful.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2013
at 06:36
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at Briar Rose, Birmingham
Light amber color with creamy head. Almost no aroma. The mouthfeel is smooth but also unpleasantly metallic, with some malt flavor, and low bitterness.
Boring.
Light amber color with creamy head. Almost no aroma. The mouthfeel is smooth but also unpleasantly metallic, with some malt flavor, and low bitterness.
Boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2012
at 12:37
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bland and featureless ale, not too much bitterness, but not too much flavour either.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2012
at 12:48
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at The Bell, Aylesbury. Clear nut brown. Nutty and buttery. Sweet with medium body. Some sugar and caramel. Low bitterness. Soulless. Defines Boring Brown Bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2011
at 03:14
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 15:00