Harrogate Brewing Co. Best

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Harrogate Brewing Co. in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.80
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
An amber coloured Best Bitter with a full bodied sweetness from dark crystal malts and a subtle spiciness from the malted rye.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pleasant and easy drinkable English bitter.
A bit better than normal
Not to thin texture and amellow sweetness
Herbal, fruity and caramel malt
[Cask tap at Harrogate Brewing Co. - Royal Parade in Harrogate, England]

Tried from Cask at Harrogate Brewing Co. - Royal Parade on 29 Oct 2025 at 17:31


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Lovely pint of trad bitter: chestnut brown with a frothy / creamy off-white head and a fruit malt aroma. Perhaps a little on the thin side, but bursting with flavour: berry fruit, malt and floral hops, finishes dry and nicely bitter

Tried from Cask at Harrogate Brewing Taproom on 02 Aug 2025 at 12:35


7

Tried from Cask on 22 May 2025 at 18:10


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml Bottle - Copper in colour. Raisins, fruitcake and caramel in the aroma. Malty and fruity taste with notes of raisins, caramel, rye and spice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2025 at 10:33


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

24-27/10/2023. From cask at the 45th Norwich Beer Festival. Pours clear bright deep amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Good pour. Aroma of caramel, malt, fruits, berries, biscuit, touch of butterscotch. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, oily creamy mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Became sweeter in finish, drying wafer toffee. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 15 Nov 2023 at 19:45


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Clear copper with a small glow and a head. Tasty malty bitter with a fairly low bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jun 2023 at 08:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 2 Dec 2022) Reddish amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with caramel, dried fruit and prunes. Malty taste with notes of caramel, raisins, prunes, orange peel and a balanced earthy/citric bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Solid and well balanced bitter. Very nice.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jun 2023 at 20:54


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hand pumped at Malto, Riccione, Italy. Pours raspberry red, medium transparent, with a nice foamy head, white and berry fine. Aroma is a nice combination of malty/caramel and earthy. Maybe even a hint of smoked. Body is average, with no carbonation. Taste is moderately sweet, with some nice earthy bitterness. Final is fairly dry.

Tried on 20 May 2023 at 16:23


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

bottle bb10/22 bel ambrato quasi limpida non molta schiuma naso piuttosto maltata caramello. Biscotto cosi in bocca amaro un po terroso buon coroo quasi nota speziata lieve diacetile

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2022 at 09:17


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

--Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. -- Clear copper colour. Leafy caramel aroma. Mid sweet with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and leafs. Long bitter finish. Archenglish bitter.

Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2021 at 21:16