Best
Harrogate Brewing Co. in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.68
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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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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
440ml can from the National Railway Museum in York as Mallard Bitter. Drank at home on a ridiculously hot 13th August 2026. Clean and clear amber body with an off white head. Malty front with a decent woody hop bitterness. The Rye adding it's own flavour.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2026
at 15:38
6.3/10
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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]
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
7.3/10
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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
6.9/10
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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
7.4/10
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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