Best
(has 2 batches)
Ruddles in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.48
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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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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
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask @ The Burnbrae, Bearsden.
Light amber brown, thin frothy head, diminishing.
Aroma of caramel malt, light bitter hops.
Taste of caramel malt, grassy grainy bitter hops, some roast with typical Greene King yeast flavour.
Palate of light hop bitterness and malt, soft carb, texture thin to medium, finish was bitter, sour with hints of cardboard and metal.
Simple bog standard bitter with a rough finish.
Light amber brown, thin frothy head, diminishing.
Aroma of caramel malt, light bitter hops.
Taste of caramel malt, grassy grainy bitter hops, some roast with typical Greene King yeast flavour.
Palate of light hop bitterness and malt, soft carb, texture thin to medium, finish was bitter, sour with hints of cardboard and metal.
Simple bog standard bitter with a rough finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 14:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Penzance Wetherspoons. Pours very dark amber. Lightly fruity. Mildly bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2011
at 13:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pullman bar 27.4.2011. Poured clear copper with a thick white head. Aroma is fruity and nutty. Flavor is dried fruit, leather, finish is slightly bitter. Bit watery. Standard bitter.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2011
at 00:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is soft malty, creamy. Flavour is soft malted, some hops, wet paper, dry biscuit. Fairly dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2011
at 05:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, slight peachy to citrusy. Crisp hoppy flavour, sweet and light malty. Subdued bitterness, slowing increasing.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Nov 2010
at 13:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at Central Bar JDW. Pours copper with an off-white, cream cap. Malt, toast and toffee aroma. Lightly sweet with burned toffee, lightly toasted malts, faintly citrusy hops. Light in body with fine, smooth catrbonation. Dries out a touch on the finish, with a nice earthy bitterness and further notes of toasty malts. Nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Nov 2010
at 09:02
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dyp brun. Masse luft i glasset som sakte klarner. Flott kremskum. Pent. Forsiktig aroma med litt frukt & malt. Syrlig fruktig smak. Svakt fruktig bitter ettersmak.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2010
at 07:29