Best
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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Prince Arthur, Fleet. Light malty aroma. Clear chestnut. Thin creamy off-white head. Light-medium malty. Sour edge. Berries. Underlying cardboard malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Long dry slightly astringent finish l. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2022
at 20:53
26/08/1985. COWPER ARMS, 55 Cole Green, LETTY GREEN, Hertfordshire, England (FREE HOUSE). Check-in dates from when Ruddles were an independent brewery
Tried
on 06 Dec 2022
at 15:10
4/10
Low/medium carbonation.Malty.Thin,a bit metallic.some herbs.dry.quaffable. From Lidl,no Bbe-label.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2022
at 19:32
5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2022
at 17:09
7/10
Tried
on 24 Jul 2022
at 14:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
From tap at Flying Horse at Gatwick Airport 06.06.22. Clear dark orange amber. Aroma snd taste of sweet crystal malt, caramel snd a hint of marmalade.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2022
at 19:20
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
# 2843; 4/2022. Aroma of malt, marzipan, almond, spices and butter. Brilliant amber body, persistant off-white head. Malty, butter, earthy. Below average bitter. Pint, hand-pulled, pub, Lincon (Lincolnshire, England).
Tried
on 08 Apr 2022
at 20:22
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the briar Rose bingoham. A clear amber orange coloured pour with a cascading creamy beige head. Aroma is creamy toffee, alcohol, buttered bread, fudge. Palate is creamy, rounded, smooth. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, toffee, caramel, dried figgy fruits, butterscotch, little burnt toffee in the finish, grass.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2022
at 10:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Briar Rose, 12/02/22. Clear golden amber with a good sized lasting cream cap. Nose is soft malts, toasted grains, bready notes, popcorn. Taste comprises light caramel, grains, straw, hedgerow, biscuit crumb, dusty fruits. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close leading to a light bitter edge. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2022
at 10:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask: Poured a golden with white head. Aroma is fruity and floral, malts. Taste is bitter, floral, malty, light butter. Drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2022
at 10:35