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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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thanks heavy! Limp sweet oxidized stale tropical fruit and maltiness aroma. Clear amber body, darker, white head, small but lasting. Dry finish, sweet, fruity limp taste, bit creamy, bit peppery and bitterish. Messy and unimpressive, relatively full of taste for the abv but... Eh. If it wasn’t flat it would actually kinda work.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2017
at 15:37
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
3.8% alk, jedna od onih nedavnih lidlovih "craftova". Vec po prvom pogledu na ovu prozirnu flašu mi je bilo jasno da ništa nece biti od ovoga. Ima lijepu ambernu boju, ali to je sve. Možda je malo bolja od karlovacke, ali ne previše. Bezveze...
Tried
on 27 Jul 2017
at 14:40
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at the tappit hen. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, toffee, taste is grassy, harsh, metallic.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2017
at 01:54
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle, 500 ml, from Vrutak. Pours orange, short lasting white head. Malty, watery, sweetish, very light caramel, some bitterness in finish. Light bodied. Pretty much awful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2017
at 13:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From old tasting notes. Cloudy, copper red color with small bubbles and a tan head. Light malt aroma. Light fruity malt flavor has a nice hop character. Lovely dry finished aftertaste of long duration.nvery good.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2017
at 21:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
23rd June 2017. Found a 500ml clear bottle of this (BB May 2018) at the back of my fathers fridge. Really surprised I have never rated it before, cask yes, bottle format, no. Anyway it’s a reddy amber in colour and has a fast fading beige head. Malty molasses (mostly caramel like) rule the nose and taste, slight herbal twist in both the aroma and flavour. Bog standard English Bitter really, not the best, but certainly not the worst.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2017
at 03:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Lidl. Poured amber color, white head. Sweet toffee, caramelly aroma. Mild bitter sweet, toffee, caramel flavor. Sweet but I kinda enjoy the fudgy caramel malts here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2017
at 12:54
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled 500ml. -from local Lidl Zagreb. Clear amber coloured, medium to big sized off-white head, dusty caramellish nose. Sweet malty, light dry caramel, light herbal hops and mild nutty notes. Rather dry bitter finish. Usual bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2017
at 15:30
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle, 0.5l. Clear amber pour with two finger slightly off-white head. Surprisingly decent retention. Minimal lacing. Nose is mostly herbal with some earthy notes. Subtle bitter orange in the background. Medium body with soft carbonation. Texture is smooth and surprisingly thick. Aroma and taste pretty much typical for the style. Moderately bitter with slight metallic acidity. Earthy hops. Grassy. Peppery. Ashy. Usual cardboard-like aroma. Surprising amount of aroma for the low ABV. Short finish, a bit dry with metlic acidity. Overall, not bad. Unimaginative but drinkable nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2017
at 13:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Playhouse, Colchester. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, little fruit. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, little fruity. Medium body, soft carbonation. 170217
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2017
at 10:46