Maverick
Fyne Ales in Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.60
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A Robust Dark Bitter. Simple and satisfying - the key components of a good best bitter. Maverick ticks both boxes, with fruity British hops on top of a robust malt backbone for a rich, dark ale to savour. Layers of warming, roasted malt, dried dark fruits and candied orange flavours, with a mellow, sweet finish.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating - 500ml bottle, pours red / brown with a of white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel, liquorice & malt. Medium body. Dry light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 04:25
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2020
at 18:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a semi-transparent deep orange/red, with an average sized creamy head that shows good enough retention and nice lacing. Reasonably intense aroma shows a caramel and lightly roasted malts base, red fruit notes and a grassy whiff. Taste follows the aroma closely: caramel and lightly roasted malts base, red fruit notes and a herbal/grassy underlying presence (a bit more distinct than in the aroma). Slightly sweet entrypoint with a balanced finish. Light bodied with low to medium, soft carbonation, resulting in a nicely smooth but not at all empty mouthfeel. Definitely an easy drinker as mandatory per style, well-balanced and interesting enough. A very well crafted bitter.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2019
at 13:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
0,5l bottle from K-Supermarket Lasihytti, Espoo. Amber beer with good and stable, a bit cloudy head. Aroma has sweet caramel malts, some bread and dark fruits. Flavor has sweet caramel malts, wood, earth and somehow dry and bitter fruity ending. A bit watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2019
at 17:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark amber color. Malt, raisin and pear drups in the aroma. Earthy hops, pear drups and butter cookies in the flavor. Thinnish but tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at craft beer co , clerkenwell, next to the street food market. , havibg ethiopean food and english beer. M7ld malty and sweetish aroma, faint, but leads me to think of barley wine. Flavor is malty , caramelly, a bit lava stone caramelly , not very herbal as i have found some bitters to be.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2019
at 11:34
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
From cask at CASK Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico, London, 10.01.19. Clear, pale mahogany. Foamy beige head and lacing. Moderate aroma with dark crystal malt. Complex taste. Strongly maltdriven at frist, with dark crystal malt, dates, figs and prunes. Then hops takes over with lingering pine and juniper bitterness. Excellent!
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2019
at 22:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear, reddish brown with a foamy white head. Malty dried fruit aroma, flavour is dried fruit, nuts, Christmas cake like
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2018
at 23:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled half-pint on 9th March 2018, in The Dog and Doublet, Wolverhampton. Mahogany body, off-white topping. Malty front, hops give aromas and a slight bitterness, but the semi-sweet maltiness rules the roost in this beer.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2018
at 14:54
Fruity yeast esters. Well attenuated yeast. Strawberries. Soft malts. Classic bitter. Dan M.
Tried
at
The Ale House
on 03 Nov 2017
at 21:40