Hardings Best Bitter
Bason Bridge Brewing Co. in Highbridge, Somerset, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.12
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Pouring rich Amber in colour Harding’s Best Bitter is all about balance. Finest English Maris Otter barley malt along with caramel malts for sweetness and amber malt for depth and just a hint of roast character provide a depth of flavour. English Challenger hops delivers a powerful yet soft bitterness with East Kent Goldings providing a grassy, herbal flavour. Harding's bitter is flavourful, full of character yet with sublime drinkability.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the brewery tap. Clear-opaque chestnut brown. Thin frothy bubbly off-white head. Aaron has makta, grains a light sour berry edge. Flavourwise it's initially sour (berries) with a bitter grainy underscore. Develops underlying malts and gluey nuts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Standard trad stuff.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Beer Shed (Bason Bridge Brewing Co Tap)
on 28 Mar 2026
at 19:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.
[ As Bason Bridge Hardings Best Bitter ].
ABV: 4.0%. Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, light bread. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, bread, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191009]
5-3-5-3-11
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2023
at 08:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
5/9/2019. Cask at the 33rd Chappel Beer Festival. Pours clear dark gold with a very small bubbly white head. Aroma of boiled sweets, stewed veg, sweet malt, biscuit and caramel. Medium plus sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Gets a bit better as the bitterness develops but it’s not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2019
at 15:53
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Cobblestones, Bridgwater. Pours clear amber ruby with an off white head. Aroma: bready malts, caramel, earthy hops. Taste is similar with moderate bitterness. Medium bodied, average carbonation, dry finish. Bog standard English bitter
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Aug 2018
at 08:37