Best Bitter
(has 1 batch)
Theakston in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.91
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Theakston Best Bitter is the leading session ale within the Theakston portfolio. When we refer to a ‘bitter’ beer, the term does not mean sour as in lemons, but dry as in ‘dry white wine’. So Best Bitter is a full bodied, dry beer.
We use five different hop varieties to make our Best Bitter forming a complex but subtle taste profile. The combination of dryness as generated by Target and Challenger hops, is balanced by sweetness created by the generous use of prime malting barley.
We use five different hop varieties to make our Best Bitter forming a complex but subtle taste profile. The combination of dryness as generated by Target and Challenger hops, is balanced by sweetness created by the generous use of prime malting barley.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (Black Bull, Masham) - Copper in colour. Biscuity malt, earthy hops and toffee in the aroma. Biscuity, nutty and malty taste with raisins and caramel detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2014
at 04:47
3/10
Tried
on 08 Mar 2014
at 14:14
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask in London, UK. Pours golden amber, malty aroma and taste. Watery. Average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jan 2014
at 12:28
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Keg @ Fox & Hounds in Urmston. A tawny amber coloured ale with a creamy head. Has a crisp bitterness, not too much flavour with light malts evident. Revisited at The Wheldale, Hotel, Castleford in late 2024. Still a crisp keg pour with a crisp malty-bready bitterness and nice and smooth in the palate.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2013
at 14:55
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Keg at the Hexagon Theatre, Reading. A bland and boring bitter - served far to cold. Golden amber with a thick creamy nitro-style head; malty caramel taste; and little in the way of finish - but better, than the alternatives available!
Tried
on 27 Oct 2013
at 16:23
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Keg tap at Solberge Hall Hotel during my cousins wedding, 05/10/13. Clear copper golden with a decent sized white head. Nose is light caramel, toasty malt, light fruit tones, a little muted. Taste comprises faint toffee, grain, light fruit notes, apple skin. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light bitterness and a metallic tang in the finish. Sub par keg bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2013
at 03:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
First rating: Medium offwhite creamy lasting head. Clear amber body once it’s settled. Light nutty caramel aroma with fruity notes. Dry-sweet caramelly perfumy taste with earthy leathery notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft, smooth mouthfeel. Dryish earthy caramelly aftertaste with prunes and leather notes. A bit odd, and not entirely harmonic. (0.568l cask at The Lowther, York.) 6,4,5,4,12 = 3.1
Second rating: Biggish creamy offwhite head with froth on top. Clear brown body. Light wooden earthy aroma with floral berry notes. Dry-sweet fruity caramelly taste with grape notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft, flat mouthfeel. Dryish fruity grape aftertaste with salty earthy notes. Nice, drinkable, perhaps a little earthy and musty. (0.568l cask at The Bay Hotel, Robin Hoods Bay.) 5,4,6,4,12=3.1
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2013
at 11:37
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Ljubljanski Festival Piva, Slovenia. Amber coloured, small white head, light caramel in the nose. Mild toasted malt, caramel and light fruity with discreet hoppy touch in the finish. Watery also.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jun 2013
at 15:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
When served well, surprises you. Basic bitter, very flavourful - simultaneously fruity and medicinal. A surprise bitter/sour twinge on the way down. A taste of history.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2013
at 23:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Observatory Bar, Manchester airport. Pours brown gold with a small head. Aroma is a bit yeasty, bready malt and a touch of banana. Taste is bready malt to start with a spicy yeast finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2013
at 01:51