Bampa - Best Bitter
Beak Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.85
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It's floral, earthy and biscuity in all the right places with ultra smoothhhhhh mouthfeel and a colour evocative of stone-flagged floors, open fires and brass equine appendages.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the brewery taproom. Poured a slightly murky medium amber colour with a lasting bubbly off-white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt. The flavour is over moderate sweet, light bitter, with a smooth, somewhat rich, sugary toffee, biscuit, earthy, mineral, spicy hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Tasty and with lots going on, but way too sweet for my taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2024
at 18:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 8 Dec 2023) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of caramel, apricots, orange peel and earthy hops. Malty taste with caramel, apricots, bread, toffee and a balanced earthy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty and well made bitter. Ver ynice.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Apr 2024
at 20:38
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2023
at 23:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2023, day 1 - London. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of toasted malts, a little citrus, leafy hops. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Balanced finish, toasted malts, a little British yeast, earth. Tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2023
at 15:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Thirty Nine Steps, Broadstairs, 24/11/23. Golden to light amber with a good sized off white head. Nose is biscuit, straw, grains, light herb, dull fruits. Taste comprises fruit esters, toffee, brown bread, biscuit, hedgerow. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2023
at 16:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Green Goddess, Blackheath. Amber pour with a white head. Caramel, dried fruit & malts in the aroma. Taste is dried fruit, malts, nuts. Malty bittersweet finish. Easy drinking action.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2023
at 15:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Shakespeare, Sheffield, Yorkshire. An amber coloured pour with a healthy off white head on top. Malty, fruity standard English bitter. Very average indeed.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2023
at 21:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On cask at Deya Taproom, great condition. Clear golden amber, thin beige head. Aroma of biscuity malts and citrus and berry fruits. Taste of biscuity and bready malt, citrus, berries, bittersweet. Medium bodied. Superb.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Nov 2021
at 15:57