Swift Best
Bowness Bay Brewing Co in Kendal, Cumbria, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.21
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All aboard for this premium ale flavour experience. Fabulously full and ridiculously rounded, Swift Best has a creamy caramel undercurrent to match its hop character. Made with light and crystal malt plus target, challenger and northdown hops.
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravicask, second day at The 14th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival 2022, Marquee Bar A. Shared with Finn. Almost clear amber body, patches on the surface, filmy layer. Moderate smell of leafy hops and mid-sweet malts. Mild caramel flavours joined by leafy hops. Smooth bittersweet endnotes. Short, but alright. (Nottingham 13.10.2022).
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2022
at 13:56
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
3.7%. På Robin Hood Beer&Cider Festival 2022. Delt med Rune. Gylden. Klar. Luftig filmskum. Beskjeden fruktaroma. Smaken tørket frukt. Lett syrlig bitter avslutning.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2022
at 11:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thank you very much!]. Opalescent, orangey, dark golden to amber colour with small, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Leafy and minimally citrusy hoppy, sweet-ish, pale, caramel and crystal malty background, hints of tea, lemon, an earthy fruity touch of darker berries as well, juniper berry, lingonberry, elderberry. Taste is sweet-ish, pale and caramel malty, earthy fruity and minimally leafy hoppy, hints of darker berries, a touch of tea, dry, mineral undertones. Watery texture, minimally dry, smooth and soft palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation. Nice, earthy fruity flavours, balanced and harmonious - pretty decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2020
at 16:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - amber with a slightly lively head on pour. Nose - cake mixture and even a touch of fruit loaf. Taste - more sweet fruit loaf, specifically tea loaf. Burnt raisin and bread. Palate - light bodied, creamy and with light malt bitterness. Overall - a decent example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2020
at 21:39
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Booths, Kendal. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are bread, caramel, malt, hops and has a light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2020
at 21:33
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Booths, Kendal. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - straw. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 100220
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2020
at 21:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
4/10/2019. Cask at the Wellington, Bedford. Pours pale amber with a lasting bubbly white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, hops, fruit and biscuit. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2019
at 16:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Hawkshead Post Office, Hawkshead. Golden-amber with next to no head. Bitter in style, but with a sweet-malty taste and some berry-fruitiness for it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2019
at 21:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Guild Ale House. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of nuts and malted biscuits. Taste is more of the same. Solid bitter, balanced finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2018
at 13:12