Best Bitter
Ringwood Brewery in Ringwood, Hampshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.40
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating from 2014 - From the cask, pours amber with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, fruits, toffee, hazelnuts & malt. Moderate body. Dry malty finish
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2025
at 09:59
18/01/2002. COEUR DE LION, 17 Northumberland Place, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 25 Jan 2023
at 10:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Copper coloured. Dried fruit, malt and some faint hoppy hints in the aroma. Raisins, caramel, spicy malt and a some hops in the taste. Nothing remarkable, but tasty enough.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2022
at 20:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
bottle from the brewer, 500ml, 4.0, clear light copper. Has a lot of caramel, malts, lagermalts, and some corn in the aroma. Taste is bit thin/watery, weak bitterness, caramel, corn, lack of carbo, weak bitterness, slick/soft, toffee, nuts, at least it’s not harsh, and i could dink a case of it at a party ;)......
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2016
at 17:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brown 500ml bottle, best before 7th Aug 09, drank mid Feb 09. Poured into a UK pint sleeve glass. A reddy, copper body with a white top of small bubbles. No huge aroma, some hops (it is made with Goldings, Progress, Fuggles and Challenger hops), but not strongly. The Maris Otter barley used doesn’t add to the aroma a great deal but it does sweeten the smell a little. I am a great fan of Fuggles hops and I like to think I can pick out its aroma, I couldn’t on this occasion. Fairly dry tasting, hoppy and refreshing. A typical English Best Bitter. Nothing overpowering, just a good blend of fine ingrediants. A pleasant drink and I would emagine even better in a pub and on cask.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2012
at 01:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A dark red-amber beer with a thick tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, straw, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of toffee, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2010
at 10:53
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle at Bishop’s Arms, Malmö
Hazy amber color. It has a breadish aroma and a quite poor flavor, with some yeasty and metallic caramel.
Hazy amber color. It has a breadish aroma and a quite poor flavor, with some yeasty and metallic caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2009
at 07:01
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel aroma. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with some hints of hops. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2009
at 10:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 50 cl. Pours a clear warm amber golden with a small off-white head. Nutty aroma. Light body with nutty accents and a whiff of lightly burned caramel. The finish is dry with a subdued bitterness. 260309
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2009
at 05:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Roasted and mild spiced hoppy aroma. Roasted and slight metallic flavoured. Bitter and roasted finish. Simple and classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2009
at 05:08