Old Skool
Kent Brewery in West Malling, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.65
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A traditional style English bitter… hoppy as it used to be.
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7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2026
at 10:07
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
The Hope
on 01 Nov 2025
at 13:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at King Charles I, Kings X. Clear copper gold. Thin foamy white head has lacing with staying-power. Aroma is chewy and malty. Peripheral citrus. Flavourwise combines chewy malts and peppery spice. Peripheral fruit include ingredients citrus. Light-medium bodied. Slick..Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice and certainly old school.
Tried
at
King Charles I
on 11 Jul 2025
at 13:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Wenlock Arms, Hoxton on 2nd July 2025. Crystal clear copper with shallow off-white foam and rough lacing. Malty aroma. Bitter in-mouth with leafy and grassy hops, culminating in a long, grassy bitter finish. Full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Absolutely superb.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wenlock Arms
on 02 Jul 2025
at 20:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Chappel Beer Festival with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is malty, biscuit, fruity, twiggy and leaves. Bitterness coming through in the taste. Low carbonation but lacks a bit of body. Drying bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
6/9/2024. Cask at the 37th Chappel Summer Beer Festival. Pours clear bright amber with a minimally bubbly head. Aroma is malty, caramel, fruity, twiggy, touch nutty. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2024
at 11:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half-pint, gravicask, at River Ale House. Patches on the surface of a clear reddish-brown body, fair lacing. Inviting on the nose with grassy hops and mild caramel malts. Quite similar taste of caramel, grass, and dried fruits followed by a nice bittersweet finish. Medium bodied. Like it. (Greenwich, London 09.12.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Dec 2023
at 19:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@Kitty's Helsinki. Goldeny amber colour with a small head. Aroma is nutty, some toffee, nice fruity and floral tones with some spruce to it. Flavour is nutty, toffeeish, some cookies, gentle bitterness with some floral tones to it. Good Bitter!
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2023
at 18:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the 'Beer Like Your Grandad Used To Drink' Beer Festival, Ramsgate Tunnels, 13/05/23. Copper with a good sized lasting off white head formed of frothy bubbles that retains well. Nose is earthy fruits, toffee, biscuit, hedgerow. Taste comprises fruit slice, toasted malts, toffee, grains, hedgerow, herb. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Decent well executed bitter.
Tried
on 22 May 2023
at 13:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 18 May 2022) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with apricots, toast, caramel and slightly dusty hops. Malty, hoppy taste with notes of dried apricots, toast, caramel, orange peel, nuts and a balanced earthy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, dry. Tasty and well made bitter. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2022
at 22:17