Reading Best

Loddon Brewery in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular

Score

6.29

ABV: 4.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 8

We are very proud of our association with Reading and the fantastic support we have been given by the pubs, clubs, restaurants and shops over the years. To honour this we are naming a beer after the town.

‘Reading Best’ is a deep golden best Bitter with an interesting fruity aroma and a smooth but nutty body. By blending traditional English hops with their modern American cousins and the addition of Crystal Wheat Malt in the grist Reading Best is a twist of old and new.

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6.2

madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

5th November 2016
High Wycombe Walkabout. Falcon Spoons. Cask. Clear gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and dry and has good carbonation. Nice condition. Thin pale malts and a tangy floral bitterness. Modest citrus on the dry finish. Bitter linger. Standard stuff but in nice condition at least.

Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2017 at 12:19

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Falcon, HW, 05/11/16. Clear golden orange with a decent off white head. Nose is pale malts, orange peel, straw, bread, grains. Taste comprises bready malts, citric rinds, straw, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Par for the course golden bitter.

Tried from Cask on 03 Dec 2016 at 06:24

6.2

Fergus (31329) reviewed Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the falcon high Wycombe. A pale golden coloured pour with a loose white head aroma is grainy, semi sweet nutty malts, grassy wet hop. Flavour is composed of semi sweet raw grains, grassy wet hops, Palate is semi sweet ok condition. Pretty standard stuff.

Tried from Cask on 08 Nov 2016 at 16:14

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 9 years ago

Tried on 05 Nov 2016 at 10:11

6.1

Leighton (34941) reviewed Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Falcon, JDW - High Wycombe. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds grainy pale malts, citrus peel. Light sweet flavour with more pale grains, a little carpet, lemon rind, hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with husky grains, a little grassy bitterness, more citrus peel. So so.

Tried from Cask on 05 Nov 2016 at 10:03

5.8

wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at The Hobgoblin, High Wycombe. Amber with a thin white head. Biscuity malts with earth and dry leaf and a quite substantial bitterness. For all the brewery’s claims that this is a mix of old and new, this tastes firmly traditional to me. A competent enough bitter but nothing outstanding here.

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2015 at 18:12

6.8

berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Pale amber with a tight white head; grassy aroma with a touch of citrus; biscuity taste with a grassy bitterness; and a lasting finish with some lime. Better than the average bitter. it’s good to see something new from Loddon.

Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2015 at 04:52

MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Reading Best from Loddon Brewery 11 years ago

Tried on 13 Jan 2015 at 17:26