Original Best Bitter
Shipstone's in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.45
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Shipstone’s Original is brewed from a blend of Fuggles and Goldings hops and tastes better than ever. It is dry, clean and has a wonderful malty body with a traditional bitterness.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy off white head on a copper coloured body. Caramel, toffee & malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth thinning out to a cloying back. Malt, caramel, toffee parkin & fruity tastes. Tasty but not very bitter for a Bitter.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2023
at 16:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask @ Cock & Hoop, Nottingham. Copper coloured ale with a creamy head. Light sweet bitter, fairly easy drinking, certainly crisp.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2023
at 04:27
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Old Silk Mill, Derby – served VERY cold. Pours a bright golden amber with a small foamy white head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly malts with traces of nuts. Malts again in the mouth where it starts off fruity with raisins and bread rolls before it becomes fairly bitter (but with some slight underlying sweetness) with hints of marmalade. Fniish is bitter and somewhat dry. It’s OK, but may need a rerate when I taste it at a decent temperature !
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Sep 2022
at 16:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Ale Wagon, Leicester, 08/10/21. Amber pour with a good sized off white covering. Nose is malt forward, dried fruits, biscuit, light toffee. Taste comprises biscuit malt, dates, stewed fruits, toffee, brown bread, grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow bitter edge. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2021
at 07:20
6/10
Tried
on 08 Oct 2021
at 15:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Beer Pharmacie, Syston. Light copper, translucent, with a good-sized off-white head on top. Aroma is malt-dominated, with an earthy breadiness. The initial sweet, malty taste turns to a leafy hop bitter almost immediately, with notes of redcurrants in the aftertaste. Soft carbonation. A basic but enjoyable basic bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2020
at 20:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask - Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn, Nottingham. Pours a clear dark amber colour with a small thick lasting off white head. A grainy malty aroma with a little fruit. A sweetish malty taste, some caramel and with a moderate hop bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2019
at 14:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6/3/2019. Bottle bought from the brewers bar at Nottingham Beer Festival. Pours pale amber with a small short-lasting fizzy off-white head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malt, syrup, fruit, hops and light sugary biscuit. Medium plus sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Decent session bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2019
at 13:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ The Round House, Royal Standard Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6FS. [ As Shipstones Bitter ].Clear medium yellow to amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, pale malt, light hoppy, UK hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, fruity malt, pale malt, fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141013]
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2016
at 16:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Real Ale Store, Newark. Deep gold colour with a white head. Nice easy to drink beer, that gas a malt send caramel aroma. And a slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2015
at 12:33