Big Hand Brewing Co. (Wrexham) Bastion

Bastion

 

Big Hand Brewing Co. (Wrexham) in Wrexham, Wrexham, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.24
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Classic Best Bitter. Malt forward Victorian recipe, bittered and flavoured with English and Continental Noble hops.
 

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6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

8/8/2025. Cask at GBBF 2025. Nice pour. Malty, orange, caramel, slightly twiggy aroma. Quite bitter. Light bodied and a bit watery. Soft carbonation. Okay.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2025 at 19:36


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

Cask at GBBF 25. Clear light chestnut. Thick frothy foamy off-white head. Malty grainy aroma is low key. Sour edge. Malty and chalky. Some woody bitterness. Light-medium bodied. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Bland.

Tried on 08 Aug 2025 at 16:45


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the big hand ale house... Copper.. Small tan head... Soft sweet toffee fruit malt nose.. Light nutty toffee bitter.. But its got that regional brewery yeasty back bone

Tried from Cask on 21 Jan 2019 at 14:52


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Montgomery's Tower. Pours hazy chestnut brown. Aroma has a pleasant malt-led caramel sweetness. Taste follows similar ground, pillowy soft, sweet, nice nutty warmth. Tasty.

Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2018 at 09:07


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask gravity at Kent & East Sussex Railway BF 2017. Mid brown clear colour lasting beige head. Tastes like a best bitter. Decent malt some white pepper English hop finish. Fine. Ok condition.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jun 2017 at 12:11


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Big Hand Bastion ].Clear medium yellow amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, butterscotch. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, caramel, pale malt, fruity, malty, apple notes, nutty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141008]

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2015 at 05:47


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Copper with a small creamy head. Bitter in character, but not particularly high in bitterness. It’s light sweet malts are dominant and it’s a very palatable ale for its style with a sugary nose.

Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2015 at 14:22