North Wall
Hop Kettle Brewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.29
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Best Bitter – 4.3%
Deep brown beer with rich and complex malt flavours, a smooth and rounded body, and a lightly balancing English hop character that provides a gently bitter finish.
Malt: Maris Otter, Crystal, Torrified Wheat, Carafa
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Challenger
Available in: Cask, Bottle
Deep brown beer with rich and complex malt flavours, a smooth and rounded body, and a lightly balancing English hop character that provides a gently bitter finish.
Malt: Maris Otter, Crystal, Torrified Wheat, Carafa
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Challenger
Available in: Cask, Bottle
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10/09/2021. TAP & BREW, 51 Devizes Road, SWINDON, Wiltshire, England (HOP KETTLE)
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2022
at 05:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading at 4.3% ABV] A reddish chestnut pour with a tight beige head; aroma of purple fruit with a touch of spice; luscious fruity taste with spiced plums and damsons; then a lingering bitter finish with more fruit. Seemingly very good- I rated it 3.8 at first. Then I read the other reviews and had a second, and was disappointed to find it sweeter and more treacly; along the lines of Hobgoblin, so I’ve adjusted my score a little.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2022
at 14:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Red Lion Cricklade. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma is fruity with caramel, Taste malty light sweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2021
at 16:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Red Lion, Cricklade. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, malt, hops and has a sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2019
at 14:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
17/2/2019. Bottle from Flower Farm Shop, Godstone as North Wall Best Bitter 4.3% abv. Pours hazy caramel brown coloured with a large foamy off-white head. Aroma of toffee, malt, biscuit, fruit and flowers. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight creaminess to the texture and a bit above average carbonation. Moderately sweet fruity earthy finish. Decent ‘best’.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2019
at 14:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Craft Beer Co, Islington. Colour is clear dark orange with very small white head. Aromas and flaovurs: Nuts, chocolate, dryness and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2018
at 10:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Craft Beer Co Islington. Smooth, slightly sweetish and caramely malty with some earthiness and toffee. Quite generic.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2018
at 21:02
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at GBBF 2014, from historic tasting notes. Pours clear mid to dark brown amber with a beige head. Aroma: roast malts, bread, caramel, nutty. Taste: light to moderate sweet, light bitter, fruity, caramel, straw. Medium bodied, light carb, dry bitter close
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jul 2018
at 07:02
5/10
Tried
on 08 Oct 2016
at 18:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Caramel colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, straw, malts. Bitter flavour, straw, malts and root vegetables. Malty finish, caramel and straw.
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2015
at 11:20