Best Bitter
Vale Brewery in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.12
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Light copper hoppy bitter. Heavily hopped with traditional varieties producing a thirst quenching beer with pronounced and pleasant hop aroma.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Hop Pole, Aylesbury, 28/02/15. Clear golden amber with a decent off white head. Nose is bitter dark fruit, toffee, biscuit, spice. Taste comprises toffee, dark malt, spice, biscuit, dark fruit notes, tea leaves. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2015
at 16:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Three Cups, Buckingham. Golden amber, clear with decent white head. Muted aroma of orange peel and caramel. Candy-like sweetness tempered by a basic hop bitterness. A nice balance. Long finish decent mouthfeel for a low ABV bitter. Pleasant bittersweet aftertaste. Unassuming but certainly more than the sum of its parts. A decent session bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2014
at 14:11
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Falcon (JDW), High Wycombe. Light amber with a moderate white head and a light fizz. A few flowers, a little lemon, and some biscuit before a slightly dry, moderately bitter finish. A bit thin, a bit dull, needs more aroma hops. I continue to be unimpressed with Vale.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jun 2013
at 15:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Crispin, Wokingham. Golden amber with a tight white head; floral hoppy aroma; light and fresh with a hoppy bitterness and a malty body; then a biscuity finish. A straightforward everyday English bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2013
at 16:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Hop Pole Inn, 83 Bicester Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England HP19 9AZ.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111204]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2013
at 10:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Cask at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury. Clear bronze colour. Hay aroma. Mid dry with light body. Crisp and fairly hoppy withhay and ripe fruits. Mid bitter finish. A relaxed, drinkable bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2011
at 23:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Gloucester Arms, Oxford. Goldeny amber colour with a small head. Aroma is grass, earth, toffee and some mild grassy notes. Flavour is being rather similar with also some quite nice bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2011
at 03:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough SE1. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2009
at 09:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 20/11/08. Pleasant amber session bitter with a slight, off white head. Gentle fruity aroma and flavour, with some sweetness and grassy hops, before a short bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2008
at 15:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Ashford Rugby Club BF 2008. Copper gold, lasting off white head. Some caramel, decent leafy hop on start and finish. The toffee comes through on the swallow.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2008
at 06:00