County Best
Exeter Brewery in Exeter, Devon, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.40
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County Best is a premium best bitter. Deep amber in colour, it is rich malty-sweet in the mouth with some fruit flavours and a bitter-sweet finish. The aroma is a balance of fruit and malt. Made with finest floor malted barley and premium quality hops. At 4.6% abv, County Best is at the top-end of the Best Bitter strength range.
All our ales are cask conditioned and made using only the finest local sourced ingredients, including traditionally floor-dried, locally produced malts.
All our ales are cask conditioned and made using only the finest local sourced ingredients, including traditionally floor-dried, locally produced malts.
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5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Fra cask/gravity på Old Fire House, Exeter 28 Sep 16. Mørk kopperfarget. 0 skum. Lett fjøsaroma. Smaken forsiktig rabarbra. Lett tørr etter hvert.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Dec 2016
at 04:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, from cask by gravity at The Old Fire House. Bright copper in body appearance. Naked surface, fair lacing. Smell of dark caramel and leafy hops. Relatively rich taste of lightly roasted dark malts, hints of caramel and raisin. Dark fruity bitterness beneath. Medium bodied. Pleasant (Exeter 28.09.2016).
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2016
at 08:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried at the Trout Inn, Bickleigh nr Tiverton. Deep amber colour with an off white head taste and aroma caramel malt with a slight bitter sweet finish.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2015
at 10:59
6/10
Pretty well-made Esb. Lots of blackcurrants. Robust malt. Good lacing. Not breathtaking but camra will love it
Tried
at
The Ale House
on 23 Sep 2015
at 17:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby, 16/09/15. Golden copper with a decent egg shell white cap that retains well. Nose is a touch thin, biscuit, light caramel, brown bread. Taste comprises caramel, stewed fruits, straw, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with light bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2015
at 14:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Colour is clear copper with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Dryness, dry fuits, bitterness and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2014
at 10:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandClear medium orange amber color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, nutty, caramel, earthy, dry. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111207]
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2012
at 01:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
7th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear dark brown - red beer. Light palate, smooth and semi dry. Mild dark malts, no roast but a trace of smoke. Very mild hops in the background, slightly sweet. Semi dry finish.
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear dark brown - red beer. Light palate, smooth and semi dry. Mild dark malts, no roast but a trace of smoke. Very mild hops in the background, slightly sweet. Semi dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2012
at 09:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home ... light haze copper ... thin of white lacing ... sweet rich dark sugers and roast malts ... bitter malts ... soft toffee malt fruits ... easy enought
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2012
at 11:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Fest 2011. Ambery golden colour, small off-white head. Aroma is wood, liquorice, mild toast and some spices. Flavour is wooden, quite bitter and herbal as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2011
at 05:05