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Ascot Brewing in Camberley, Surrey, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.37
ABV: 3.8% IBU: - Ticks: 28
Session bitter. Ascot special. Previously known as Alley Cat.

A terrific copper-coloured Session Bitter packed with refreshing tropical fruit and lemon aromas. A highly drinkable and well balanced beer
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a clear amber colour with a small off-white head that settled to a film. Aroma is malted caramel, orange peel with some grassy hops. Moderately sweet and bitter taste, caramel citrus peel and a hop bitter finish.

Tried on 17 Jul 2020 at 16:00


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at GBBF Winter: Poured an orange copper with light head. Aroma is grain. Taste grain drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 09 Feb 2020 at 17:59


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ GBBF Winter, Birmingham. Hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 080220

Tried from Cask on 08 Feb 2020 at 11:08


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask GBBF @Winter Beer Festival (Camra), Birmingham. 06/02/2020 Color ambarino espuma blanca, aromas maltosos, caramelo, sabor malta, caramelo, cuerpo medio.

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2020 at 14:47


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Inn at Home, Newbury. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, little citrus, fruits and has a fruity citrus finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2019 at 09:17


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Wheatsheaf, Oakham. Reddish brown, clear with the weak combover equivalent of white head. Sweet-smelling with notes of porridge, strawberry liquorice and sweet caramel. Taste is sweet as well, with a berry flavour pervading to the finish. Flat but full enough body. Not particularly exciting but certainly drinkable, especially if you like your beers on the sweeter side.

Tried from Cask on 27 Jun 2019 at 21:11


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Really have to stretch the nose muscles to pick up the low key if perfumed floral aroma. Dark brown. Frothy translucent white head. Light bitter with a sweet streak. Mutates into sweet and sour into the finish. Quite malty but the perfume in the aroma continues into a fruity almost Turkish Delight sweetness. Don't necessarily mix so well though. Mesium bodied. Thin. Flat. Long dry and slightly astringent finish. Certainly sessionable as advertised. But almost overshadowed by its aftertaste. It's bitter. Of course it's bland.

Tried from Cask on 20 Sep 2018 at 11:52


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

31/5/2018. Bottle from Steam Cellar, Whitley Bay. Pours golden amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of biscuit, grain, fruit, caramel and malt. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Light body, slight watery texture, average carbonation. Some sharpness to finish. Ok, but not a winner for me.

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2018 at 23:06


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Pale amber colour with a white head. Citrus, lemongrass and slight tropical aroma. Taste light sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 04 Oct 2017 at 23:00


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Tried from Cask on 23 Sep 2017 at 21:10