Best Bitter
Isle of Purbeck in Studland, Dorset, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.18
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Our flagship ale, the Isle of Purbeck Best Bitter is a solid, dependable session beer suited to drinking any time of the day throughout the year. Light bodied with fine carbonation, this dark amber traditional best bitter offers a leathery citrus on the nose, with a light to medium sweet flavour and an earthy finish.
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6.5/10
Light malty and slight sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2025
at 12:35
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Fra gravicask på The 25th Maltings Festival Newton Abbot 28 Apr 17. Mørk amber. Så vidt litt skum. Lett ferskenaroma. Smaken lett plommeaktig. Anonym.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2017
at 03:47
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
From gravicask at The 25th Tuckers Maltings Beer Festival, shared with Finn. Declining white head leaving spotty lacing behind. Clear amber body. Restrained malt-fruity nose. Hop fruity flavours joined by grainy malts. Short, semi-dry ending. Rather thin bodied. Accepted. (Newton Abbot 28.04.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2017
at 09:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
22nd September 2014
Bree Louise. Cask. Hazy amber beer, residual pale cream colour head. Palate is light and slightly dry. Modest fine carbonation. Touch of candy fruits. Mellow orange that has a whiff of sherbet. Light semi dry finish. Pretty quaffable.
Bree Louise. Cask. Hazy amber beer, residual pale cream colour head. Palate is light and slightly dry. Modest fine carbonation. Touch of candy fruits. Mellow orange that has a whiff of sherbet. Light semi dry finish. Pretty quaffable.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2014
at 01:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise - London. Pours hazy amber-gold with a slight creamy head. Some leathery citrus on the nose, grainy bread, dried fruits. Light to medium sweet flavor with simple pale bread, some peach, strawberry, dried berries, faint bitter hay and leaves. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Nice balance on the finish, malt dominant, white grape, some further other fruit character. Very drinkable bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2014
at 11:35
6/10
Tried
on 10 May 2014
at 01:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Black Door, Helsinki, 20111031) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts and toffee. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, toffee, nuts, hops, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was nutty and bitter. Strong flavoured beer with too much sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2011
at 06:20
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF 2011. Golden with a small white head. Malty aroma with grain, biscuit and bbread crust, with a touch of grassy hops. Grainy and grassy flavour with a hint of licorice
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2011
at 13:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, fruity, nutty - earthy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, keller, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2011
at 09:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours dark golden with a creamy head and lacings. Hay and grain. Floral hop flavor with notes of wood and earth. Smooth.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2011
at 06:28