Captain Bob
Mighty Oak Brewing Co. in Maldon, Essex, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.25
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Traditional amber bitter with a twist of New Zealand hops.
Grape, elderflower and gooseberry aromas.
Grape, elderflower and gooseberry aromas.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half pint from the cask at The Rose, Bexleyheath. Pours brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, berries, flora, biscuit, hops & malt. Medium body. Smooth light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2026
at 13:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rocky white head left a creamy top on a still amber coloured body.
No real aroma to this.
Medium bodied, lively on the tongue with a short sharp back.
Caramel, malt, biscuit, floral g herbal tastes with a lightly hopped bitter finish.
Traditional.
No real aroma to this.
Medium bodied, lively on the tongue with a short sharp back.
Caramel, malt, biscuit, floral g herbal tastes with a lightly hopped bitter finish.
Traditional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2026
at 20:39
6.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2025
at 10:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle as I was waiting for the in-laws to arrive after a long day of driving children around. The name still had connections, well to me at least, with Robert Maxwell, but the quality of this beer soon took my mind in a more positive direction. A classic and flavoursome beer with malt and bitter hops all in a low abv. Just a good bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2024
at 16:55
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ White Lion, Ufford. Hazy mid-brown with a very thin head. It has a slightly sweetened aroma with sugars and fruit, but in taste it's rather bland. Has a lower bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2022
at 17:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On cask at Wenlock Arms. Pours a cloudy orange gold with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is biscuit and earth malt. Medium body, wet biscuit, grain, malty, light bitterness, very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2022
at 02:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Reddish brown and clear with a spotty off-white head. Oaky aroma, some venous and almost vinegar notes. Sweetish taste with a light bitter sourness in the long dry finish. More oak in the aftertaste. Soft carbonation. It's that increasingly rare beast: a decent basic bitter.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2021
at 12:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
cask ambrato gasatura contenuta discrete note maltate poi bilanciata dall amaro ma non molto aromaticonun leggeto fruttato
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2018
at 23:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF '18, day 2, 08/08/18. Clear rich amber to copper pour with a decent off white cap. Nose is biscuit malts, straw, dried fruits. Taste comprises stewed fruits, brown bread, toffee, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2018
at 16:15
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 2 08/08/2018. A clear deep .oramte coloured pour with a speckled off white head. Aroma is sweaty grassy hop. Strawberry. Flavour is composed of nutty twiggy, grassy, hop. Ok. Palate is grainy, lowish carbonation. Grassy, twig.,
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2018
at 21:12