Quantock Ale
Quantock Brewery in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.36
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A traditional Amber Bitter. Full bodied & malty with a dry finish and a fruity aroma, with hints of roasted malts.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating - A 500ml bottle from Waitrose. Pours a light brown with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, caramel, toffee, grain & sweet malt. Light to medium body. Dry light to medium bitter finish. Average
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2025
at 20:40
27/09/2014.VILLAGE, 33 Wilton Road, SALISBURY, Wiltshire, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 21 Jan 2023
at 10:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. A birthday gift off Totnes. Very soft haze on a pale amber. Fine, lasting wisp, and a few bubbles of off white foam. Nose has spicy biscuit malts. Some cracknel toffee. Some floral, herby hop. Taste is spicy, and herby bitter, with a flicker of grainy sweetness. Light to medium body with bright carbonation. Lingering bitterness to finish. Liked this a lot. Great example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2021
at 18:17
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at Peter and Miriska’s, 5th December 2020. Pours a caramel colour, not much head. Aroma is light caramel and malts. Taste is light bitter, some caramel and malts. Nothing special
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2020
at 07:26
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
From cask at Digby Tap on tour to 22 southern counties with OGJ and EE 05.01.19.Clear dark golden. Persistent white head and lacing. Inviting aroma and superb tate of pale malt, marmalade and flowery English hops. Bitterness is lingering on.Very quaffable!
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2019
at 11:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Hazy lightish amber with a small creamy-frothy head. Hoppy ale with a tropical fruitiness that’s slightly stewed in both aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2016
at 16:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Bird in Hand, Knowl Hill. Golden amber with a ring of white head; biscuity aroma; sweet malty taste with a fresh herbal bitterness giving a long finish. An excellent ordinary bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2014
at 14:15
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, fruity, toasted - caramel, apple, light to moderate hoppy, citrus - apple, ripped apple. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, rubber - smoke, apples. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110615]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2011
at 09:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, leather, some mild rubber and mild grassy. Flavour is fruits, leather, some mild rubber, grass and some mild yeastyness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2011
at 15:07
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask gravity at Reading BF 09. Yeasty, biscuit. Yeasty bitter, some toffee, but mostly a non descript bitter. Dullish
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2009
at 05:40