Original Bitter (Cask)
(Batch of Original Bitter)
Morland in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.98
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Also known as Sherlock Holmes Ale when sold in the Sherlock Holmes pub, and as George Ale when sold in The George, Southwark.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Wheathseaf, Frimley Green - 05/01/13. Note - also had this as Sherlock and also as Raglan Best (Rugby) spoilt so I am ! Clear dark amber/brown with a thin off white head - looks inviting! Nose carries malt, yeast (that GK strain of course!), hint of fruit. Taste comprises light fruits, malts, GK yeast, touch of paper. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and some bitterness in the finish. Dull but not undrinkable!
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2013
at 01:26
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Regular cask bitter with little character. Has a grassy aroma and a medium bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2012
at 14:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (backlog). Amber colour with a small off-white head leaves some lace. Aroma is fruity, nutty, crystal malty and bready malty along with mild toasted and resiny notes. Flavour is sweet malts, some nuttyness, mild caramel, herbs along with floral and grassy bitter hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jun 2012
at 11:20
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Cask and Barrel, 115 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 3RZ.Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light roasted and nutty. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, light dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101031]
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2011
at 13:32
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Amber with a small white head. Caramel malty aroma with butter. Caramel malty flavour with a hint of hops. Very boring
Tried
on 27 Jul 2009
at 16:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Cask at the Redan, Wokingham.] Gold with a dense cream head; earthy hop aroma; flavour starts with sone pelleted hops but develops into rich caramel malts; the finish is slightly nutty and sticky. Overall an excellent "ordinary" bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2009
at 08:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Two, hand-pulled pints at Tower Tavern, Great Portland in London, enjoying the bluesrock band Bloodless Coup. Copper-amber coloured with a thin white head. Fruit-malty aroma. Flavoured with nutty malts and sweet caramel and balanced with a decent bitter ending. Nice session drink (08.08.2008).
Tried
on 02 Sep 2008
at 05:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, George Inn, Southwark. Darkish brown colour with a medium beige head. Aroma vaguely floral with some malt and hop. Flavour is more malt with a woody tinge. Dry bitter finish. Acceptable, which the gross office block that blights the exterior of the George is not.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2008
at 15:40
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
[6/2/2008 - on draught at the County Arms, Reading] Hint of red fruits, a bit of oakiness, but really just a very average beer. Easy to drink, but a nasty metallic astringent aftertaste - just like GK Ruddles County. Not good - do GK muck up all the beers they take over? [re-rate 26/6/2010, on cask at the Sherlock Holmes, Charing Cross, London, rebadged as "Sherlock Holmes Ale"> Bit of caramel, a little fruit, some mineral bitterness. Dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 May 2008
at 18:43
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
As George Inn Ale at the George on March 30, 2007. Nice amber color with a ferocious white head. Starts peachy, a little malt follows, and the finish is rather dry and nicely bitter.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2008
at 08:51