Dorking Brewery DB One

DB One

 

Dorking Brewery in Capel, Surrey, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.49
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 18
The beer that started it all. Using 100% English Malt, with Bobek and Bramling Cross hops, this easy drinking best bitter is our tip of the hat to traditional British brewing.
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at Dirty Dicks, London. Pours dark gold with a lasting creamy off-white head. Aroma of fruit, flowers, hops and malt. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, slight creamy texture, soft carbonation. Hint of honey developing. Enjoyable.
Tried from Cask on 13 Mar 2018 at 18:19

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at Swan, Farnborough. Malty aroma with floral hints and some sour almost vinegar tones. Golden amber. Thin white head. Light bitter. Some surprising citrus notes. Malts. Light bodied. Thin but slick. Flat carb. Astringent finish. Decent enough. A bit more lively in terms of taste than I expected.
Tried from Cask on 23 Jan 2018 at 12:49

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at the Claret. It pours clear amber with a small off-white head. The aroma is brown bread, cereal, rivita, earth and toasted nut. The taste is bitter, grainy, toasted nut, earth, caramel, spicy, hay and wood with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Tastes a bit astringent after a while. A fairly basic bitter by any measure.
Tried from Cask on 13 Nov 2016 at 07:19

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask at the liberty bounds JDW. Dull copper colour with a thin loose grey head. Aroma is raisin and nutty malt. Flavour is caramel and stale nutty malt. A little alcohol bite in the finish. Raisin and dried fruits. Fairly dull stuff. Watery palate with light sweetness.
Tried from Cask on 09 Feb 2014 at 03:48

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the 1st Runnymede Beer Festival - 08/09/12. Clear golden with no head. Sweet caramel, orange rind and a little faint whiff of grapefruit. Grapefruit also in the flavour, orange, citrus, light malt. Medium bodied with low carbonation leading to a dry finish. This beer grew on me, would like to try it on cask as opposed to the end of the day at a BF!
Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2012 at 12:16

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Ealing beer festival 2011. An amber/copper coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, fruity aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, malty and quite delicious. An excellent session ale which I will look out for again.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jul 2011 at 03:42

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Poured bright copper with a ring of cream head; earthy malt aroma; tastes like liquified fruit cake, with rich fruity malts and some vinous raisins and cherries; the finish is lightly bitter. An excellent bitter - I’m impressed with this brewery.
Tried from Cask on 22 Jul 2010 at 05:51

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2010. Attractive copper /orange colour. Pretty good hop. Lovely hop flavour good fresh English hop flowers. Very good.
Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2010 at 03:29