Best Bitter Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.37
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Brewed with imported English malts, this medium-bodied, copper-colored beer is a rendition of the popular English Bitter. Best Bitter is a true “session” beer that features a smooth toasty, biscuit-like malt character and finishes with a clean, spicy hop note.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the Mills River location, 4/24/23. Slightly hazy amber, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of caramel, cherry, hair. Taste is herbal hop, toast, Crisp, mild bitterness. Fairly light.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2023
at 01:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Warm golden colour, white head. Malty aroma, vegetable, root vegetable, carrot, caramel. Malty flavour, straw, butter and malts. Finish butter, malts, straw and light toast.
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2015
at 00:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at bier thirty. Pours out a clear crisp copper topped with white head. Nose is citrus hops wood earth tones and some herbal notes. Taste is more of the wood earthy tones and a little bitterness on the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2015
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Tap and Handle Foco during another massive Sierra Nevada tap takeover. Pours a clear, golden appearance with a white head. Cracker and lightly toasted grain in the aroma. Some herbal / grassy notes as well. Nice mouth feel. A bit floral. Pretty dry with an herbal hoppy flavor. Clean and simple. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2014
at 18:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12th August 2014
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Hazy gold beer, good bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry and crisp. Fine carbonation. Good condition. Light floralness and light but spicy citrus. Underneath are light malts with a touch of toffee. Light dry crisp finish. Interesting! This is kina how I imagined a US Cask bitter would taste like. Good stuff.
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Hazy gold beer, good bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry and crisp. Fine carbonation. Good condition. Light floralness and light but spicy citrus. Underneath are light malts with a touch of toffee. Light dry crisp finish. Interesting! This is kina how I imagined a US Cask bitter would taste like. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2014
at 04:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at GBBF ’14, day 1, 12/08/14. Clear golden with a decent bubbly off white covering. Nose is light vegetals, touch of piss, bready malt, grain, cereals, not the best. Taste comprises mellow hop notes, bready tones, light citric. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so, not really a bitter, not sure what mind.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2014
at 13:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF
Clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Aroma of caramel and fruity. Taste is caramel and bitters
A decent bitter
Clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Aroma of caramel and fruity. Taste is caramel and bitters
A decent bitter
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2014
at 16:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ GBBF. Clear yellow golden color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, a bit hayish, lightly hops, bitter hops, decently bitter. Average body and carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 10:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Aroma is light stale malt, biscuit and mineral. Light orange golden colour with a lasting thin white head. Flavour is ctsip mineral, light toffee and chalk. Palate is light and chalky, some English yeast. Not a best bitter at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 05:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask - Light grains and malts. Hazy gold with a frothy head. Caramel and twigs. A nice version, although a bit sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 05:53