Classic Bitter
Kingstone in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales 🏴
Bitter Regular|
Score
6.57
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The name says it all. This is our award-winning Classic Bitter – a balanced, disctinctively hoppy, dry ale with a floral nose and smooth well-balanced finish. Classic is brewed with pale and crystal malted barley, bittered with a quartet of hops – Northern Brewer, Cascade, Willamette (a Fuggles hybrid) and Brambling Cross.
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Tried
on 07 Mar 2023
at 18:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Bree Louise. Amber coloured, very clear, with small white head. Aroma is sweet and grainy. Taste, same. Not very exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Andrewc and drunk at home. I do like a classic British brown best bitter. The question is, is this one of those? Looks good, chestnut colour and thick beige head. Well it's pretty good. It has a nutty maltiness that is very pleasing with light raisin. Light ale yeast aroma character. Then a lovely bit of malt. Rich and plum accented and raisin and sultana. Then a little nettle bitter hop on the finish. Loved it. A classic best bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2019
at 14:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml Bottle - Amber in colour. Apricot, dates and a hint of spice in the aroma. Biscuity, fruity and slightly earthy taste with orange peel, earthy hops, sultanas and dried apricot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2015
at 04:14
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Anderson, Fortrose, 19/10/13. Clear dark amber with a moderate off white head. Nose carries a fruity tang, malts, classic twiggy affair. Taste comprises apple skins, bready malts, orchard fruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry bitter finish. Mediocre old school bitter type thing ... yawn!
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2013
at 11:43
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity @ Bree Louise, Euston NW1. Pours a clear amber color with no head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2013
at 07:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of flowery hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and elderflowers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2011
at 13:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle. Slightly hazy amber-golden colour, tiny head. Fruity-hoppy nose. Light malty base with lots of hops, some of it rather medicinal. The malty base does not really balance the hops, it’s bitter-sweet, but I don’t really like the medicinal bitterness of the hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2010
at 10:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (thanx to Q.-D.!): A bit unclear,copper coloured, no head to speak of; moderate dry hoppy and fruity nose with a little metallic touch; moderate to robust dry bitter flavour, a little sweetness underneath, light to medium bodied, quite soft; lingering hoppy and fruity finish - maybe with traces of liquorice. Good........
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2010
at 05:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(bottle) Hazy, chestnut-brown colour without head. Moderately sweet malty and fruity, slightly floral and woody hoppy aroma. Quite bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Dry and soft malty taste with an aromatic hops character with fruity and woody, also slightly floral accents; dry and moderately bitter hoppy finish. Balanced and quaffable stuff. 28.IV.10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2010
at 14:16