Cambridge Bitter (Cask)
(Batch of Cambridge Bitter)
Elgood's Brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.73
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Malty and fruity aroma with a satisfying flavour and bitter finish, Cambridge Bitter is the main brand beer at an ABV of 3.8%.
A mild brown bitter with a good balance of malt and hop character give a pleasing session drink. The finest pale ale malt (made from Maris Otter barley) is blended with torrified wheat, invert sugar and a small amount of roast barley, to ensure consistent colour.
Hops used are English Fuggles and challenger, a blend that gives a full hop character to the beer.
A mild brown bitter with a good balance of malt and hop character give a pleasing session drink. The finest pale ale malt (made from Maris Otter barley) is blended with torrified wheat, invert sugar and a small amount of roast barley, to ensure consistent colour.
Hops used are English Fuggles and challenger, a blend that gives a full hop character to the beer.
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6/10
Tried
on 01 Aug 2017
at 12:19
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ The Reindeer, Norwich. No head. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, caramel, malt and hops. Sweet finish. Little watery.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2017
at 05:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Grain Brewery, Norwich. Pours amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, light sweet fruit. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, fruit. Medium body, soft carbonation. 180217
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2017
at 10:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Reindeer, Norwich. Clear amber with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, a little dark fruit and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 180217
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2017
at 09:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Handpull cask at the Grain & Hop Store, Cambridge. Light tawny brown with a little bit of white head and lots of lacing. Sour yeasty smell with raw nut and fresh toast. Sour/sweet interplay in the taste with an earthy bitter finish. Turpentine and horehound in the aftertaste. Not very convincing.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2016
at 11:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Rose & Crown, Fleet Hargate, Lincolnshire. Poured a deep amber brown colour with a nice sized off white head. Aroma of caramel, roasted malt with fruity notes. Light sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Tasty brew for a session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2015
at 03:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear dark amber pour with a frothy white head, robust malt aroma, taste has roast malt along with a hint of fruit action.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2014
at 05:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at the Happy Man Spring BF, 14/03/14. Chestnut brown with moderate off white spotting. Nose is toffee, dark fruits, sugary sweet notes unusually so for a bitter. Taste comprises dark malt notes, toffee, dark fruit, brown bread, light sugar. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2014
at 05:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Watford Beer Festival 2013. Poured light amber with a thin halo of white head. Aroma of caramel, wort and mild peppery hop. Malty initial flavour with toffee and some grass. Finish was barley sugar, pine needles and dry grain.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2014
at 12:23
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask gravity at the Watford beer fest 2013. Orange light amber colour thin halo white head. Aroma is sugary toffee , paper. Flavour is dull biscuit malt. Light dried fruit. Oxidised. Thin palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2013
at 12:47