Original Bitter (Cask)
Hydes Brewery in Salford, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.14
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A classic and highly popular amber coloured session ale. Based on a recipe handed down by generations of Hydes Brewers, this is our biggest selling product. We use a combination of the finest malts and English hops – Fuggles and Wye Challenger to provide a fruity and spicy palate. Like all of Hydes cask ales they are dry hopped to add aroma and depth to this Moorish beer.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Golden with a small head. It has a true bitter character with a medium to high bitterness and a malty aroma.
Tried
on 10 May 2013
at 12:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2012. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is nutty, floral, some mild wood and resiny notes. Flavour is nutty, woden, floral and some mild vanillaish notes. Nice old school bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2012
at 21:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half, hand pulled, excellent cask quality at the Grey Horse. Clear copper body colour. Spotty lacing to the glassware. Leafy hops to the nose. Bitter resin-like hops to the taste buds added by a mild malty sweetness. Plain bitter finish. A good, standard Brit bitter ale (Manchester, 07.07.2012).
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2012
at 02:16
4/10
Tried
on 16 Sep 2011
at 18:09
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ Bon Accord. Clear copper colour, off-white head. Nose is light malted, candy, fruits. Flavour is malty, lemonade, bit skunked and watery. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2011
at 07:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear light to medium amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, sweet, moderate hoppy, flowers, perfume. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. (170108)
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2008
at 13:35
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
a light amber coloured ale, a fairly standard light fruity bitter, ok but nothing special
Tried
on 01 Apr 2007
at 13:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at JDW Penny Black, Bicester, 22-10-06. This was labelled as Original Bitter as I recall on the pumpclip but strength was 3.8% like the one here and I couldn’t find an Original on the Hydes list so hope this is in the correct place. Almost golden in colour with very little head, It had that Northern taste about it, not that I can describe that particularly well, but like Mungo states this did have an earthy twang about it. Very flavoursome for it’s strength nice hoppy bitter but balanced out by some sweetness this was a jolly decent session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2006
at 02:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Dutton Hotel, Manchester, 28 July) Colour is amber/orange with firm off-white head. Nose is fruity with notes of apricot and mandarin. Taste is fruity with notes of orange and mandarin, moderatly hoppy bitterness in the finish. Well balanced and nice, but hardly exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2006
at 14:46
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask handpull at Red Lion, Isleworth. Golden with thin white head. Pretty bland, run of the mill bitter. Some yeast and hop on aroma, dry earthiness on end. Bit tingly on finish
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2006
at 10:53