Black Country Bitter
Holdens Brewery in Dudley, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.02
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An impressive golden straw coloured medium bodied ale, brewed using the finest English Maris Otter malts and choicest Fuggles giving a distinctive and assertive hop character, balanced with a fruity palate and a malty finish. Dangerously drinkable.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the 23rd Battersea Beer Festival - 06/02/13. Clear pale golden with a thin bubbly white head. Nose carries pale malt, tea leaves, light caramel. Taste comprises summer fruits, light hops, pale malt. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, some bitterness in the finish. Ok - an average bitter. Perhaps it doesnt travel well as this wasn’t a patch on the dozens of pints I sank of this beer when I lived in Wolverhampton in the late 90’s/early 00’s - or just as likely my changing palate !
Tried
on 17 Feb 2013
at 12:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Society Rooms JDW Maidstone. Gold lasting white head. Some minerality on this. Some decent character. Likeable session bitter. Not too bitter on finish but enough there. Good for an 8 pint session.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2011
at 04:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Bell, Trysull. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma was bready malt with some citrus notes. Taste started with some sweet malt and citrus and a yeasty bready finish. Subtle tasting but an easy drinking session bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2011
at 11:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, handpump at The Kings Head, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 24-04-10 Pours warm gold with a thin white head. The aroma is lacking but this is a very smooth straightforward and pleasant beer. There is an edge of earthy hop, its tasty stuff. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2010
at 10:31