Maxim Brewery Ward's Best Bitter (Cask)

Ward's Best Bitter (Cask)
(Batch of Ward's Best Bitter)

 

Maxim Brewery in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.11
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Pasteurised bottled beer formerly brewed at Robinson’s for the Double Maxim Brewing Company (Jim Murray, the ex Vaux head brewer) which holds the rights to Ward’s beers because they were taken over by Vaux. The original cask ale was 4.0% and was called Sheffield Best Bitter. Produced on Maxim’s own plant since 2007.

The beer uses English Goldings aroma hops and the colour and flavours are derived from a specialised crystal malt.

Brewing involves a unique secondary fermentation process. This is instigated by adding a hopped priming sugar at a late stage in fermentation. This gives Wards Best Bitter a distinctive malty aftertaste that lingers on the palate.
 

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Feom cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light spiced hoppy. Toasted malty, light bitter and mild herbal note. Dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2012 at 08:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. a dark golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of fruits and a bit of toffee. the flavor is sweet with notes of fruits, tobacco, malt, and toffee, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2012 at 07:46


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask handpull at Devonshire Cat Sheffield. light brown colour lasting beige head. Its a bitter. Decent bitter. Some biscuit. Its an ok bitter. Ok condition ok malt ok hop. Hop is quite soft on finish. Fine drinkable. Downed in no time as so inoffensive

Tried from Cask on 25 Nov 2011 at 11:14


4.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask på Milestone, Sheffield 1 Okt 10. Mørk brun med et lite kremskum. Svakt karamellisk aroma. Smaken litt søt med antydning til malt. 0 bitterhet.

Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2010 at 07:06


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cloudy amber coloured body to a tiny, white head. Bittering malts to the nose. Caramel malts in flavour with hop resin beneath. Bitter end. More or less average interpretation of the style.Cask, half pint paired with food at Milestone, Sheffield 1 Oct 10.

Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2010 at 07:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ Triple Crown, Richmond, London, UK. Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, light hoppy, orange, light yeasty, toffee. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (010108)

Tried from Cask on 08 Jan 2008 at 13:25