Alton's Pride
Triple fff Brewery in Four Marks, Hampshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.29
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A traditional English bitter brewed using water from the Hampshire chalk hills. Full and clean tasting, initially malty then tangerine fruit and resinous hop build to a quenching bitter finish.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Portcullis, Bristol, 04/10/09. Amber coloured with an off-white head. Sweetish aroma of summer fruit and caramel, with some orange hops. Flavour of sweet malts with a dry finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Oct 2009
at 09:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Gallows Bird, Espoo, on 2009-01-23) Amber and clear. Small white head. Toffee and hops in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate. Toffee, hint of roastedness, malts, bitterness and sweetness in taste. Malts, toffee and bitterness in aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2009
at 06:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (Railway Arms, Alton) - Amber/gold in colour. Malty and slightly fruity aroma. The taste is grainy at first with malt dominating but then becomes more hoppy with citrus notes being evident in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jan 2009
at 04:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2008-11-12, Cask Conditioned at The Castle, Furnival St., London, 6-4-6-3-13=32
Hazy copper color. It has a malty and lightly fruity aroma; flavor of malt and caramel, with some residual sweetness, and good bitterness level. First impression confirmed.
2008-11-03, Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - Shakespearโs Head, London, 6-3-7-3-13=32
Light amber color, thin head. The aroma is light. It has a delicate, pleasant flavor, with caramel, lightly flowery and grassy; very light metallic touch too. Correct bitterness. A bit of originality, but quite simple.
Hazy copper color. It has a malty and lightly fruity aroma; flavor of malt and caramel, with some residual sweetness, and good bitterness level. First impression confirmed.
2008-11-03, Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - Shakespearโs Head, London, 6-3-7-3-13=32
Light amber color, thin head. The aroma is light. It has a delicate, pleasant flavor, with caramel, lightly flowery and grassy; very light metallic touch too. Correct bitterness. A bit of originality, but quite simple.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2009
at 17:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at Market Porter. Pours slight cloudy deep orange golden with a diminished white head. Light spiced and hoppy aroma. Flavour is spiced hoppy and bitter towards light acidic. Bitter and towards acidic into the finish. 6-3-7-3-13=3.2 From cask at the sir John Moor. Pours clear and golden orange with a creamy and off-white head. Mild caramel malty aroma with a light hops note. Slight earthy malty and simple bittered with a light dryness. Ends dry malty with asubdued bitterness and no sweetness at all. Light fruity note into the finish. Dry and bitter into the far finish.6-3-6-3-13=3.1
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2008
at 15:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Penny Black, JDW, Bicester, Oxon, Pours light amber with good clarity, white head and looks in tip op condition having only just gone on. Tons of hoppy citrussness, quite bitter, a sheen of sweetness, nice and juicy, crisp and drying at end.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2008
at 07:36
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Overall champion beer of Britain 08 โ and winner of the Bitter category. Draught, tutored tasting with Roger Protz at GBBF. Clear, copper-bronze body. Missing head. Malty to the nose. Bitter spicy hops in flavour balanced by biscuit malts. Dry bitter tail. Maybe slightly over the average of bitter British ales (06.08.208).
Tried
on 02 Sep 2008
at 01:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at GBBF, London, 6 Aug 2008) Copper colour with brief, white head. Malty, fruity nose with apricots and earthy, dusty hops. Fruity taste with notes of apricots, orange and generous doses of earthy hops in a fairly bitter finish. Solid malt foundation. Fairly dry. Probably not the best beer in Britain, but still nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2008
at 15:46