Cambridge Brewing Company Bitchin Bitter

Bitchin Bitter

 

Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production
Score
6.51
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Maybe more akin to a British Dark Mild, though with more alcohol than that usually has. Dark, chocolatey and lightly roasty, this low gravity British bitter is made with British dark caramel malt and 2 row barley malt.
Bitchin’ Bitter has a warm, toasty maltiness reminiscent of English biscuits with a subtle nutty note of sweet but dry caramel. The hop character offers pleasant notes of cut grass and other florals, and assists the finish of this ale with a firm, balanced bitterness. Our house ale yeast, during its warm fermentation process, was coaxed into producing some very complex fuity esters, which round out this authentic British-style session beer. Deep red-brown and served with an unfiltered mien, carbonation is also slightly lower than our other house beers in keeping with tradition. Overall this seemingly mild beer is quite complex despite its delicate character, and makes for an exceptional session drink.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Shaker pint pour at the brewpub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pour is a light haze, copper golden with not too much of an off white head. Despite this, nice lacing left behind. Aroma is soft crystal maltiness along with a soft floral hoppiness – flowery resin, not bitter. The taste is the crystal malt right away, followed by a nice resin floral. Nice integration of flavor. Palate is medium to thin, lower carbonation, crisp clean finish. Nice one.

Tried on 19 Aug 2010 at 14:53


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at GBBF 2007. A hazy dark golden beer with a bubbly orange head. The aroma is sweet hoppy which gives it notes of grass, as well as with notes of alcohol and yeast. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of yeast and oranges, leading to a quite bitter finish. The body is thin.

Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2007 at 17:36


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ GBBF 2007. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Malty and slightly fruity aroma with hints of caramel. Sweet malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 09 Oct 2007 at 07:57


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

Cask@GBBF2007. Deep golden colour, not much head. Aroma is fruity hops along with grass and some wood. Flavour is wooden, grassy and hoppy. Slight sharp sweet bite on the tongue, a bit alcohollike.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2007 at 00:46


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

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Light unclear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt nutness and caramel, damp-stained. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flatsoft.

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2007 at 13:38


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

Cask at GBBF 2007 ... copper coloured ... musty hop nose ... musty hop quite fruity ... high hop resins (again ) powerful hop linger with odd mustyness.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2007 at 13:59


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On draught at CBC. Pours a dark brown-chestnut body with a good-sized, creamy, off-white head. Aroma gives notes of walnuts, chocolate, floral hops and not as much fruitiness as expected. Low yeast activity it seems. Flavor is similar, a profound chocolatiness wraps around the palate and is very substantial and lightly chewy. Touches of bitter roast and herbal, minty hops. Definitely some mint nuances in this. Light coffee and base malt on the finish, keeps the flavor true adn the body does not water down. Another top-notch low gravity beer from these guys. Medium body, very low carbonation. Ample lacing and no alcohol apparency, obviously. 7/5/4/3/14

Cask at the brewery, 6/1/16.
Don’t get any chocolate or nuttiness this time around, but rather maybe a touch of roast to the otherwise malty (caramel/toffee) body. It’s still nice and dry and with deliciously juicy melon, cherry and vibrant floral hop notes. Incredibly soft texture with a lot more fruits than remembered, a tight carbonation (cask in perfect condition) and a very high drinkability with moderate bitterness on the end, balancing the maltiness well. Rating is for this sample.

Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2005 at 12:07