Best Bitter

Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular

Score

6.48

ABV: 3.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 38

The very first of the Hobsons deliveries in 1993 and still a firm favourite. Best has lived up to its name and won many awards over the years including CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain, overall Bronze medalist in 1997 and CAMRA West Midlands Champion Bitter in 2012.

The pale brown to amber medium bodied beer has a strong hop character. It's a bitter but with unconventional warm tones of malt that lingers on the palette, the complex malty flavours gives richness, balanced by the clean hoppy finish. A good session bitter brewed with local British hops picked from the farm seven miles down the road in Worcestershire - Fuggles, Goldings, Challenger and Progress.

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ITFCfan (3471) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 6 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tried from Cask on 31 May 2025 at 09:23

6.9

Grumbo (24130) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 6 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

30/5/2025. Cask at the 38th Colchester Real Ale and Cider Festival. Fruity biscuit caramel aroma. Decent session bitter.

Tried from Cask on 30 May 2025 at 13:33

ITFCDan (1873) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 6 months ago

Tried from Cask on 30 May 2025 at 13:29

octal (3690) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 6 months ago

Tried from Cask on 19 May 2025 at 19:53

jerseyislandbeer (5817) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 7 months ago

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

Old rating from 2014 - From the cask, pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, cereal, grass, caramel, nuts & malt. Moderate body. Moderate bitter finish

Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2025 at 15:34

6.5

berkshirejohn (10200) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

[Cask at the Charlton Arms, Ludlow.] A classic old fashioned malty bitter, nothing wrong with it, but unfashionable nowadays. A pleasant reminder of times gone by.

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2024 at 21:10

c0axial (8313) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 2 years ago

Tried on 24 Jun 2023 at 15:44

eurosoba (18472) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 3 years ago

12/04/1995. TALBOT, KNIGHTWICK, Hereford & Worcester, England (FREE HOUSE)

Tried on 12 Dec 2022 at 16:11

cagarvie (39800) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 4 years ago

cask at plough.. copper... thin tan lacing.. soft bready yeasty fruit... Light bready fruit.. soft mslts

Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2021 at 18:10

6.6

reidyboy (3512) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 4 years ago

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

Pale amber with a frothy white head and a nutty aroma. Smooth, medium bodied with fruit and malt nicely combined, and a touch of leafy bitterness in the finish

Tried on 30 Sep 2021 at 13:48