Best Bitter
Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.52
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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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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a quite attractive mid amber, pretty clear, small to average sized white head, good enough retention and hints of lacing. Very typical bitter aroma with a biscuity, slightly nutty malt base with a complement of delicate fruity notes (citrus jam, hints of apple). Stumbles a bit in taste: nothing major, but it lacks the easy but soft feel of a good bitter; plus, sweetness and bitterness fail to find harmony and feel quite disconnected. Taste notes as per aroma, average taste intensity. Pretty light in body, average carbonation (a bit more than usual per style), easily drinkable though, as mentioned, it seems to lack that hint of depth that comes from softness. Ok, but definitely not exciting.
Fergus (31537) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home from Amazon thanks to my mum. A clear mid amber coloured pour with a lasting loose beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty toffee, burnt grass, jammy woodland fruit, apple, white raisin. Flavour is composed of layered malts, nutty, toffee, brown bread, toasted straw, spicy, dried fruits, apple, raisin bread. Palate is semi sweet, well rounded, fine carbonation.
omhper (45152) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear amber, small head. Leafy nose with mild caramel and citrus. Dryish with light body and crisp, well rounded mouthfeel. Leafs, tobacco, hay and bread. Mid bitter finish. Very quaffable.
Martinsh (3678) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 3 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Cask at Pickled Pig, Stafford. Pours “bitter brown” with a medium sized foamy off-white head and excellent lacing. There’s traditional hops and malts in the aroma plus hints of toffee and nuts. In the mouth it is quite bitter with a creamy texture. Flavours are traditional hops, grass, caramel and wholemeal bread. Finish is quite dry and flightly fruity. This is reasonable.
ITFCfan (3745) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 10 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.
ITFCDan (2323) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 10 months ago
octal (3683) ticked Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 11 months ago
jerseyislandbeer (5992) reviewed Best Bitter from Hobsons Brewery 1 year 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
berkshirejohn (10300) 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.