Best Bitter
Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.52
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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.
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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7/10
Tried
on 24 Jun 2023
at 15:44
12/04/1995. TALBOT, KNIGHTWICK, Hereford & Worcester, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 12 Dec 2022
at 16:11
6/10
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
6.6/10
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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
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half-pint, cask shared with Finn at The Plough. Golden-brown body, clear. Spotty lacing, covering off-white head. Leafy hops on the nose, hints of caramel. Fruity caramel flavours followed by leafy bitterness towards the ending. Nice bitter version. (Worcester 31.01.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2020
at 08:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun. Så vidt litt skumring. Karamellaroma. Smaken balansert. Mere karamell. Litt kjeks. Behagelig tørr bitter avslutning.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2020
at 16:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tried at the Plough Shifnal. Amber cooour with a thick off white head. Aroma malty caramel and light fruit. Taste light bitter. Smooth and sessionable.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2018
at 18:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Plough, Worcester. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderae bitter finish. 290717
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2017
at 07:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Plough, Worcester. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are caramel, hops, little nuts, fruits and malt. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2017
at 07:17
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask @ The Salopian Bar, Shrewsbury. Pours clear golden amber, white head. Aroma is mild malts. Taste is rather thin, not a lot going on really.. but an acceptable nutty bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2016
at 13:22