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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5/10
Tried
on 24 Sep 2016
at 14:15
6/10
Tried
on 12 Mar 2016
at 16:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak, London, 25 Nov 2015) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, slightly fruity nose with notes of apricots, citrus and earthy hops. Malty, slightly fruity taste with apricots, citrus, toast and a balanced earthy bitterness in the finish. Light body, quite dry. Well balanced and tasty bitter. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2016
at 13:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at White Swan, Burntwood Island - Clear red body, thin white head. Nose is malty and a little grassy. Taste is crisp and decent for a bog standard bitter, and was worth a second go.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2015
at 08:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On draft at Soacebar Falls Church VA. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Light toast nose. Flavors of plastic. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2015
at 17:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (backlog). Amber colour, small head. Aroma is wooden, resiny, some mild honey sweetness as well as a nice caramel maltiness to it. Flavour is similar, but has a nice bitter and nutty approach to things. Mellow, but nice bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2014
at 07:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Aston Manor Beer Festival; clear amber pour with a frothy white head, biscuit aroma, taste has toffee, rich tea, red fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2014
at 11:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Grovesnor. Pours clear amber, no real head. Light biscuit aromas. Taste is biscuit, maybe a faint floral hop note. Thin and watery, but ok I guess.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2014
at 11:15
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at the Grosvenor. Appearance - amber to chestnut. Decent head. Nose - lightly spicy malt. Taste - dry biscuits and a touch of dried fruit. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a solid bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2014
at 06:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ White Horse, Parson’s Green SW6. Pours a pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2013
at 07:36