Cuckoo
Mauldons in Sudbury, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.09
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A traditional bitter coloured beer brewed with English hops and malted barley for a full malty taste, with hop coming through late.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear amber with a rocky beige head. Aromas of nuts, toffee and apple skin. Taste is more of the same. Dry finish.
Tried
on 15 May 2026
at 13:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear amber orange coloured pour with a a lasting off white cap. Aroma is subdued, nutty, brown bread, singed sugars, apple turnover. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chewy toasted malts, toffee, singed sugars, apple, dried fruits... Decent cask condition. Decent characterful bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2026
at 17:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Sample at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 30 Mar 2026
at 16:11
17/03/2007. WELLINGTON ARMS, 40-42 Wellington Street, BEDFORD, Bedfordshire, England (BANKS & TAYLOR)
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 08:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
13/3/2020. Cask at the Duke of York, Ipswich. Pours clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, bread, fruit, slight hoppy veggie edge. Medium sweetness with moderate bitterness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. Mauldons do make some good beers. This isn't one of them.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2020
at 15:39
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons on 22nd June 2016. Like some others, I found this ’a little off’. Looked fine, old gold/amber body, full, lasting head. Strange aroma, hops and maltiness within the nose but sulpher like esters too. Taste similar, decent enough blend but again something not quite right.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2016
at 04:58
4.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Handpull cask at the Townhouse, Ely. Honey brown and clear with a big white head and lots of lacing. Smells of apples, brass, rust. Tastes bitter with a fruity hint and some vinegar. Harsh almost acrid finish. Not all that pleasant, I’d wonder if it was off but I’ve never had an off beer from this pub so I think it’s just not very nice. I really,really struggled with this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2016
at 13:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Amber coloured ale with a thick head. It has a malt aroma with hops in its finish.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2013
at 12:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is dry malt leading to a medium to weak bitter flavour, with a smooth hoppy malt palate and lingering bitterness in the finish. Serve on the cool side for a fine session bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2013
at 14:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Golden amber with a dense cream head; biscuity aroma with a touch of lemon; grainy body with some sweet lemony citrus; and a pleasant light bitternes to finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2013
at 11:10