3.8

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

0,5 bottle.In a not very promising "white" bottle, behind a simple label is a nice golden-light-ruby red beer, with a normal white head. (The whole color is decisive, the beer is like the label.) A little caramel, very slightly fruity, overall a very restrained aroma. In theory a bitter - well, not really. I've already drunk a delicious bitter around 4%. This beer is rather sweet, very restrained in both malt and hop use. However, there is a delicate floral-fruity aftertaste, a medium, medicinal bitterness that somehow carries it on its back. Drinkable, very light, but it wouldn't be my favorite. (The carbonation is acceptable anyway, and the body is just what we can expect from a 3.7%...)
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Nem sok jót sejtető "fehér" üvegben, egyszerű címke mögött szép arany- világos-rubinvörös sör, normál fehér habbal. ( Az egész szín meghatározó, mint a címke, olyan a sör.) Kicsit karamelles, nagyon kicsit gyümölcsös, összességében igencsak visszafogott illat. Elvileg bitter - hát nem igazán az. Ittam már 4% körüli finom bittert. Ez a sör inkább édeskés, nagyon visszafogott mind a maláta mind a komló-használat. Van viszont egy finom virágos-gyümölcsös mellékíz, egy közepes, gyógyszeres keserűség, ami valahogy elviszi a hátán. Iható, nagyon könnyű, de nem lenne a kedvencem. (Amúgy a szénsavassága elfogadható, a testessége meg pont annyi, amennyit egy 3,7%-tól elvárhatunk...)

3.5

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 3.5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3.5

Servida en pinta, color ámbar cobrizo, espuma blanca de escasa retención, Aroma muy leve a malta y ligero caramelo. En boca es ligera, acuosa, poco dulzor, poco amargor, tiene un leve regustillo terroso y herbal, pero en general es bastante plana, el carácter brilla por su ausencia. Se despide con una sutil pero clara y mantenida nota de metal y cartón mojado.

6

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

Best bitter, spot on.

Check-in dates from when Ruddles beers were brewed at Morland brewery in Abingdom, before Morland themselves were acquired and closed by Greene King

5.5

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

Cask at JDW Spoons, Eastbourne. Quite alright for £1.29 a pint!! Inoffensive aroma and taste. Creamy yet still gluggable. Could definitely have a session on it.

6.4

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

Cask at Prince Arthur, Fleet. Light malty aroma. Clear chestnut. Thin creamy off-white head. Light-medium malty. Sour edge. Berries. Underlying cardboard malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Long dry slightly astringent finish l. OK.

28/10/2006. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, 1 The Square, Temple Quay, BRISTOL, Bristol, England (WETHERSPOONS)

29/03/2008. WAGON & HORSES, 53 South Street, BRAINTREE, Essex, England (GREENE KING)

26/08/1985. COWPER ARMS, 55 Cole Green, LETTY GREEN, Hertfordshire, England (FREE HOUSE). Check-in dates from when Ruddles were an independent brewery