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Brewed by Broughton
Style: Bitter
Biggar, Scotland
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 209   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.9   IBU: 35   EST. CALORIES: 126   ABV: 4.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle; Pasteurised.
A light golden hoppy beer with a malty character, a clean dry hop-bitter aftertaste and a delicate floral hop aroma.
Major ingredients are:-
Optic Pale Ale Malt and Crystal Malt. Hops used are English grown Challenger, with Bramling Cross for aroma.


odinstyr's rating

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
odinstyr (455) - Hamilton, New Jersey, USA - JUN 14, 2012
Pours a clear gold with a small white head. Smells of bread, herbs. Taste is moderately sweet with a hint of hops, fairly smooth but not a powerful flavor.


most recent ratings

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
wimpyjoe (1667) - Manchester, Greater Manchester, ENGLAND - APR 20, 2013
A golden ale with a small head and a lightly hopped aroma. Has a small dry sweetness for taste.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
worldbeertaste (1117) - Lancashire, ENGLAND - NOV 20, 2012
Amber with a lacy, soapy, frothy thin, lasting, head. Smells of toasted malt, caramel with some fruity elements. Medium thin body. The carbonation brings a astringent element to the taste. Tastes of malt and caramel. Borring average poorly carbonated bitter.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
Wolfbass (740) - Firenze, ITALY - SEP 27, 2012
Il classico bitterone, molto biscottato che comunque scende bene, ma che come goduria, dieri anche no...

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
maxwelldeux (2205) - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA - AUG 3, 2012
Pours a darker golden color with a moderate head. As you’d expect, good level of bitterness to it that doesn’t come from overt hoppiness.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Caytinator (576) - Tucson, Arizona, USA - JUL 22, 2012
0.5L bottle. Aroma is crisp! Well-balanced beer, leaning towards hoppy. Big, full taste & body (great aftertaste). Pleasant and appropriate at room temp. My favorite in the "bitter" style so far.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
dwaggs2 (1297) - Jefferson City, Missouri, USA - JUL 2, 2012
Bottle. Poured a dirty orange cooper color with a fizzy white head. Aroma was banana, caramel, and a lot of malts. Flavor was mild bitters, malts and more malts. Kind of weaker body. Not the best beer but still pretty drinkable. Kind of steep in price. $5.99 for a 16.9 oz bottle.

3.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 14/20
Patrickctenchi (1673) - columbus, Indiana, USA - JUN 9, 2012
Pours a dirty brown-gold with a short soapy off white head....huge carbonation in pour.....cascades of bubbles in the body. Scent is vague...florals and caramel. Taste is a nice caramel and hops...a little fruity and nutty.. Very pleasant bitterness....a little biscuit. Quite nice.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
mr_h (1436) - Ayr, SCOTLAND - MAR 7, 2012
500ml bottle from Robbie’s Drams, Ayr - pours deep golden with a foamy off-white head, caramel and floral hop aroma, taste is caramel and bit of fruit, quite smooth, high carbonation

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
reebtogi (3259) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - FEB 29, 2012
500ml bottle pours a pale amber color with a small white head that leaves some decent lacing on the glass. Aroma is light caramel malts and some flowery hops. Taste is light caramel malty sweetness with a pleasing mild hop bitterness. Light to medium body and good amount of carbonation. A decent bitter which is one I would like to try again, but seems to have disappeared from this part of the world.


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