Buxton Best

Brewed by Buxton
Style: Bitter
Buxton, England

Serve in English pint

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bottle at home ... copper ... smalll off white head ... sweet syrupy figgy toffee malt nose ... metalic bitter front ... sweet malts ... light toffee ... soft fruits ... ok ... but not really me

Hazy mellow amber colour with a white head that sat as a film on top of the beer. It’s the oddest thing about the smell: it smells of chook shit. Oh there’s fruity hop notes and malt, but also that strange pooey smell. The flavour is of quite strong bitter hop flavour, amber malts and a good lingering bitterness. A good beer except for the smell!

Bottle from Nina’s. Pours a hazel to olive colour with a rocky beige head that settles down to a fair cap. A nice hoppy aroma of grass and pine with some black pepper and Weetabix malt. Similar fruity pine and lemon flavours upfront with fair bitterness and lingering grassy hops and Weetabix again. Moderate carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. OK.

Bottle @ home. Aroma is fresh and fruity hops, some sweet apple, some flowers. Very nice. Flavour is quite bitter of hops, medium dry, again fruity and flowery notes.

Fairly dark for a bitter. Quite hoppy, well balanced by some bready malt. Enjoyable session bitter.

cask. Amber brown color.tastes Carmel and rye.Smokey and slightly spicy. Not bad

Peppery light amber bitter with faint blackcurrant on the nose, gentle carbonation. Bitter taste up front with marmelade hops and good malt backbone

Cask conditioned handpump Southampton Arms London. A copper coloured beer with a white head and lacing. A good grainy beer with cereal and toast notes. Bready and has an oaty feel. Really didn’t get any citrus bitterness per the comm description, but did thoroughly enjoy this. Had wheatabix flavours too.