Crate Best Bitter

Brewed by Crate
Style: Bitter
London, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at the crate brewpub. Copper dark amber thin scum off white head. Neutral aroma with mid sweet fruit raisin. Flavour is mid sweet boozy caramel and raisin. Low carbed. Decent drop.

Bottle from Sourced, London. Dark brown body with medium, fast-dissapearing head. Nose is malty, roasted, nutty, spicy. Taste is also malts, and plenty of nuts and spices, nice and toasty. Gets hoppier and more bitter in the finish. Nice one.

Bottle from Sourced Market St Pancras. It’s been ages since I had a beer that called itself a best bitter, it’s all fancy smancy stuff in that there London now. Deep mahogany colour clear with thin beige head. Some caramel and toast on aroma. Yep a solid bitter. Does what it says on the tin. Not showy but the toast and the fruit are decent. Even a bit of walnut on the finish. Yes tasty, grew on me.

cask at Le Gothique ... copper ... brown ... thin tan head ... deepdark blackcurrant and ovaltine nose ... soft toffee malts ... light ovaltine ... soft mellow roast ...easy

Cask@Derby Winter Beer Festival 2013. Brownish golden beer with a good head. The aroma is bitter with some roastedness, the flavour is dry with roastedness and toffee bitterness. Overall a reasonable bitter. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

6th December 2012
Pigs Ear. Clear amber beer, light suddy white head. Palate is fresh and a little dry. Dry medium malt, mild minerals. Hops present as dried fruits, a little cherry. Dry finish. Drinkable if over dry.

Cask conditioned at Crate Brewery, Hackney Wick, London. Amber to brown with cream head. Malt lead bitter with a dry, slightly metallic note, sharp but with a reasonable depth to the body. Not bad.

Cask at Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell on 19th October 2012. Ruby copper with bubbly white head. Fruity berries aroma. Very fruity in-mouth, with berries, soft fruit and citrus. Touch of saltiness. Biscuit malts and earthiness develop with pungent earthy finish. Zingy mouthfeel and plenty of body.

Cask at CPK, London. Pours clear ruby with a fine, off-white cream head. Berries in the nose, along with some toasted malts. Light to medium sweet flavor with some semi-dark berries, mild earth, grapes, cherries. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately dry finish with some earthy bitterness, berries, and toast. ESB done right.

Cask @ CPK. Deep amber color with a tiny bubbly head. The nose is rich wood, shoe polish, caramel and earthy red berry. The taste is more rich wood, sweet red fruits, brown bread. Medium body, smooth and easy to drink. Overall, pretty decent. A straight-forward bitter done well.