3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle. Amber, Sweet without at all being cloying. Nicely bitter, got better and better tasting as it warmed up. I’d love to try this on cask.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
really superb bitter. nice and balanced with sweetish hops and english bite.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
12-oz. Pours bright luminescent rubied amber with a thin grayish filmy head that fairly quickly falls away to leave a headless, laceless, carbless, flat-looking beer. Sweet and bready nose, with just the tiniest hint of bitter creosote tucked in there to announce that it’s headed for the same zip code as ESB Land. Light body, very faint carb, and slightly tingling resiny hop hit on the attack. Caramel and mushy bread dough come in on the mid-palate and kind of overtake that lone hop note. The hops gurgle back to the top for a weak finish. Not much happening here--they kinda compromised on everything: neither delicate nor forceful, neither bold nor balanced, neither bitter nor sweet. Not sure what they’re trying for here.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival 2007 afterfestival at Per’s
Cloudy amber color. A beer with a lot of dry caramel, a bit astringent and with vegetables traces. Too ordinary.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. copper color with off white head. Mild malt aroma with pine. Malty taste then a bitter hop with a mild grapefruit. The finish has a little off taste (at least for my taste). Overall drinkable and good though.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled
Amber-red color, cloudy white head, some lace. Light, hoppy aroma. Grassy, pale malts in the flavor. Light hoppy aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is hops, fruits and some earth. Flavour is earth, malts, hops and some slight caramel. Ok is very nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From a 12-oz bottle--Poured a golden-tawny hue with a wonderfully lively white head. Thin and well-balanced for sessionability. Malty and caramelly with a nice hops presence. Decent carbonation that contributed to a wonderfully smooth and balanced bitter-sweet finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Clear amber. Aroma of hay and orange. Sweet and fairly light bodied, lightly caramelly. Dryish grassy finish. Well balanced.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Name: Dick’s Best Bitter
Date: 10/07/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
clear red, whispy beige head, traces of lace,
nice floral hop aroma with a hint of sweet carmel,
nice bitter hop flavor with a lasting bitter finish,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
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