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8299
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Harveys
Style: Bitter
Lewes, England
Serve in English pint

bottling
unknown

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 205   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.31   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask: Regular.
Ingredients: Spring water from Harvey’s artesian well; Maris Otter malted barley; Fuggles, Goldings, Progress and Bramling Cross hops; Harvey’s yeast - repitched for over 50 years.
First brewed in 1955.
A superbly balanced session bitter with a prominent hop character. Our most famous and popular brand - it makes up over 90% of our total brewing capacity. Winner of the Champion Best Bitter of Britain title at CAMRA’s Great British Beers Festival in 2005 and 2006. Winner of the First Prize Gold Medal at the International Brewers’ Exhibition in 1980. Brewed to an original gravity of 1036° -1040°. Fermented between five and nine days. Longer fermentations will have Bret character from the resident Bret in the brewery.


2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
OleR (3658) - Oslo, NORWAY - SEP 22, 2010
Full pint, from cask@White Horse on Parsons Green, London. Low blond cream head. Clear reddish-brown body. Soft malt aroma with a faint apple-fruitiness and distant whiff of dusty hops. Light malt body with notes of toasted malts. Quite prominent hop bitterness. Softly carbonated. Short, bitter-ish ending. A straightforward Bitter with ok drinkability.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Leighton (4100) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - SEP 21, 2010
Cask at the Cleveland Arms. Pours amber with barely a film of white head. Has a nice malt aroma, with bread and fresh fruit. Flavor is sweet, biscuity, with a good bitter note. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes clean and wonderfully balanced. Very good.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mazfln (115) - Florianópolis, BRAZIL - SEP 17, 2010
On Tap at The World’s End, Candem Town (aug 2010). Beautiful brown color and small head. Not much aroma, just a little bit of malt. Watery and not much flavour,but easy drinking.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
RuneStumo (1464) - FØRRESFJORDEN, NORWAY - AUG 31, 2010
28.09.2007, On tap at "The coal hole on the strand" in London. Amber Colour. Malty aroma with a dry bitterness. Bitter and hoppy finish.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
fullers (237) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 23, 2010
Draught Bridge Inn, Amberley, West Sussex Beautiful classic British bitter, First beer of my 2008 visit. Golden amber with small beige head. Taste delicate, light bitterness. Lovely mouth feel.

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
garza (480) - Oslo (NO), Caracas (VE), VENEZUELA - AUG 19, 2010
Dark golden colour wit a beige tan head. Some far citrus and hops in the aroma. Medium sweet and inmediatly some bitterness but not so much, very drinkable. Thin feel, soft carbonation. Medium-short after taste.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jerc (5591) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 14, 2010
2010-07-30. Dark golden amber body with a small creamy beige head and light lace. 3+ Flavour is pleasant, very light bitterness, mild malt, muted caramel touches and very light toasty biscuity hints. 6+ Mild aroma, lightly yeasty, mild hop and lemon seed character. 6+ Lingering light bitterness in the aftertaste. Tart yeasty character develops in both the aroma and flavour near the bottom half of the pint. Smooth average palate suits it. Not overly complex, but a classic English bitter, quite enjoyable. Cask at Ye Olde Six Bells, Horley

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
daniele (2826) - ITALY - AUG 12, 2010
ambrata poca schiuma media persitenza naso leggeremnte maltato un po biscotto poi luppoli mediamente intensa in bocca beverina tostature delicato discreto malto luppolatura armonica amaro medio

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
dynamiteninja (841) - York, North Yorkshire, ENGLAND - AUG 8, 2010
Cask. The Retreat, Reading. Thin white head, clear brown body. Malty, with gentle hop character. Caramel, biscuit, Ryvita. Light bitterness. Clean, dry finish. Incredible drinkability.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
mjs (3000) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JUL 23, 2010
(Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen) Poured amber and clear. Head was medium sized and white. Aroma contained malts and toffee. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, toffee, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter.


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