Mitchells Bosuns Best Bitter

Brewed by Mitchells Knysna Brewery
Style: Bitter
Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa

Serve in English pint

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Medium, slightly yellowish head over well-carbonated orange-golden beer. Aromatic hops, bit of lychee, citrus, faintly grassy. Nice, but smelling more like an APA than as a British bitter. Bitterish hoppy, again aromatic flavours. Ever so slighlty metallic finish. Weeds, citrus, exotic fruit. Spritzy carbonation; light body, but not empty, certainly for its 3.6%. Surprising is the word. Easily the best Mitchell’s tried so far, despite its modest ABV, and a sample that could not have been in peak condition. Many thanks to M & L!

Plastic bottle at home. Appearance: clear blonde beer, large white head. Nose: little wood, somewhat oxidated, yeast, hoppy, spices. Taste: hoppy, rather fresh, spices, yeasty.

Draught @ knysna hollow. Clear golden pour, no head. Aroma is slightly creamy hops, somewhat fruity. Flavor is a bit sweet, malty and with a quite bitter finish. Simple, a bit watery but clean.

Drought at Ferryman’s Tavern. Light amber color, spongy beige head with creamy texture, citrus flavour, slightly sour taste, average finish. More rounded than an English bitter.

Golden-amber. Medium head. Light aroma emphasizes caramel. Soft body with light caramel and a gentle spiciness. Subtle, balanced bitter.

Draft at Fireman’s Arms. Amber with scatterrd splotchy lace Spicy aroma with leathery malt undercurrent The malts are underdeveloped and the beer is thin with a green apple finish. Unsatisfying.

Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a light copper glow and an off-white head. Aroma of wort, sugars, yeast, milk and a touch of hops - crazy smell, but smells like a lot of homebrew or brewpub beers. Medium-bodied; Fresh flavour with a good dose of malt, yeast, corn, sugars and a faint hint of milk or cream. Aftertaste shows some light hops, a decent amount of sugars, a touch of malt and some light citrus notes. Overall, a decent beer - showing a lot of the unfiltered and unpasteurised notes with some good flavours and nothing bad. I sampled this 1 full litre plastic bottle purchased earlier today at a liqour shop in Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, sampled the same day in my hotel room in Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa on 29-December-2011.

Medium amber/copper toned bitter with not much in the way of head, but a pleasing low to soft carbonation. On the nose is orange peel and pineapple with a light gingersnap aroma. In the mouth it’s much the same; there’s a slight floral note, perhaps rose water? Finishes bitter and medium long, with parting notes of biscuit and orange. Certainly this bottle has faired better than previous encounters with Mitchells. Decent enough session ale for a hot day.

Bottle 500 ml (plastic). A cloudy golden colour with a small, good lacing, off-white head. An aroma of malt, bread and herbs. The taste is light sweet and medium bitter. A medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation and a medium long finish.

thought it was a decent pint, went down fairly well and was happily drinkable. also served well as a session beer. all in all a suprising and welcome relief from lager in SA.