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Theakston Best Bitter

Theakston Best Bitter

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A Bitter brewed by
Theakston

Masham, England

bottled
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common

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632.63/5.02.63/5.03.8%11.2 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular.
Changed from 3.6% to 3.8% in 2004.
This fine, golden coloured beer has a full flavour that lingers pleasantly on the palate. With a good bitter-sweet balance this beer has a robust hop character described as citrus and spicy. It’s a refreshing and very satisfying pint – noted for the aroma of its Fuggles and dry hopping strain Golding to add to its characteristic Theakston aroma.

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 Ungstrup (11031), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/514/20
Jul 13, 2005  
[Cask at GBBF 2004] An orange beer with white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of honey, while the flavor is fruity combined with honey and a bitter end, but the body is thin.


 fiulijn (5860), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/510/20
Jan 10, 2003  
[Hand pumped, in England] Golden color. Poor aroma. Simple taste, pretty sweet, quite watery, some citrus fruitness, poor hop. Fresh, but too watery.


 oh6gdx (5680), Vaasa, Finland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 6, 2008  
Cask. Aroma is wood and flowery hops along with some slight sourness to it. Flavour is sweetish sour redberries along with some wooden dryness. Long berryish aftertaste along with some sour apples.


 duff (5404), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Jul 24, 2003  
Pretty ordinary stuff, grainy thin-ness, some light citric hops, watery limp palate, some bitterness, which makes up for the rest. Not the worst bitter, but certainly not great.


 Hildigöltur (5051), København Ø, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 15, 2005  
[Cask conditioned] Amber coloured. Fruity aroma. Very nice flavour. Hoppy, herbal. spicy and bitter. Full bodied. I was very surprised to read all the bad ratings of this great brew. Very underrated.




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