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Bottled English-Style Bitter

Wed, 07/10/2009 - 16:38 — DM
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Here is a list of bottled English-style bitter - blonde, pale & golden ales are not included;

Brewery Beer Notes ABV Marks out of 10
Nethergate Umbel Alei Good aroma hops, light, fairly dry, corianderi (root not leaf) beer, smooth 3.8 9
Wolf Lupine Lots of chocolate malt but not sweet 4.0 9
Williams 80/- dark red beer, strong malty body but not very sweet, a little treacle, gentle bitterness 4.2 9
Wolf Caval Ale 9503 light, dry, plenty of hoppiness 3.7 8
Isle of Arran Ale Good bitter, dryish 3.8 8
Oakleaf Bitter Good ordinary English bitter 3.8 8
Tryst Sir Walter Scot 80/- V good bitter, some malt but plenty of hops for an 80/- 4.0 8
Ulverston Laughing Gravy A balanced ale with some of the delicate hop aroma of their other brews 4.0 8
Arundel Sunset Malty, subtle hazelnut shells taste, some hoppy bitterness 4.2 8
Everards Tiger Good premium bitter 4.2 8
Hogs Back Brewery TEA Traditional pale ale with balanced maltiness 4.2 8
St Austell Tribute floral hoppiness, some bitterness in aftertaste, a little toffee-malt flavour 4.2 8
Cairngorm Trade Winds Pale, clean, elderflower, dryish 4.3 8
Jennings World's Biggest Liar Chocolate malty, good bitterness, 4.3 8
Wood's Fuschia Perfect a perfumed floral hop flavour, a little sugar sweet 4.3 8
Black Sheep Black Sheep Bitter Bitter, dry, flinty 4.4 8
St Peter's organic ale fresh hoppiness withgood peppery bitterness in aftertaste, dry, 4.5 8
Badger Pumpkin Ale Spicey nutmeg & pepper flavour, not overly spiced though 4.6 8
Vale Brewery Co Buckinghamshire Ale full bodied and malty, but not too sweet, good balance of bitterness 4.6 8
Fuller's London Pride Malty but not sweet, good bitterness, some hops, biscuity 4.7 8
Inveralmond Brewery Lia Fail Chocolatey & malty, not sweet too sweet, full bodied, 4.7 8
Ruddles County Good example of English bitter 4.7 8
Ushers Founder's Ale A little smokey, a little toffee but not sweet, full & smooth 4.7 8
Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale Harsh bitterness, demorara sugar but not sweet at all, 5.0 8
Marston's Double Drop good bitterness, a little yeasty, good malty body, a little peppery 5.0 8
Kingstone Brewery Gatehouse Ale Peachy, floral, sweetish beer, 5.1 8
Kelburn Brewery Kelburn Ca' Canny Chocolate & coffee, malty 5.2 8
Oakleaf Hole Hearted Pale, clean, hoppy, typical southern ale 5.2 8
Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale Peppery bitterness,excellent hoppiness, 5.9 8
Ridgeway Bitter Fresh, good traditional bitter, hoppy as apposed to bitter 4.0 7
Traditional Scottish Ales Ben Nevis Organic 80/- Typical 80/- ale, sweet malt flavour, some toffee-caramel 4.0 7
Wissey Valley Brewery Hopaholic08 Some bitterness and fresh grass hoppiness, toffee malt flavour 4.0 7
Dorset Brewing Company Chesil Lageri brewed in ale style, light, citrusy, fruity yet dry 4.1 7
Isle of Skye Red Cuillin Malty, liquorice, full 4.2 7
Ringwood Seventy Eight Light fruity malt flavour, some floral hop, a little honey 4.2 7
South Hams Brewery XSB Hoppy but not bitter, fruity malt 4.2 7
Strathavon Ales Old Mortality 80/- Malty, some harshness to bite 4.2 7
Holts Manchesteri Brown Ale Sugar sweet as well as amlty sweet, good but might get too much after a few pints 4.2 7
Isle of Arran Dark Full bodied & malty with caramel treacle tastes but not too sweet 4.3 7
Saltaire XB Good ordinary bitter 4.3 7
St Peter's Ruby Red Ale dryish, dark malty but without the sweetness, good bitterness in aftertaste 4.3 7
Hepworth Iron Horse Ordinary copper coloured bitter, some spiciness & bitterness, 4.4 7
Outstanding OSB hazlenuts, some malty sweetness, a little peppery bitterness 4.4 7
Adnams Bitter Much malt, some toffee, dryish, sea salt 4.5 7
Badger Long Days typical Badger beer taste, raspberry, fruity, malty-sweet 4.5 7
Dent Brewery Ramsbottom Strong Ale massively malty flavour, some treacle but not sweet, big outhfilling flavour 4.5 7
Hogs Back Brewery Brooklands Gold Star Traditional bitter, tea like tannin taste, malty sweetness 4.5 7
Hook Norton Inspired Good ordinary ale, wheaty like maltiness, blonde beer 4.5 7
Itchen Valley Hambledon Bitter Subtle on honey & elderflower, sweetish, 4.5 7
Kingstone Brewery Classic Bitter Amber beer, some fragrant sweetness, 4.5 7
Oakleaf Reindeer's Delight Toffee and some liquorish but not sweet, light hoppiness 4.5 7
Purity Brewing UBU a little sweet, fruity, blackberry & citrus flavours 4.5 7
Tomos Watkin's Old Style Bitter Cascadei-grapefruit hop flavour, fruity, malty-caramel, chestnut colour 4.5 7
Badger England's Glory Passion fruit, v floral, light, citrus, not sweet though 4.6 7
Hook Norton Old Hooky good bitterness, malty with a little toffee flavour, 4.6 7
Oxfordshire Ales Marshmellow Good bitter, not like mashmellows at all 4.7 7
Fyne Ales Highlander Citrussy, grapefruit/orange, dryish, light mouthfeel, mid brown beer 4.8 7
Goddards Fuggle-Dee-Dum malty, a little caramel, good earthy hop flavour thatlastes into aftertaste 4.8 7
Scottish Courage Directors malty, full bodied, some bitterness & in aftertaste, some toffee 4.8 7
South Hams Brewery Eddystone some fruity malt, grapefruit flavour cascade hoppiness 4.8 7
Wooden Hand Brewing Cornish Mutiny peppery, treacle butwithout the sweetness, some earthy hops with drying finish 4.8 7
Freeminer (Coop) Strong Brown Ale chestnut brown, big on malty sweetness, toffyish backbone, a little bitterness on aftertaste 5.0 7
O'Hanlon's Bottle Conditioned Ale (for Tesco) Balanced beer, good maltiness, some bitterness, soft 5.0 7
St Austell Admiral's Ale Good ordinary strong bitter 5.0 7
Williams 7 Giraffes Dry hoppy beer, citrussy 5.1 7
Ossett Brewery Excelsior fullbodied, some hoppiness, malty sweetness 5.2 7
Badger Harvester's Ale Fairly hoppy, some malt, just a little thin tasting 2.5 6
Welton's Pridenjoy Some hoppy bitterness, some dryish malt, 2.8 6
Fuller's Chiswick Bitter hoppypale ale with a little bitterness, cooked flavour 3.5 6
Cropton King Billy Very pale, light beer, slight lactic taste 3.6 6
Northi Yorkshire Brewing Co Best Bitter Reasonable bitter, 3.6 6
Country Life Brewery Old Appedore Slightly hazelnut shells, quite dry, some bitterness 3.7 6
Badger Toad's Croak Light bodied, aroma hops, malty swee, 3.8 6
Hampshirei Wobbly Frame Hazelnut shells, dry 3.8 6
Kingstone Brewery 3 Castles Ale Ordinary palish ale, some cardboard, 3.8 6
Belhaven 80/- Ordinary 80/- beer, malty, not very hoppy or bitter 3.9 6
Adnams Gunhill malty but not sweet, pepperiness 4.0 6
Archbishop Lee's Ruby Ale fruity, more body than the alcohol suggests 4.0 6
Davenport Original bitter Balanced, a little cardboard & harsh hop 4.0 6
Ringwood Best Bitter Caramel, not too sweet 4.0 6
Skinner's Betty Stogs Bitter Good ordinary copper coloured beer, not too bitter, not too sweet 4.0 6
Stumpy's Hop A Doodle Doo Good hoppiness, bitterness & body 4.0 6
Ventnor Brewery Admiral's Ale Bland, ordinary beer, some sweetness, some bitterness 4.0 6
Bath Ales Gem Ordinary average bitter, more malty than bitter 4.1 6
Atlas Three Sisters Scottish Ale Fruity, not too sweet 4.2 6
Batemans Hop Bine Bitter Roast cereal, some bitter aftertaste, citrussy, 4.2 6
Conwy Brewery Cwrw Gwledd Celebration Ale oxidised, malty, some light hop flavour, 4.2 6
Crow Valley Bitter ordinary bitter, some caramel flavour, 4.2 6
Felinfoel Double Dragon Ordinary bitter, copper colour, good malt, some bitter 4.2 6
Fuller's (Gales) Seafarers Ale malty sweet, copper coloured bitter, gentle bitterness 4.2 6
Hampshire Ironside some pastuerised cooked flavour, toffee, malty, moderate bitterness that lasts 4.2 6
Hobsons Manor Ale Hazlenut shells, otherwise ordinary bitter 4.2 6
Wickwar Cotswold Ale Good bitter 4.2 6
Adnams East Green reasonable ordinary bitter 4.3 6
Hardy & Hansons (Greene King) Olde Trip fruity, malty, very little hop character or bitterness 4.3 6
Summerskills Best Bitter Some nuttiness, ordinary ale 4.3 6
Wadworth 6X malty, a little soapy & metallic, a small amount of harsh bitterness in aftertaste 4.3 6
Westerham British Bulldog Ordinary ale, mid brown 4.3 6
Wolf Cotyote Good ordinary bitter 4.3 6
Harviestoun Haggis Hunters Ale Good regular bitter 4.4 6
Derby Brewing Company Business As Usual malty sweet, a little toffee 4.4 6
Arundel Arundel Special Bitter (ASB) Fruity malt, some bitterness, 4.5 6
Badger Hopping Hare Pale, hoppy, some sweetness from malt, fruity 4.5 6
Badger Pickled Partridge Big on malty, grainy, peppery 4.5 6
Badger Stinger light hoppy – bitterness, some caramel, pepper spiciness 4.5 6
Hambleton Ales Taylor's Tipple copper coloured beer, biscuity malt, good lingering bitterness, a little fruity, typical Yorks bitter 4.5 6
Holts Touchwood ordinary bitter with a yeasty, malty character 4.5 6
White Horse Bitter Tastes like a Wychwood beer, 4.5 6
Wye Valley Butty Bach ordinary ale, caramel-malt flavour, a little bitter aftertaste 4.5 6
Black Dog Brewery Rhatas Good ordinary bitter 4.6 6
Bays Breaker malty sweet, reasonable bitterness, chestnut coloured beer 4.7 6
Ringwood Fortyniner A little sulphury, dryish, 4.7 6
Scottish Courage Newcastle Brown Ale malty, chestnut coloured, only a little bitterness, some malty sweetness 4.7 6
Timothy Taylor Havercake Ale Bitter, dry, flinty 4.7 6
Wolf Whistle Copper coloured beer, malty sweet, mellow, very lightly hopped, some toffee-biscuit 4.7 6
Anchor Steam Beer Malty, vanilla, caramel, dryish 4.8 6
Hampshire St Clements Bitter Pale, light, citrusy, a little sulphury aftertaste 4.8 6
Purity Brewing Farmers Harvest demorara sugar, pasteurised ordinary bitter 4.8 6
Bowman Nutz chestnuts, some smokiness, cloying 5.0 6
Cains Culture Beer 2008 Very fruity & sultana-like, some aromatic hops, quite sweet 5.0 6
Cotleigh Reinbeer Fruity, malty 5.0 6
Greene King Abbot Ale Bland, fruity 5.0 6
Isle of Skye Blaven Regular bitter, some caramel-toffee flavour but not off putting 5.0 6
J W Lees John Willies Smooth, raisiny – but not sweet 5.0 6
Lizard Ales An Gof Sweet maltiness, some bitterness, hints of treacle, some wheatiness 5.0 6
O'Hanlon's Festive Bitter Fruity, estery, a little acetic? 5.0 6
Shepherd Neame (Asda) Gentleman Jack malty sweetness, some lingering peppery bitterness 5.0 6
Stumpy's Tumbledown Some bitterness, maltiness 5.0 6
Wood's Shropshirei Lad Brown beer, malty-caramel,a little bitter aftertaste, taste of tea 5.0 6
Carn Brea One And All Regular ale, not bitter at all 5.2 6
Shugborough Lordship's Own hazelnuts, fruit, dryish malt 5.2 6
Three B's Shuttle Ale Full bodied beer, malty, some alcohol, some cardboard 5.2 6
Cotleigh Barn Owl Malty, toffee, not too sweet though 5.5 6
Chimay Chimay alcohol warming, toffee malt but not sweet, a little grainyness 7.0 6
Chimay Chimay Brune alcohol warming, toffee malt but not sweet, a little aniseed, 9.0 6
Hammerpot Meteor Ordinary bitter, yeasty, bland 3.8 5
Little Valley Brewery Yorkshire Hemp wheaty, dryish, a little sourness, 4.0 5
Wagtail Best Bittern ordinary bitter, some caramel – stale flavour 4.0 5
Wooden Hand Brewing Pirates Gold malty, hazlenut shells, very little bitterness or hoppiness, a little cardboardy 4.0 5
Hesket Newmarket Brewery High Pike Malty, hazelnut shells, dryish, a little harsh 4.2 5
Little Valley Brewery Cragg Vale A little sourness, good bitterness with little hoppiness, 4.2 5
Wooden Hand Brewing Cornish Buccaneer a little cardboardy, some boiled cabbage, ordinary ale 4.3 5
Red Rock Brewery Break Water Cooked veg – DMS flavour plus malty sweetness, 4.6 5
Naylor's Brewery Drayman's Delight A slightly infected-like aftertaste, 4.8 5
Flying Dog Dogtoberfest Marzen Ale Malty, full bodied, mellow, not bitter or hoppy 5.0 5
St Austell HSD Toffee & butterscotch & some sweetness 5.0 5
The Grainstore Brewery Ten Fifty much maltiness, vinously fruity, some bitterness, a little grainy 5.0 5
Little Valley Brewery Gustibus Sourness from infection, wheat, dryish, some caramel 5.2 5
Morland Old Speckled Hen Bland, soapy 5.2 5
Little Valley Brewery Moor Ale a little sour, malty ale, Belgian yeast flavour 5.5 5
Chimay Chimay Triple alcohol warming, toffee malt but not sweet, candy floss, vanilla, 8.0 5
Strangford Lough St Patrick's Best Yeasty, hazlenut shells, 3.8 4
Camerons Strongarm A little malty, DMS, 4.0 4
Daleside Old Leg Over Not enough hops, malty, DMS 4.1 4
Keystone Large One Ordinary beer, slightly old & cardboardy 4.2 4
Hammerpot Red Hunter Chestnut – malt, some sulphur, some taste of infection 4.3 4
Three B's Tackler's Tipple Ordinary ale, mid brown, marginal sour flavour 4.3 4
Oakleaf Reindeer's Delight Toffee but not sweet 4.5 4
Sharp's Eden Ale Marshmallow, not hoppy or bitter 4.5 4
Cropton Yorkshire Bitter (for M&S) sweet malt, toffee-butterscotsch aftertaste, 4.6 4
Carn Brea Dreckly A little cardboardy, ordinary, sweet malt, zero hoppiness 5.0 4
Robinson's Double Hop Cardboard, pastuerised, bottle is 10m old 5.0 4
Everards Original Toffee, alcohol, 5.2 4
Innes & Gunn Beer Very malty but not too sweet, no hop flavour, 6.6 4
Hampshire Ankle Biter Bitter infected & sour 3.5 2
Cropton Two Pints Sour – infected, otherwise regular bitter 4.0 2
Hesket Newmarket Brewery Doris' 90th Very much oxidised, unfinishable 4.3 2
Cropton Uncle Sam's Bitter Infected & sour, 2nd bottle in a year like this 4.4 2
Hammerpot Woodcote Bitter TCP taste dominates an otherwise ordinary beer 4.5 2
Islay Ales Finlaggen Ale Horribly soured by infection 3.7 0
Hammerpot White Wing Sulphurous infection taste, undrinkable 4.0 0
Cropton Yorkshire Moors Infected & sour, undrinkable 4.6 0