Bitter - Ordinary / Best

An Ordinary Bitter, or simply Bitter, is a low gravity, low alcohol levels, and low carbonation easy-drinking session beer with a pale amber to medium copper color. The malt profile can vary in flavor and intensity, but should never override the overall bitter impression. The Best Bitter have more evident malt flavor than in an ordinary bitter, and is a stronger, session-strength ale. More alcohol than an ordinary bitter. Less alcohol than a strong bitter. More caramel or base malt character and color than a British Golden Ale. In all cases, emphasis is on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales.

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Name	Ratings	Score
1	Arizona Wilderness Oaked-n-Ordinary R Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company Gilbert, Arizona	16	3.58	Find
2	BrewDog Alpha Dog 3.8 R BrewDog Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	12	3.55	Find
3	Skebo Tjugan R Skebo Bruksbryggeri Skebobruk, Sweden	10	3.54	Find
4	Mordue Panda Frog Dart Frog 48 R Mordue Brewery North Shields, England	12	3.53	Find
5	Sun King / Three Floyds Royal Brat R Sun King Brewing Company Indianapolis, Indiana	51	3.52	Find
6	Surly Bitter Brewer R Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota	451	3.52	Find
7	Tired Hands Caskette R Tired Hands Brewing Company Ardmore, Pennsylvania	23	3.51	Find
8	Marble Summer Marbles R Marble Beers Salford, England	33	3.5	Find
9	Tired Hands Pub Style Ale R Tired Hands Brewing Company Ardmore, Pennsylvania	19	3.49	Find
10	Brakspear Organic Beer R Brakspear (Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Co.) Witney, England	54	3.48	Find
11	The Twisted Hop Golding Bitter R The Twisted Hop Christchurch, New Zealand	28	3.48	Find
12	Tired Hands Prognosis R Tired Hands Brewing Company Ardmore, Pennsylvania	11	3.47	Find
13	Cloudwater Bitter R Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England	27	3.47	Find
14	Magic Rock / North Brewing Co Things You Can't Unsee R Magic Rock Brewing (Odyssey Inns) Huddersfield, England	38	3.44	Find
15	Skebo Ord'n'ry R Skebo Bruksbryggeri Skebobruk, Sweden	13	3.43	Find
16	Cheriton Pots Ale R Flowerpots Brewery Cheriton, England	13	3.43	Find
17	Les Brasseurs du Temps Quantum Libet R Les Brasseurs du Temps [BDT] Gatineau, Quebec	22	3.41	Find
18	Oakleaf Bitter R Fallen Acorn Brewing Co. Gosport, England	39	3.41	Find
19	Phillips GrowHop Cascade Bitter (2009) R Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. Victoria, British Columbia	10	3.4	Find
20	Tempest Emanation Pale Ale R Tempest Brewing Co. Tweedbank, Roxburghshire, Scotland	32	3.39	Find
21	Luckie Ales Best Bitter R Luckie Ales Leven, Scotland	25	3.39	Find
22	Mikkeller Vikings Return R Mikkeller Copenhagen, Denmark	29	3.39	Find
23	Sheepscot Valley Boothbay Special Bitter Pale Ale R Sheepscot Valley Brewing Company Whitefield, Maine	21	3.38	Find
24	Crouch Vale Topsail R Crouch Vale Brewery South Woodham Ferrers, England	20	3.38	Find
25	Marble J.P. Best R Marble Beers Salford, England	20	3.37	Find

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