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Ballards Best Bitter

Percentile
46
overall
Brewed by Ballards
Style: Bitter

Petersfield, England

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
223.09/5.03.01/5.04.2%66.7English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular. Also available bottle conditioned.
A copper coloured beer with a malty aroma. A good balance of fruit and malt gives a dry, hoppy, aftertaste. Best is our original brew.
Ingredients; Pearl pale malt and crystal malt. Fuggles and Goldings hops.
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 thebeertourist (2822), Oslo, Norway
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 6, 2009  
Bottle from Utobeer. Hazy amber, smallish head. Fruity toffee aroma and flavours, some sour notes. Good bitterness, crispy. A bit watery. Still highly drinkable.


 MesandSim (5955), London, Greater London, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 6, 2009  
A Mes rate. Gravicask at Le Gothique.
A lovely copper colour with a thin but lasting bubbly white head. A straight forward drop of best really. Faint dusky sour notes, nice chalky dry feel with a good bitterness. Pleasant caramel in the finish with a pronounced nutty note. Fairly standard but very pleasant, even though it is growing old it’s still doing well. A decent best bitter.


 bobinlondon (844), Harrow, Greater London, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Handpulled cask at the Rake. Copper with an off white head. Good fresh tasting hoppy best bitter with hints of marmalade.


 imdownthepub (5178), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Cask conditioned at Far from the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Amber to gold, hazed, with white head. Not the best bitter available, quite unbalanced with a perfumed strong hop note and a heavy, syrupy note. Struggling with this.


 harrisoni (6946), Ashford, Kent, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 26, 2008  
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 08. Amber colour with disappearing bubbly head. Standard best bitter aroma, some toffee, candy sugar and earthy hop. Standard, but tasty, good bitterness on finish. Good balance, decent condition, very drinkable best bitter. Also featured on The Market Kitchen on UK TV.


 MiP (9159), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Jan 26, 2008  
Cask. Sourish and pleasantly citric aroma. Hazy brown colour. Small tan head. Malty and sourish flavour. The sourness is very nice, cleansing and balancing out the beer. Well-balanced.


 Dedollewaitor (3769), Odense, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 29, 2007  
Orange with a creamy white head. Aroma is light malty but mainly hops. Some sour grassy hops - Northdown I thought - but appearently not. Medium mouthfeel. Freshness, crisp. Nice bitter end.


 downender (2635), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 17, 2007  
500ml bottle from Waitrose. A pleasant enough amber bitter with a fruity aroma. Flavour of slightly sweet malt followed by a hoppy finish.



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