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Theakston Best Bitter

Percentile
20
overall
Brewed by Theakston
Style: Bitter

Masham, England

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
712.65/5.02.66/5.03.8%10.8English pint
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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fr21555 (4), USA
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/104/518/20
May 6, 2005  
One of the greatest ales there are. It’s certainly one of my favorites if not #1. An excellent session beer when you can find it well kept.


 Hildigöltur (5109), København, 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.


 hughie (3056), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/511/20
Apr 8, 2005    Updated: Jan 2, 2008
Agreeable malty aroma and good colour though head was thinnish. Flavour had pleasant notes of citrus but the finish lacked the bitterness I wanted. Would buy it again if I was thirsty. 2.1.08 Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber with a small white head. Buttered toast malt aroma. Sweet fruity taste. Some bitterness. Pretty sound. Rated 6.4.6.4.13: 3.3


Burner (78), Cape Town, South Africa
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/58/20
Nov 28, 2004  
Very below average bitter, no real body, or head. It is fairly easy to drink, however you end up getting bored half way through it.


 DanielBrown (1919), Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/511/20
Sep 2, 2004  
Hand pulled at Moon in the Square (JDW), Bournemouth, due to lack of anything else. Very thin, light brown Bitter. Very light on flavour, but slightly compelling. An enjoyable toffee feeling. In comparison with other smaples, I’m sure this would suffer, but in isolation, it was an OK session beer, in the traditional sense.


 Boystout (900), Chisinau, Moldova
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Aug 13, 2004  
Cask conditioned at Greencoat Boy, London. Not much character because of lack of hoppy bitterness. Nice looking but forgettable.


 RichardWilding (190), London, Greater London, England
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/59/20
Aug 3, 2004    Updated: Aug 5, 2004
Draught. Bland, watery, slight bitterness. Not a great beer, but just about drinkable if you want to try it.


 Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 2, 2004    Updated: Nov 30, 2004
Cask conditioned, The Falcon (JD Wetherspoons), High Wycombe, Bucks.(Handpump, tight sparkler). Similar to the Worthington’s sampled during the same meal (sweet/malty), this was more fruity A very good beer, that didn’t suffer from the stewed hops often seen in northern brews.. Very underrated I feel.



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