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There are 29 Bitter - Bests in the chart, accounting for 0.35% of all beers currently in the chart.
Rated on 2026-03-18 by BeerDorkNik at Fork 'n' Ale, Weston super Mare
Quality: 63.5, Enjoyability: 60.5, Overall: 62
Bright chestnut, pours cloudy but clearing. OK off white head as poured, with good retention and lacing. Caramel malt aroma. Toffee, malt, bitter orange taste, caramel similar after. Silky.
Rated on 2026-03-18 by BeerDorkNik at Duke of Oxford, Weston super Mare
Quality: 55, Enjoyability: 51, Overall: 53
Chestnut, with some off white head as poured. Toffee malt aroma, with an odd … chemical? … under. Similar tase, slightly swimming pool after. Like, not fully chlorine, but the tang in the air. Think.
Rated on 2026-03-18 by BeerDorkNik at Fat Head Brewery and Taproom, Weston super Mare
Quality: 51, Enjoyability: 44, Overall: 47.5
Hazy chestnut. OK off white head as poured, halo retention with good lacing. No real aroma, faintly malt. Faint blackcurrant, like very watery Ribena. Wet.
Rated on 2026-03-18 by BeerDorkNik at Brit Bar, Weston super Mare
Quality: 57.5, Enjoyability: 53, Overall: 55.25
Amber. OK off white head as poured, excellent retention but no lacing - sticks to the head, not the glass. Dry malt aroma. Light, fruity malt taste and after, bit teacake. Thin.
Rated on 2026-03-18 by BeerDorkNik at Fork 'n' Ale, Weston super Mare
Quality: 59.5, Enjoyability: 59, Overall: 59.25
Chestnut. Little head as poured, with no retention but some lacing. Malty aroma. Teacake fruit spice taste and after. Silky.
Rated on 2026-03-18 by BeerDorkNik at Bath Brew House, Bath
Quality: 53, Enjoyability: 51, Overall: 52
Pale tea gold. Light, floral malt aroma. Similar taste and after. Light for a Bitter.
Rated on 2025-07-26 by BeerDorkNik at Adsa Hunt's Cross
Quality: 56, Enjoyability: 52, Overall: 54
Amber, with a good head on pour. Malt, slightly cocoa, aroma. Basic but decent Bitter taste and after.
Rated on 2025-05-20 by BeerDorkNik at King's Head, Bristol
Quality: 46, Enjoyability: 42, Overall: 44
Light amber. Some off white head as poured, with OK retention and lacing.. No real aroma, slightly malty. Basic Bitter taste, bit copper after. Some body.
Rated on 2024-09-08 by BeerDorkNik at Punch Bowl (JDW), York
Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 47, Overall: 53.5
Amber, with a very good creamy head as poured. Bitter, bit fruitcake, aroma. Malt, fruitcake taste, similar after. Actually surprisingly good.
Rated on 2024-08-05 by BeerDorkNik at Black Cat, Rose Lane
Quality: 52, Enjoyability: 55, Overall: 53.5
Amber, with a good head as poured. Malty, bit nutty, Bitter.
Rated on 2024-07-22 by BeerDorkNik at Crafty Swine
Quality: 68, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 63.25
Ruby. Good creamy tan head as poured, with some retention and good lacing. Treacle toffee aroma. Similar, nutty, taste, more vinegar-sour after.
Rated on 2023-12-06 by BeerDorkNik at Town Crier, Chester
Quality: 58, Enjoyability: 51.5, Overall: 54.75
Amber. Some creamy head as poured, with good retention and lacing. Average Bitter.
Rated on 2022-12-27 by BeerDorkNik at Black Cat, Smithdown Road
Quality: 64, Enjoyability: 59.5, Overall: 61.75
Chestnut, with some off-white head on pour. Nutty aroma. Decent Bitter, Nutty sweet with a drier, almost cocoa, after. Only had a half, thigh. Stickin' it to the man.
Rated on 2021-01-25 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 44.7, Enjoyability: 42.1, Overall: 43.4
Rated on 2019-09-14 by BeerDorkNik at Head of Steam, Liverpool
Quality: 56.3, Enjoyability: 61.4, Overall: 58.85
Rated on 2019-09-07 by BeerDorkNik at Head of Steam, Liverpool
Quality: 52.6, Enjoyability: 52.3, Overall: 52.45
Rated on 2019-08-30 by BeerDorkNik at Childwall Fiveways
Quality: 57.5, Enjoyability: 61.8, Overall: 59.65
Rated on 2019-08-13 by BeerDorkNik at Palladium (JDW), Llandudno
Quality: 51.3, Enjoyability: 56.2, Overall: 53.75
Rated on 2018-08-30 by BeerDorkNik at Ye Olde Starr Inn, York
Quality: 49.7, Enjoyability: 49.3, Overall: 49.5
Rated on 2018-08-26 by BeerDorkNik at Micklegate Social, York
Quality: 53.1, Enjoyability: 53.2, Overall: 53.15
Rated on 2018-08-11 by BeerDorkNik at The Shipping Forecast
Quality: 57.9, Enjoyability: 53.2, Overall: 55.55
Rated on 2018-04-23 by BeerDorkNik at Childwall Fiveways
Quality: 57.7, Enjoyability: 56.9, Overall: 57.3
Rated on 2018-02-21 by BeerDorkNik at Portland Wine Cellars, Southport
Quality: 52.6, Enjoyability: 48.3, Overall: 50.45
Rated on 2017-08-21 by BeerDorkNik at Bath Brew House, Bath
Quality: 61.1, Enjoyability: 59.2, Overall: 60.15
Rated on 2017-07-24 by BeerDorkNik at Childwall Fiveways
Quality: 59.5, Enjoyability: 58.9, Overall: 59.2
Dull. Insert joke about 'if this is their BEST…' here.
Rated on 2017-05-30 by BeerDorkNik at Magnum, Edinburgh
Quality: 54.1, Enjoyability: 58.3, Overall: 56.2
Not _bad_, just not particularly _good_ either.
Rated on 2017-02-17 by BeerDorkNik at Richard John Blackler
Quality: 53.7, Enjoyability: 53.8, Overall: 53.75
Rated on 2017-01-24 by BeerDorkNik at M&S
Quality: 51.3, Enjoyability: 50.2, Overall: 50.75
Rated on 2017-01-05 by BeerDorkNik at Sandgrounder, The, Southport
Quality: 53.1, Enjoyability: 52.4, Overall: 52.75
Rated on 2017-01-05 by BeerDorkNik at Globe, The
Quality: 50.2, Enjoyability: 49.2, Overall: 49.7