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A traditional English bitter brewed using water from the Hampshire chalk hills. Full and clean tasting, initially malty then tangerine fruit and resinous hop build to a quenching bitter finish. Camra Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2008
Contains barley gluten
CAMRA Champion Bitter of Britain BRONZE
Great British Beer Festival 2004
CAMRA Champion Bitter of Britain GOLD
Great British Beer Festival 2008
CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain
Great British Beer Festival 2008
SIBA Regional Winner SILVER
2011
CAMRA Bitter Category GOLD
CAMRA South East & London 2011
CAMRA Champion Bitter of Britain BRONZE
Great British Beer Festival 2009 & 2011
CAMRA Bitter of the Festival
CAMRA Doncaster 2013
CAMRA Bitter Category GOLD
CAMRA South East & London 2015
Good solid bitter, nice smooth biscuit malts with a gentle hop note and nice little bitterness at the end.
Martin D • 26th February 2016
Wonderful. This is a gem
Scott F • 19th January 2016
Good solid bitter, nice smooth biscuit malts with a gentle hop note and nice little bitterness at the end.
Martin D • 28th October 2015
This is a dark ale with burnt nutty flavours combined with a distinct citrus hoppiness. It really is very tasty, and a couple of pints go down a treat.
Dr. L. Goodwin • 3rd January 2015
This was a nice and light beer, found it light and easy to drink. Discovered this on a tour of FFF and even at the end of the tour it went down well. Good taste as well
Rob Anderson • 12th December 2014
Fast settling, minimal head. Flowery scent with light taste. Palate evolves with malty & nutty flavours. Very drinkable when well kept.
chris337, Hampshire • 5th October 2014
Great session beer. I could drink this until the cows come home.
Richard, Alton • 11th May 2014
Light amber colour. A nice hoppy bitter, easy drinking, refreshing, with a bitter aftertaste
Yiannnos • 20th January 2014
One of four ales in a boxed Christmas gift set - enjoyable mix of malty and citrus flavours with a bitter taste. Would have liked more than the 1/2 pint bottle of this one.
Richard, Birmingham • 19th January 2014
Cask @ the wonderful Wellington Arms, Bedford. Colour of dark gold/amber. Decent amount of head with extreme lacing. Light fresh grassy aroma. Unremarkable but inoffensive. Taste is nicely balanced between sweet and bitter. The maltiness shines through but is tempered by the bitterness. An excellent bitter from a class brewery.
jjsint • 18th January 2014
2nd beer from my Christmas gift set and much better than the 1st bottle. A lot hoppier than I expected which was a pleasant surprise. Nice carbonation leaving a thin white head. I could drink a few of these.
mighty_meadow Kilwinning, Scotland • 5th January 2014
Bottle at home. Orangey brown colour. Light, thinnish palate. Tastes ok though, slightly malty but with a nice dry hoppy finish. I quite liked this.
DandyLion Leicester • 19th December 2013
I have spent many a splendid hour supping this fantastic beer. Light enough to be consumed in sizable quantities (ahem), refreshing, flavourful and with a good bitter kick at the end. It's simply a great all-rounder session ale. If I could marry a beer it would be this one. Citra Sonic would be my bit on the side...
Rob, Farnborough • 27th September 2013
On cask at White Horse, Woolton, Liverpool. Pours golden with stiff white head. A golden look but a traditional taste to this malty bitter. Very well kept and enjoyable.
N, Stoke on Trent • 22nd May 2013
Pours golden color with a huge frothy head. Aroma of grass fruits, goose berry bush and toffee notes. Flavour of goose berries, grass, citrus fruits and some mild caramel.
Olio, Finland • 8th March 2013
Pours golden color with a huge frothy head. Aroma of grass fruits, goose berry bush and toffee notes. Flavour of goose berries, grass, citrus fruits and some mild caramel.
Olio, Finland • 8th March 2013
Aroma: The smell has honey and peaches in it. Some sour grass.
Appearance: The beer is clouded pale amber, a white rather firm head that leaves no lacing and no curtains.
Taste: The taste is mostly fruity, apricots, lemon, some peel bitterness at the end.
Palate: Little carbonation, watery and with a small body, but rather refreshing a slight dry finish.
Overall: A lawn mower bitter? This beer was a real ale version and claimed to be only 3.8%, and for such low ABV it was not at all bad.
R, SWEDEN • 27th September 2012