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Rod's Best Bitter
Second Street Brewery
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- From:
- Second Street Brewery
- New Mexico, United States
- Style:
- English Bitter
Ranked #46 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #18,912 - Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 9.76%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 12, 2024
- Added:
- Sep 24, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
A “special” drinkable bitter. Tasty malt sweetness balanced by a crisp finish from a unique combination of pacific NW centennial hops and English kent goldings hops. Complex and subtle.
30 IBU
30 IBU
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Ratings by powdersoldier:
Rated by powdersoldier from Washington
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Feb 20, 2016
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Feb 20, 2016
More User Ratings:
Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can from brother-in-law. Way less flat and more flavorful than English bitters.
Mar 09, 2024Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sampling a cellar temp 16 oz can date stamp is packaged on 02/28. Pouring into my .5L dimple mug.
The beer pours a clear copper color with a frothy eggshell white head of 1 cm foaming up. This foam dissipates to nothing before my mug is empty.
Aroma is some caramel and toasted bread with hints of spicy and herbal hop notes. i get a little bit of lemon in there. No ABV hints. Nose is generally mild, but appealing.
First sip reveals a medium body with fine and tingly carbonation, texture is smooth and this beer drinks very easy.
Flavor is some caramel, toasted bread, a bit of a nutty character and again hints of lemon. The beer finishes with an herbal tea and spicy hop note that lingers after each swallow. Quite dry on the finish as well. Easy drinking and tasty brew from a style that isnt too often made these days. Glad to have tried it.
Apr 10, 2023The beer pours a clear copper color with a frothy eggshell white head of 1 cm foaming up. This foam dissipates to nothing before my mug is empty.
Aroma is some caramel and toasted bread with hints of spicy and herbal hop notes. i get a little bit of lemon in there. No ABV hints. Nose is generally mild, but appealing.
First sip reveals a medium body with fine and tingly carbonation, texture is smooth and this beer drinks very easy.
Flavor is some caramel, toasted bread, a bit of a nutty character and again hints of lemon. The beer finishes with an herbal tea and spicy hop note that lingers after each swallow. Quite dry on the finish as well. Easy drinking and tasty brew from a style that isnt too often made these days. Glad to have tried it.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.97/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2023-03-25
16oz can served in a shaker pint. Packaged on 02/28. Bought it yesterday at Jubilation.
Pours clear brassy with a medium sized coarse head. A little bit of active carbonation. Smell is nutty oaky, a little toffee, little bit of a juicy character.
Taste is mild, very grain-tea-like, some nutty bitterness and nutty sweetness. Nutty / oaky bitterness doubles down toward the end.
Light, dry, clean feel. Overall, super easy to drink beer.
Mar 26, 202316oz can served in a shaker pint. Packaged on 02/28. Bought it yesterday at Jubilation.
Pours clear brassy with a medium sized coarse head. A little bit of active carbonation. Smell is nutty oaky, a little toffee, little bit of a juicy character.
Taste is mild, very grain-tea-like, some nutty bitterness and nutty sweetness. Nutty / oaky bitterness doubles down toward the end.
Light, dry, clean feel. Overall, super easy to drink beer.
Reviewed by ONovoMexicano from New Mexico
4.36/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the brewery's railyard location in Santa Fe.
A- The beer is copper-colored with a finger thick head. The head is airy and light, but leaves incredible lacing on the glass's sides. There's light carbonation and bubbling.
S- Thee aroma is heavy on citrusy notes, orange peel, and hops. There is a subtle malt presence that complementss the citrusy sweetness.
T- The malt makes its presence felt first with thick sweet bready notes, which then give way to the citrus that weaves on and off the palate. The beer finishes with a blast of bitterness and thick hop notes.
M- The beer starts creamy and thick, but finishes dry, bitter and light.
O- An excellent beer and a great way to learn to appreciate bitters better.
Nov 21, 2013A- The beer is copper-colored with a finger thick head. The head is airy and light, but leaves incredible lacing on the glass's sides. There's light carbonation and bubbling.
S- Thee aroma is heavy on citrusy notes, orange peel, and hops. There is a subtle malt presence that complementss the citrusy sweetness.
T- The malt makes its presence felt first with thick sweet bready notes, which then give way to the citrus that weaves on and off the palate. The beer finishes with a blast of bitterness and thick hop notes.
M- The beer starts creamy and thick, but finishes dry, bitter and light.
O- An excellent beer and a great way to learn to appreciate bitters better.
Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois
2.83/5 rDev -25.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2.83/5 rDev -25.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the brewpub in August 2009. Pours a brown-copper color and smells slightly bitter from some hops; a little bit of caramel malt in there as well. The taste is slightly bitter, but just a little bit flat in the taste, there's just not too much going on. The mouthfeel is a light-medium body. Drinkability is decent, but not great--not the best of the several bitters that Second Street had to offer.
Sep 24, 2009
Rod's Best Bitter from Second Street Brewery
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
18 ratings
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