Tiger Best Bitter
Everards Brewery Ltd.

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From:
Everards Brewery Ltd.
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
Ranked #108
ABV:
4.2%
Score:
82
Ranked #24,661
Avg:
3.55 | pDev: 17.18%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
28
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 07, 2023
Added:
Jun 25, 2003
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by Zimbo:
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Reviewed by Zimbo from Scotland

3.24/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thought I got a meaty whiff when opened, this poured an easy soft one inch head. Ultra intense heading which is unusual for a bottled English bitter. Slighty brownish orange and almost approaching Irn Bru in colour. Clean clear sparkle to the eye. Very nice.

Disappointing to taste, it is short and thin with some mildish hoppiness at the end but rather one dimensional. Little activity or development. A little too carbonic for me. Pretty neutral on the feel until the very end when the hops offer a rescue package but by then the damage is done.

Not at all unpleasant but just not as satisfying as I'd hoped. A real looker, this girl just won't put out.
Nov 22, 2010
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Reviewed by Offa from California

4.5/5  rDev +26.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Cask at Everard's Beerhall.

Pale copper. Small lasting white head. Foamy lace. Aroma light fruity toffee. Taste light toffee sweetness. Hint of fermenting plums. Nice woody zest bitterness to balance. Lots of character. Lively feel. Nice balance. Excellent.
Jan 07, 2023
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.37/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV of the bottled version is 4.5%. Amber to orange coloured beer, large and lasting off-white head with an orangey hue. Moderate fruity aroma with raisiny notes. The flavour is moderately fruity and malty, hints of caramel and toffee, with spicy hops. Definitely drinkable, but does not call out the tiger in me.
Apr 19, 2021
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Rated by OompaMentor from Georgia

3.25/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
2013 - Stratford Upon Avon, England
Jan 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4.22 by FCox143 from England

Nov 23, 2015
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Rated by Lemreway16 from England

4.66/5  rDev +31.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
An old favourite of mine. A proper English Ale with an excellent dry hoppy taste. Well recommended to any proper beer drinker.
May 16, 2015
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Rated by ManUtdSooner from Alabama

3.48/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hand pumped at Rutland & Derby in Leichester. Copper colored. Easy to drink. A very nice English ale.
Best of luck to the LC Foxes and Tigers.
Apr 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Drummermean from England

Sep 11, 2014
 
Rated: 1.75 by atrocity from Virginia

Jul 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by endless1408 from England

Jun 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Mr_Pink_152 from England

Jan 03, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by Kirk from England

Dec 28, 2013
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Reviewed by vinicole from England

3.79/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Cask. Hand pulled. Amber with a light frothy head.
English hops and malt on the nose.
Tastes similar. Nicely balanced with a medium bitter finish.
Mid range body with soft cask conditioned feel.
As English as they come.
Jul 18, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by simonlopa from England

Mar 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Hanglow from Scotland

Dec 23, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by pin from Australia

Jul 23, 2012
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Reviewed by CwrwAmByth from England

3.98/5  rDev +12.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
It pours a nice cloudy amber colour which takes a while to clear up. It smells nice and balanced, not too much of anything, just some hops and malts.

The taste is very nicely balanced as well, very quaffable indeed, and quaff we did! Overall this is a lovely drinkable pint, nothing remarkable but subtle and nicely drinkable which is a quality seemingly rare these days.
Nov 07, 2011
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Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England

4.03/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
My what an exceptional pint I got served today, superb
a real good real ale served really well.

It all came together superbly it was even a sunny day in Manchester lol.

A burnished glowing amber pint that took a while to settle to reveal a clear body and thick creamy pure white head.

The first sup was a hoppy punch that cleared the palate from one spicy meatball from an Italian restaurant.

A real bitter kick with a well rounded after taste and creaminess running through that took me back twenty years to Boddingtons brewed at Strangeways.

Fantastic :D
Nov 02, 2011
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Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York

3.48/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Served in a half-pint glass. Reviewed April 2011. From notes.

A: Clear copper. White head. Orangeish, with a red tinge.

S: Sour (casky cream). Faint hops.

T: Sweet and fruity. A bit carbonated. The body is thin, but full of flavourful citrus hops. The aftertaste is sourly bitter.

M: Firmish and good, but not particularly laudable. I wish it had a bit more substance.

O: Quite a good bitter...Not recommended, but worthwhile.
May 23, 2011
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Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England

3.42/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
4.5%, 500ml Brown bottle, best before May 2010, drank early April 2010. Poured into a Batemans badged pint sleeve.

Deep amber/auburn coloured body, clear. The head was pure white and held some good lacing as the beer sank.

Malted biscuits, hints of toffee and caramel in the smell, no hop content aroma wise.

Fairly sweet tasting, as the smell suggested, the maltiness winning out over anything else. A hop bitterness does rear its head as the mouth dries.

There is a malty richness in the body, and it is easy to drink, but something is lacking somewhere.
Apr 07, 2010
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Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 28 ratings