Special Bitter
Machine House Brewery
- From:
- Machine House Brewery
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.54 | pDev: 1.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 24, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 21, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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English style special bitter, brewed with classic and modern ingredients. Crystal malts, Fuggles and Goldings hops plus moder UK variety Emperor. Open fermented with traditional Yorkshire ale yeast.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jonphisher from New Jersey
4.46/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.46/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Thank you for this beautiful beer @snaotheus
Pours a dirty ruby hued light brown, lightly browned head, great retention with decent initial lacing; this beer is a looker.
Nose is lightly yeasty, with an interesting hoppy and malty mix; the malt is rich, and has a very aromatic quality to it; biscuit like but it has a rustic and darkened, toasted smell to it, hops are pungent earthy, green leaves with some fruitiness mixed in; a very light floral like note there as well.
Taste rich malt and English hops, malt presents in a rich nutty, grainy bread sort of way; with a nice dose of hops, lightly resin like, like an earthy sappy quality; finishing with a dark fruit skin presence.
Body is light but verges right to medium, great soft creamy smooth carbonation coats the tongue before the hops bite the back of the tongue on the way down; leaving a sappy sort feel.
Jan 21, 2024Pours a dirty ruby hued light brown, lightly browned head, great retention with decent initial lacing; this beer is a looker.
Nose is lightly yeasty, with an interesting hoppy and malty mix; the malt is rich, and has a very aromatic quality to it; biscuit like but it has a rustic and darkened, toasted smell to it, hops are pungent earthy, green leaves with some fruitiness mixed in; a very light floral like note there as well.
Taste rich malt and English hops, malt presents in a rich nutty, grainy bread sort of way; with a nice dose of hops, lightly resin like, like an earthy sappy quality; finishing with a dark fruit skin presence.
Body is light but verges right to medium, great soft creamy smooth carbonation coats the tongue before the hops bite the back of the tongue on the way down; leaving a sappy sort feel.
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