Ordinary Bitter Smooth
Anspach & Hobday
- From:
- Anspach & Hobday
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 3.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 10.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 10, 2026
- Added:
- Oct 26, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The original session beer, Ordinary Bitters formed a cornerstone of English drinking culture. Perfectly balanced between malt sweetness and hop bitterness, our interpretation is brought up to date with the use of US Chinook hops and packaged in a widget can for extra smoothness. Delicate hop aromas of pine, spice and dark fruits are followed by a smooth, velvety palate, with cascading notes of biscuit and caramel.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.28/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a fairly clear amber with fine, soapy head.
Smell is malty and a bit nutty with some floral hints. Notes of toast, honey, rye and knäckebröd.
Taste is malty and floral with a moderate bitterness. Notes of toast, honey and rye with some spicy hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft, smooth and well carbonated. Quite cask-like.
Overall, a very nice bitter bringing cask feel in a can.
Jan 10, 2026Smell is malty and a bit nutty with some floral hints. Notes of toast, honey, rye and knäckebröd.
Taste is malty and floral with a moderate bitterness. Notes of toast, honey and rye with some spicy hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft, smooth and well carbonated. Quite cask-like.
Overall, a very nice bitter bringing cask feel in a can.
Reviewed by Spike from England
3.44/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.44/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
470ml can with nitro widget.
L: Light haze, amber colour with one finger of off-white cream head that leaves sheets of lacing.
S: Clean but light aroma.
T: Nice balance between biscuity malt and earthy hops. Low bitterness.
F: Medium body with a velvet smooth mouthfeel that lacks depth and becomes a tad thin in the finish. Barely dry.
O: The US Chinook hops used in this brew taste a lot like traditional UK Goldings hops. There’s a little less black tea and a little more citrus and pine, and bitterness is lower. The widget provides a fantastic, rich and creamy heady but I’m not convinced about the smooth palate that thins pretty quickly. Could almost be mistaken for a £1.25 can of John Smith’s Extra Smooth?
Oct 26, 2025L: Light haze, amber colour with one finger of off-white cream head that leaves sheets of lacing.
S: Clean but light aroma.
T: Nice balance between biscuity malt and earthy hops. Low bitterness.
F: Medium body with a velvet smooth mouthfeel that lacks depth and becomes a tad thin in the finish. Barely dry.
O: The US Chinook hops used in this brew taste a lot like traditional UK Goldings hops. There’s a little less black tea and a little more citrus and pine, and bitterness is lower. The widget provides a fantastic, rich and creamy heady but I’m not convinced about the smooth palate that thins pretty quickly. Could almost be mistaken for a £1.25 can of John Smith’s Extra Smooth?
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