Country Best Bitter
McMullen & Sons, Ltd.
- From:
- McMullen & Sons, Ltd.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 12.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 03, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 08, 2006
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by kw9628
4.65/5 rDev +28.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +28.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Friuity. Slightly sweet. Ordered at a pub near trafalgar square. Very nice.
Feb 03, 2024
Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.88/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Cask. No sparkler. Clear amber with a thin dense head.
Smells of English hops with light biscuit malt.
Tastes of hedgrow fruit with a slight earthy flavour. Light toffee malt. Hints of butter.
Beautiful cask conditioned feel. Soft carbonation. Medium body.
I haven't had a pint of this for years and it's still eminently drinkable.
Jan 25, 2023Smells of English hops with light biscuit malt.
Tastes of hedgrow fruit with a slight earthy flavour. Light toffee malt. Hints of butter.
Beautiful cask conditioned feel. Soft carbonation. Medium body.
I haven't had a pint of this for years and it's still eminently drinkable.
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
3.29/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A 500ml bottle with a BB of Oct 2014, so it's a bit out of date. ABV is stated as 4.1%. Purchased from a supermarket quite a while back. The label just says 'Country', and refers to the beer as a golden hoppy ale.
A: Poured into a straight pint glass. A rich orange-amber hue with faint floating sediment and plentiful carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy white foam with excellent retention; this slowly settles as a thick surface layer. Some lacing.
S: Aroma of light caramel malt with hints of mild grass/hay, fruity ale yeast, stewed leaves and a twinge of cardboard. Average.
T: Tastes of grainy malt with a dry finish. Notes of subtle caramel, fruity ale yeast, faint grass/hay, stewed leaves, husks and a touch of harsh cardboard in the background. Well-attenuated, followed by a restrained, leafy bitterness upon swallowing.
M: Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, with spritzy carbonation and decent body. Slightly astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of stewed leaves/cardboard, ale yeast and faint grain.
O: OK but pretty regular fare. Looks rather good, while the aroma and flavour are an uninspired mix of vague caramel malt, ale yeast and faintly grassy hops. Body is alright. Won't blow your socks off, though I daresay it's better on cask. No need to hunt it down.
Dec 18, 2014A: Poured into a straight pint glass. A rich orange-amber hue with faint floating sediment and plentiful carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy white foam with excellent retention; this slowly settles as a thick surface layer. Some lacing.
S: Aroma of light caramel malt with hints of mild grass/hay, fruity ale yeast, stewed leaves and a twinge of cardboard. Average.
T: Tastes of grainy malt with a dry finish. Notes of subtle caramel, fruity ale yeast, faint grass/hay, stewed leaves, husks and a touch of harsh cardboard in the background. Well-attenuated, followed by a restrained, leafy bitterness upon swallowing.
M: Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, with spritzy carbonation and decent body. Slightly astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of stewed leaves/cardboard, ale yeast and faint grain.
O: OK but pretty regular fare. Looks rather good, while the aroma and flavour are an uninspired mix of vague caramel malt, ale yeast and faintly grassy hops. Body is alright. Won't blow your socks off, though I daresay it's better on cask. No need to hunt it down.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.59/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pale amber clear body with hardly any head, a few tiny white bubbles here and there
quite a subdued aroma, burned sugar, hay and old copper coins
The taste is where it brings it home barley sugar start warming quickly on the hops bringing in a biting but light citrus then heavy hitting peppery bitterness.
Just slightly over carbonated but great easy drinking MF
an all round good quality supping bitter
Jul 26, 2013quite a subdued aroma, burned sugar, hay and old copper coins
The taste is where it brings it home barley sugar start warming quickly on the hops bringing in a biting but light citrus then heavy hitting peppery bitterness.
Just slightly over carbonated but great easy drinking MF
an all round good quality supping bitter
Reviewed by ThaCreep from Belgium
3.32/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.32/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Nose is reminiscent of berries and herbs (maybe tea) with a hint of alcohol very strange for a beer of this ABV. The palate continues in its continuity nose offering up their windows. Staying still balanced, it offers a good bitterness in the mouth and aftertaste, it is indeed as it should with regard to taste bitter, highlighted by a taste of bitter tea leaves, but not surprising in any way whatsoever.
May 28, 2010
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.76/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.76/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted by a pint yesterday at the Spice of Life pub, Soho London.
A: it pours an absolutely clear and bright amber hue with a tightly frothy head with brilliant retention. Low carbonation. Looking very decent indeed.
S: Fuggles-dominated aroma, with apple-peel like hoppyness; simple and nice with a very mild malty entry underneath.
T: lightly biscuity maltiness mixed well with a flow of tea-leafy and herbal hoppyness upfront, while satisfying, and intensifying bitterness with toasty malts lingers at the back of the palate. A touch of soap hides at the back, too. Finished dryish and herbal-bitter.
M&D: the bitterness intensifies as it goes, but not too strong, "spicing up" the palate and making it lively throughout the drink. Overall this is a light-bodied, good honest bitter, comprising all the soothing elements from a quaffable bitter could proffer, almost like a cup of decent ooh-long tea served cold. Lucky me to have tried this pint so fresh and lively!
Jan 08, 2006A: it pours an absolutely clear and bright amber hue with a tightly frothy head with brilliant retention. Low carbonation. Looking very decent indeed.
S: Fuggles-dominated aroma, with apple-peel like hoppyness; simple and nice with a very mild malty entry underneath.
T: lightly biscuity maltiness mixed well with a flow of tea-leafy and herbal hoppyness upfront, while satisfying, and intensifying bitterness with toasty malts lingers at the back of the palate. A touch of soap hides at the back, too. Finished dryish and herbal-bitter.
M&D: the bitterness intensifies as it goes, but not too strong, "spicing up" the palate and making it lively throughout the drink. Overall this is a light-bodied, good honest bitter, comprising all the soothing elements from a quaffable bitter could proffer, almost like a cup of decent ooh-long tea served cold. Lucky me to have tried this pint so fresh and lively!
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