Milestone Cromwell Best Bitter

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	04 Jul 2025	Very unusual for a bitter, as only ever one on at a time, still to be on, and on its 7th day.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	03 Jul 2025
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	03 Jul 2025
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	02 Jul 2025
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	01 Jul 2025
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	29 Jun 2025
Hogan Sampling		29 Jun 2025	Now second night on and still only momentary head and lacing barely visible as was the case the evening before on this amber bitter from this Cromwell-based brewery north of Newark-on-Trent and south-west of Lincoln. Still tasted ok in spite of its appearance and so lack of conditioning. Same malty hoppiness from its first bite aided by its exclusively English hops. A dry maltiness in the first slurp. A bitterness pervading the mouthfeel. Caramel biscuity notes rising and good. A bitter maltiness sailing off into the sunset and lingering. Opted again for another as some other alternatives were strong and also perhaps very fruity-infused. Same poor head and lacing evident on second pint and so the general synopsis is drinkable but does not quite look all the ticket!
Hogan Sampling		28 Jun 2025	Fresh on and yet only momentary head and lacing barely visible on this amber bitter from this Cromwell-based brewery set up in 2004 and north of Newark-on-Trent and south-west of Lincoln. I think I had the first one out. Tasted ok but had no life about it. A malty hoppiness from its first bite aided by its Challenger, Progress and Goldings hops. A dry maltiness veering up and pervading the mouthfeel. Caramel biscuity notes rising. A bitter malty mix prevailing and lingering. Opted for another as some other alternatives were perhaps very fruity-infused and still a poor head and lacing evident.
Hogan Sampling		11 Jan 2025	Good head and lacing. A very bitter, bitter first hit on this Newark amber bitter. Was not holding its head and lacing very well. There was a slight sourness in all the maltiness lingering.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	27 Jun 2024
Philip Pirrip		26 Jun 2024	Good condition but drank without really noticing
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	23 Feb 2023
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	29 Nov 2022
Philip Pirrip		08 Jul 2022
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	07 Jul 2022
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	18 Mar 2022
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	23 Dec 2021
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	22 Dec 2021	Coming up hazy but others said it tasted OK
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	11 Oct 2021	Ran out
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	10 Oct 2021
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	16 Aug 2021
Philip Pirrip		15 Aug 2021
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	22 Jul 2021
Philip Pirrip		21 Jul 2021	Basic best bitter
Philip Pirrip		12 Sep 2020	Much better than I ever expected
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	11 Sep 2020

Orpington Liberal Club, Orpington, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		08 Mar 2025	The head and lacing lasted very capably on this golden amber best bitter from Newark, north-east of Nottingham. A superbly bitter and malty first hit. A sweetish mouthfeel from its fruit-infused flavourings and with a pleasant dryness lingering. Could easily have done more but the train now beckons and so as to return to East Greenwich.

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Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisE		27 Mar 2019