Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) The Miller's Ale (originally 4.5%)

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		21 Feb 2025	Only did a half as very sweet the night before. Good head and lacing. A very bitter and toffee-infused first hit. Those toffee notes were definitely having a party in my mouthfeel with a maltiness lingering.
Philip Pirrip		20 Feb 2025	Good condition - truly too malty for my palate
Hogan Sampling		20 Feb 2025	Fresh on literally when I requested it as the Kent Cobnut had just moved on and was now a deceased ruby ale. This ruby bitter coincidentally came with good head and lacing and following on from the Cobnut's on Tuesday when I sampled it. This one was like drinking a liquid toffee apple and my blood sugars are still up with the gods of real ale! In its favour, and flavour, was that it was also very bitter to the bottom of the glass! It was aided by its toffee malts and fruity hops in this Thursday premier serving. A very dry moreish aftertaste lingered on.
Hogan Sampling		31 Jan 2025	Very good head and lacing on first being served this Canterbury ruby bitter. A very malty first hit. A good bitterness in the mouthfeel and lingering. A sweetness also from the toffee malts but not overly with a dryness also lingering. A bit of decanting was required on the ones ordered before last bell and some 15 to 30 minutes onwards.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	31 Oct 2024
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	31 Oct 2024
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	30 Oct 2024
Hogan Sampling		29 Oct 2024	Not a lot of head and lacing despite it being only the second night on. Described as a Red Best Bitter, it was certainly a sweet mouthfeel with toffee malts. It had a bitter aftertaste.
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	26 Jul 2024	Yesterday's tasting sufficed.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	25 Jul 2024
Hogan Sampling		25 Jul 2024	Just on and so tasted a little fresh but good lacing on side of glass in first one tried. The toffee malts were unmistakeable. Second one I tried had less lacing so decanted to achieve some carbonation again.
Philip Pirrip		04 Apr 2024	Good basic bitter but uninspiring

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