This is a pretty standard bitter brewed by Ruddles in Rutland. It is 4.7% ABV.
However, although it smells and seems like a standard session bitter, it has an unusually nice bitter flavour. Apparently the hops used, Bramling Cross, are the cause of this pleasant crispness. Or so says the label on the bottle anyway. I was surprised. When I first opened the bottle and smelt it, I thought it was just going to be a bog standard, reasonable but not very special beer. I still can’t really identify anything interesting about it except that the hop flavour is really quite nice - not astringent at all. I suppose I could best describe it as a standard ale, but a superbly well created standard ale.
