BREWER: The Five Points Brewing Co, East London, England

STYLE: Best Bitter

ABV: 4.1%

VESSEL: 500ml brown bottle

X: @FivePointsBrew

INSTAGRAM: fivepointsbrew

DATE OF POST: 14th April 2024

 

SAMMY SAY’S…

So, Five Point is a single hopped best bitter. Single hop beers are great in that you get a true sense of the hop the beer is brewed with. But, and yes there is a big but, they can be incredibly exposing if it doesn’t go well. 

However, things are not quite that straightforward with FP.  You see, it’s not badly brewed. In actual fact, it’s well brewed. It’s a very pleasant drink. It slips down easily and is quite refreshing. 

So why the not so high score? You would all be justified in asking. 

Well, FP just lacks in personality. It plays a very straight bat. And while it’s absolutely easy to drink, it just doesn’t do much. There’s not much flavour profile to dissect and it will slip from memory pretty soon after the last drop has been drained. 

One other thing I will say for FP – due to its uncomplicated brew, you could very happily pair it with any food choice without either the beer or the food being compromised. 

In terms of it being a bitter, there’s no way that I would describe FP as a best bitter.  It doesn’t even reach the knees of the behemoths that sit in this category. It’s a damp squib of a best, and you might even be scratching your head to find the bitterness at all. 

Sammy’s Rating: 53%

 

JYMI SAY’S…

When you think of Best Bitter there is a fair chance that your mind wanders to possibly an older Gentleman, sitting in a country pub with either his dog or a chum and maybe even BOTH! Jackpot stuff. Now the reason you probably went down this path is that this beer style is associated with such things. It’s more traditional, laid back, relaxed, countryfied.

Now that is not to say that younger folk and females or maybe even BOTH don’t enjoy a pint of Best because I know for a fact that they do… but on the whole it’s your older lad that would sup on such brews.

Now, Five Points have delivered plenty on tradition in the beer we have under the nose today. However, there is without doubt a modern undertone knocking around from start to finish. The bottle for starters, it’s not lairy craft, but it ain’t old man ale either. Taste wise, though only brewed with Fuggles hops there is a crisp drinkability to this BB. Toffee with biscuit and a medium yet prominent bitterness are all balanced perfectly bringing you a light, refreshing and incredibly drinkable Best with nods to both the old and the new.

It’s a very well done from me.

Jymi’s Rating: 82%

 

MUSE ON BOOZE RATING: 67.5%

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