The beer is considered about the best value of any London pub: £1.07 for a half pint of bitter ale.

He drank more of the bitter and spicy ale.

This was followed by a dark ale, so bitter that the prince choked.

English beer styles include bitter, mild, brown ale and old ale.

The bitter ale didn't really taste that good, and he felt vaguely cheated somehow.

By 1830 onward the expressions bitter and pale ale were synonymous.

It was an ale, harsh and bitter, and it burned all the way down.

He himself did not drink-he had little taste for either the bitter ale or the heady, sweet mead.

"A mug of bitter ale, or even two, will not come amiss."

The bitter brown ale was much the same.