Description: Batemans Vintage Ale Limited Release 2012 pours a lovely bronze colour with a lasting fine foam head. It is full of chocolate and dark molasses aroma, burnt hops and banana. The scent begs you to taste, and to taste… wow. Full of chocolate and burnt hops, the flavours expand in the mouth. The fine […]
Two Rivers Brewery Denver Diamond Real Ale
Description: Two Rivers Brewery Denver Diamond Real Ale pours a lovely teak brown, with a very full head of coarse foam that lasts and lasts. It has a lovely hops aroma with a soft backing malt mixed in. In the mouth it is bright and uplifting, slightly bitter on the tongue from the fragrant English […]
Peroni Gran Reserva Doppo Malto
Description: Peroni Gran Reserva Doppo Malto pours a beautiful dark gold colour, with a white foam that lasts It has a lovely malt aroma with orange fruit and floral notes. In the mouth it gives a full malt taste, very smooth, with all components working together. Savouring each mouthfull, a mix of different malt flavours […]
Marston’s Old Empire India Pale Ale
Description: Marston’s Old Empire India Pale Ale pours a light golden straw colour with a good head of fine foam that lasts. It has a delicate aroma of hops with a hint of barley. In the mouth the foam expands to add a creamy smoothness that then lasts throughout the drink. It has a delicate […]
Timothy Taylor’s Landlord Strong Pale Ale
Description: Timothy Taylor’s Landlord Strong Pale Ale pours a lovely golden bronze, with a full head of fine foam that lasts. It has a lovely hoppy aroma with a background of barley and malts. In the mouth it is bright and uplifting, the fragrant hops and good malt base being livened by the carbonation. There […]
Marston’s Dark Rich Smooth Oyster Stout
Description: Marston’s Dark Rich Smooth Oyster Stout pours a dark brown in colour with a coarse mocha coloured foam head that doesn’t last. It has a bright aroma of raisins, molasses and chocolate. In the mouth it is very smooth, but light, almost watery in places, like cold tea. The taste of chocolate remains throughout […]
St Peters Ruby Red Ale
Description: St Peters Ruby Red Ale pours chocolate and mahogany colour and with a good, fine dark foam head that lasts. A gentle, but definite hop aroma, along with chocolate and tobacco indicates that this is not your average ale, but nor is it a dark beer. To the taste, it is refreshing, with an […]
Black Sheep Ale, Crisp Dry and Bittersweet
Description: Black Sheep Ale, Crisp Dry and Bittersweet pours a light varnished mahogany colour, with a very slight fine foam that clings to the edge of the glass. The aroma is faint, and too hard to decide what it is. This beer comes under the light ale category, but it is still disappointing to have […]
Marstons Owd Rodger Very Strong Country Ale
Description: Marstons Owd Rodger Very Strong Country Ale pours a deep mahogany colour, with a dark fine foam head. Full of the aroma of chocolate and burnt malt, the first mouthful reinforces this. It is full of dark fruit, burnt hops and old spices, along with chocolate and treacle. It has a dry, bitter sweet […]
Fine Fettle Beer
Description: Finding Fine Fettle Beer on tap in a good local pub, I just had to try it. It fills the glass with a fiery colour, superb fine foam head, and has the aroma of Orange and citrus. To the taste it is more orangey and citrus sharp than hoppy, giving it a quite bitter […]