Beer | Brewery | ABV (%) | Comments | Score:/10 |
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Shed Head | Backyard Brewery | 4.60 | US-style IPA dry hopped with Cascade and Citra, but very much a Pale Ale. Fulfills on its promises | 7.5 |
Pickled Partridge | Badger (aka Hall & Woodhouse) | 4.60 | Dark orange/amber colour. Slight hollowness to it, with touch of caramel. | 6.0 |
Golden Drop | Barbourne | 5.00 | Apple juice with passion fruit tang. No fizz. Highly pleasant. | 8.0 |
Cherry Stout | Bartrams | 4.80 | Similar to Mackeson's in consistency, with chocolate. Slight chestnut on side of mouth. Cherry is almost hidden! | 7.0 |
Bavaria Oud bruin | Bavaria | 3.50 | Light other bavaria beer, but fizzy like cola | 7.0 |
Wittekerk Rose | Bavik | 4.30 | Wheat-based fruit beer. Raspberry aroma. Not too sweet. | 8.0 |
Wittekerke Witbier | Bavik | 5.00 | Beer for a hot summers day. Light, not overpowering taste. Slight cactus and/or lime. | 6.0 |
Black Dog Freddy | Beckstones | 3.80 | Black in name and nature. Not hollow, but balanced and slight in taste and a/t. Mellow throughout, while keeping all characteristics of a mild. Grows to session. | 8.0 |
Cubic | Beerd | 4.50 | Triple hopped pale ale. Strong fruit and citrus. | 7.0 |
Worth the Wait | Beeston | 4.20 | Golden ale, with slightly sparkling. Dry bitterness, with extra co2 on aftertaste. | 7.5 |
The Bears | Big Hug Brewing | 5.00 | A red rye ale, which is fulfilled adequately, but with more notes of an off-colour pale. | 7.0 |
Big Lamp Bitter | Big Lamp | 3.90 | Straight bitter taste and texture. | 6.0 |
Old Arthur | Big Lamp | 4.25 | Thin textured with cider flow,but with bitter head. Has notes of lime. | 7.0 |
Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen | Binding-Brauerei (Oetker Group) | 5.00 | Sweet apple and citrus aroma. Amber colour wheat beer with tang of green banana. Not much of aftertaste, which is fortunate given the fruits already present. | 8.0 |
La Zia Ale | Birra Damare | 5.50 | Trying too hard to be different with rosemary and artichoke's in the brew. Fails. | 5.0 |
Noir de Dottingnies | Br. de Ranke | 9.00 | Widely regarded, but strangely uninteresting to me. Deep tasting, bitter, and malty. | 7.0 |
Welsh Pride (Balchder Cymru) | Bragdy Conwy Brewery | 4.00 | Pale with decent enough taste, but satiates quickly | 6.0 |
Bread of Heaven | Brains | 4.00 | Highly average age, pretending to be a light ruby. | 6.0 |
Brakspear Triple | Brakspear | 7.20 | Nuts in taste, and on the nose. With soft caramel and malts. Like and English Chimay. Has three processes. Goes with blue cheese. | 9.0 |
Brand Pils | Brand | 5.00 | Despite being a pils, and from Heineken, this has a good hoppy taste which follows through into aftertaste. In short pils with bite and interest. Not disilimar to Urquell. | 8.5 |
Brand Urtyp | Brand | 5.50 | Original recipe pils with mild hop, which strengthen on aftertaste. More watery than standard | 6.5 |
Brand Dark Brown | Brand | 3.50 | Brown ale, like name suggests. Light malt taste (like a malzbier-lite), strong aftertaste of hop and honey, with all tastes pulling together. | 8.0 |
Brand Imperator | Brand | 6.50 | Amber, rich rounded taste but dissapates quickly. Mild CO2 content. | 7.0 |
Equinox | Brasserie De La Senne | 8.00 | Deep ruby to black in colour. Opens with fruity hops and strong bitterness, followed by a good continuing bitterness in the mouthfeel which lingers well into the aftertaste | 7.5 |
Taras Boulba | Brasserie De La Senne | 4.50 | Slightly cloudy, not as bitter on initial taste as thought as it's balanced with quite a high hop content. But this beds down on tongue, and holds in a/t, to reveal solid bitterness. | 7.5 |
Jenlain Ambree | Brasserie Duyck | 7.50 | Very odd amber beer, in a can. An amber can. Strong and nutty flavours, and quite palatable. | 7.5 |
Quintine-La Biere des Collines | Brasserie Ellezelloise | 8.50 | Pitch black, line of bitterness at back sides of mouth. | 6.0 |
Bersalis | Brasserie Oud Beersel | 9.50 | Recently created beer. Light blond, extra bitterness aftertaste with sweet aroma. With improvement could be a Leffe. | 7.5 |
Queue de Charrue | Brasserie Vanuxeem | 5.40 | A Vieille brune flamande (old Flemmish brown) with excellent sour notes and an over hint on balsamic vinegar. (In a good way.) | 8.0 |
Ayinger Jahrhundertbier | Brauerei Aying | 5.50 | Draw straw colour, caramel and toffee in mouth. | 8.0 |
Ayinger Winterbock | Brauerei Aying | 6.70 | Very much like a dark lager, mixed with a mild. | 8.0 |
Rauchbier Märzen | Brauerei Heller-Trum | 5.10 | A slightly red, smoked beer! Like bacon or kippers, but never overpowering. | 9.0 |
Ramblers Ruin | Breconshire Brewery | 5.00 | Dark amber beer made with crystal and black malts. Mild tastings, smooth with sensible head and good body. Holds with soft malt in mouth. Touch of biscuit. | 8.0 |
Golden Valley | Breconshire Brewery | 4.20 | Single variety soft hop. Gentle and direct bitterness with subtle tastes. Session. | 7.5 |
Saison - 01|05 - Saphir & Lemon | Brew by Numbers | 5.30 | Light and refreshing, but with taste. Impressive piece of work. | 8.5 |
Stout - 08|01 - Export Strength | Brew by Numbers | 6.60 | The stout's also good, with more of an espresso tang that I was expecting. | 7.5 |
IPA is Dead - Challenger | Brewdog | 6.70 | Hop-based, light ale, following with a light cream. A real contrast to the other two. I think I was offered this to offset the cost of the others, actually! It is too hoppy for me to session this, but a good, but not remarkable beer. | 7.5 |
Berne | Brewers Union | 5.00 | Unfiltered light golden/amber ale. Slightly dry, with slight rum notes and cream. | 7.5 |
Gulden Draak | Brewery Van Steenberge | 10.50 | Triple. Dark as Kasteel Bruin, with a light tart-ness like a Faro or Gueuze. Good beer, but not sure what it wants to be. | 8.0 |
Perry | Broadoak | 7.50 | Mild pear drop taste, with very weak lime over the top. No fizz. Infinitely drinkable | 8.5 |
Brodies Mild | Brodies | 3.60 | Dry, slightly fizzy. Classic in an 'also-run' kinda way | 7.0 |
Brodies Amarilla | Brodies | 4.20 | Pale ale with unusual (Armarilla) hop. Like a weak Bulgarian brandy, but without the aromatic nose. | 6.0 |
Nightporter | Bronckhorster | 8.00 | Pitch black stout. Chocolate, coffee, and liquorice. Too strong a coffee (for me) w/ berry hints. (7/10 for me 8.5 if you're coffee fan) | 8.5 |
Severn Valley Railway Manor Ale | Brooklyn Beer | 4.20 | Dark golden colour with full hop mouthfeel, and slightly heavy texture. | 7.0 |
Brooklyn Beer | Brooklyn Brewery | 5.20 | Light soft malts, mild hop. Not your usual pils, but tastes ok. | 7.0 |
Den 12 | Brouwerij 't Gaverhopke | 12.00 | Dark brown with beige foam. Solid fruit tastes, but nothing lingers. Lost opportunity, but drinkable for 3-4 glasses. | 7.5 |
Duivel Bier | Brouwerij Boon | 8.00 | Translates as either Devil or Diabolical. Strong dark beer, with solid bitterness, but hollow taste. Don't confused with Duvel. | 5.0 |
Rodenbach Grand Cru | Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm) | 6.00 | "Happy Juice" | 9.0 |
Zinnebir | Brouwerij Sint-Pieters | 5.50 | Straight blond, but with hanging bitterness. Strong malt on nose. Graininess on 1st mouth, giving way to lingering tight bitterness. IPA bitterness | 7.0 |
St Bernardus Abt 12 | Brouwerij ST.Bernard | 10.50 | Dark colour with soft rich flavour, and elements of fruit. | 9.0 |
Grottenbier | Brouwerij ST.Bernard | 6.50 | Kept cool in caves at 11, this has 2nd bottle fermentation, and medium dark look with more taste than expected. Really tasty. | 9.0 |
Kasteel Brune | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 11.00 | Top fermented with barley malt. Full bitter mouthfeel, long linger sweet aftertaste. | 9.0 |
Kasteel Blonde | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 11.00 | Good blonde leanings, with fizz. Both dissipate. | 8.0 |
Kasteel Rouge | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 8.00 | Red due to cherry, not ruby. Morello cherry aroma, with slight bitterness in a cherry pie filling. Long lingering aftertaste. Vibrant mouthfeel. Too much taste for many. | 7.5 |
Gentse Trippel | Brouwerij Van Steenberge | 8.00 | Wet, bitter, decent after kick | 7.0 |
Duchesse de Bourgogne | Brouwerij Verhaeghe | 6.00 | | 9.0 |
Harnas | Browar Okocim | 5.70 | Light creamy, yellow golden. Can produce large head. Starts well, but goes down hill afterwards due to build up of a/t | 7.0 |
Oatmeal Stout | Buntingford | 4.40 | Solid chocolate mild, with bitterness bite on back of palete. Solid taste. Slight coffee tang to it. | 7.5 |
Monty's Double | Burnards Cider | 6.00 | Dry cider. Slightly cloudy orangey colour, mild fizz only. Tart enough to be enjoyable without overpowering, with 1/2 the mouthfeel of a pear drop (but no pear taste.) | 7.5 |
Monty's Double | Burnards Cider | 6.00 | Dry cider. Slightly cloudy orangey colour, mild fizz only. Tart enough to be enjoyable without overpowering, with 1/2 the mouthfeel of a pear drop (but no pear taste.) | 7.5 |