Beer | Brewery | ABV (%) | Comments | Score:/10 |
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Sara's Ruby Mild | Magnolia Brew Pub | 3.90 | Very light with a touch of ruby, even less of mild. Fizz, especially on a/t. | 6.0 |
Billy Sunday Bitter | Magnolia Brew Pub | 4.70 | Musky homebrew aroma with golden body and small foam head. Smooth rich, like English ale (Abbot, possibly) despite initial misgivings. Session alt. Not overtly suitable for food. | 8.0 |
Cole Porter | Magnolia Brew Pub | 4.80 | Black with brown foam head. It's dry w/bitterness but the malt notes are only present in a/t, and limited at that. Psychosomatic traces of coffee. Looks the part, but doesn't deliver | 6.0 |
Malheur Dark Brut | Malheur | 12.00 | Very strong, burnt caramel, disparates flavours with good complexities | 8.0 |
Tagus | Mare Nostrum | 5.00 | Fizzy, straight pils | 4.0 |
Sweet Chariot | Marston | 4.80 | Spicy, strong smell on nose - but not palette, citrus fruit and hops. | 7.5 |
Burton Bitter | Marston | 3.80 | Golden red in colour, but a light beer, with slight hoppy tang, and biscuit taste as it washes past. | 7.5 |
Dragons Tale | Marstons | 4.50 | Rich red and creamy mouthfeel. Very little bitterness, which hangs in the a/t. | 5.0 |
Nelson Sauvin | Marstons | 4.00 | NZ hop. Clear biscuit golden, no head or co2. Refreshingly clean, slight cloy omn palate. Slight hold on a/t. Sip to get strong hop. Gulp for refreshment. Satiates by pint end. Aroma of gooseberry/grapefruit/citrus | 7.5 |
George's Best | Mauldons | 4.40 | Light golden colour, but very smooth mouthfeel. Bitter has soft touch, with it hitting soft but fair at start, and disappates in mouth. | 6.0 |
Chocolate Beer | Meantime | 6.50 | Looks like dark chocolate beer, but has harsh bitterness on sides. Feels like Guiness, but without the solidness between. | 5.5 |
IPA | Meantime | 7.50 | Masculine beer, with aromatic nose. Light but full bitterness, with slight rough after-taste. | 8.0 |
Union | Meantime | 4.90 | Vienna-style dark lager. Very fizzy, but sunset brown/red. Slight bitter, but fizz throughout which feels odd given the other parameters. | 7.0 |
Smocked Bock | Meantime | 0.00 | Smooth, slightly fizzy, smokey aroma and taste, but subdued by soft malt mouth feel | 7.5 |
Raspbeery | Meantime | 6.50 | Defies expectation: not Belgian in style. Not sweet. Slight sour taste, growing in after-taste. (sour difference here is akin to that of cherry and morella cherry). Good approach to sourness, but no sense of wonder like a good gueze. | 6.0 |
Coffee Porter | Meantime | 6.00 | Aroma of unroasted beans, taste of cold coffee. Drinkable in an odd way. Enjoyment is 100% linked to coffee (unlike coffee-like milds). Similar to Temptation (Durham) | 8.0 |
London Lager | Meantime | 4.50 | Light golden with streaming fizz. Light malt taste which disapates quickly, but returns with covering in a/t. Dry fizz. An Anglized Kasteel Cru. | 7.0 |
London Pale Ale | Meantime | 4.30 | Husky golden without head, but very light surface foam. Rounded crystal malt and light biscuit taste. Could satiate quickly | 7.0 |
Union Amber Ale | Meantime | 4.90 | Amber ale is not amber! It's a light reddish brown, Vienna-style lager. Dry finish but wet a/t with too much fizz to make it a quaffer. Leads to a sipping drink, which leads to a lesser taste than you want with red and Vienna's. | 7.5 |
London Stout | Meantime | 4.50 | Black with tinges of deep red if held to light. Finger-high foam head. Deep roast tastes, leading lighter in a/t, which leaves tingle (asking you to return.) Magically hidden smoke. Blow-torched vegemite-on-toast. Dry finish, but not so bitter | 8.0 |
Winter Time | Meantime | 5.40 | Browish golden colour, using a 15% smoked malt. Similarities to licking a humbug sweet. Decent session ale, but needs more fizz to punch through the smoke. | 7.0 |
IPA | Meantime | 7.50 | Caramel fused with Belgium-based blonde. Full, bouncy, with sparkling bitter on tongue in a/t. | 8.0 |
London Porter | Meantime | 6.50 | Very strong, dark red with black tinges. Smoked chocolate and brown malts and 100% fuggle hop. Caramelized sugar taste, but without the overpowering sweetness. Rich aroma, with slight raisin. An end of evening beer; max 2 per session. | 8.0 |
Oscar Wilde | Mighty Oak | 3.50 | A good mild with hints of chocolate, malt, and coffee. | 8.0 |
Big Worse | Mikeller | 12.00 | A barley wine, to all intents and purposes, tight on palete, caustic on aftertaste, with an estery/pungent smell. Maybe with smoky food the aromas would blend, but otherwise drink with a blocked nose :) | 7.0 |
Fffado Amber | Millevertus sprl Brasserie Artis | 5.00 | Bitter spiciness. Highly golden. | 6.0 |
Kingston Black | Millwights | 6.00 | Dry, good follows at back of mouth, but not as interesting or layered as the Heck's cider from the same apple | 8.0 |
Rum Cask Cider | Millwights | 6.00 | Medium tasting, respectable cider. Not as good as their Kingston Black, but decent enough to be a good sign for the maker | 7.0 |
Mongozo Coconut | Mongozo | 3.50 | Single coconut taste, done well. It has a musky golden color with a white head. Has an aroma of pineapple and coconut. Hint of wheat at end of mouthfeel | 9.5 |
Old Monty Dry Cider | Montgomery Cidermakers | 6.00 | Golden haze, sour Welsh cider. A little rough, ends well with tight dryness | 7.5 |
Moores Medium Perry | Moores | 6.00 | Solid perry which builds well, but doesn't follow through with potential | 5.5 |
Premier Bitter | Moorhouse | 3.70 | Amber session beer. Standard pint, but good. | 7.5 |
Revival | Mordue | 3.80 | Golden colour, dry bitterness with fizz and large foam head. Touch of ginger, with rounded honey a/t. | 7.0 |
Five Bridges | Mordue Brewery | 3.80 | Predominately hoppy beer with some fruit tastes running through it. Amber in colour, but more bitter than perhaps you'd expect. Prominent in part because bitterness carries on to the aftertaste | 6.0 |
Boxing Dog | Mr Whitehead | 7.50 | Cloudy, and close a perry. Slightly rough. Medium-dry with multiple apples. | 7.0 |
Old Lager | Mutzig | 6.90 | Means "old lager", and stronger than the standard (4.5%). Standard clean French lager, transient after taste. Drink in glasses - not pints. | 7.0 |