Beer | Brewery | ABV (%) | Comments | Score:/10 |
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Grapefruit IPA | Tailgate | 6.20 | Very fruity, but light on beery. | 6.5 |
Cherry Blossom Lager | Tailgate | 0.00 | As if a Belgian Kriek had been made with Urquell. Not bad, but you'll be bored after half pint. Cherry is morello cherry in taste. | 7.0 |
Sweetheart Stout | Tennent Caledonian Breweries | 2.00 | Pours with consistency of cola, but less fizz. Aroma is spicy and sweet-between cinnamon and aniseed, which follows in the tastes. Thin, un-stout like. Holds well, easy drinker. | 7.5 |
Texels Bock | Texels (Lowlander) | 7.00 | Light body with rich tastes. caramell touch with soft tongue finish. Like M+S Belgium Lager, but with darker overtones | 7.5 |
Cheddar Valley | Thatcher's | 6.00 | Strong cloudy with full flavour, which bites too much (and becomes tart) after a while | 7.0 |
Perry | Thatcher's | 6.00 | A decent, if uncomplex, perry. Have everything you expect, not much more, but well executed | 7.5 |
Fullback | The Bottle Kicking Cider Company | 4.50 | Medium dry cider, with minor zest. Fairly uneventful. Won a Bronze in 2013, which is probably fair | 7.0 |
Le Verger de Giverny | The orchard of Giverny | 5.00 | Sweet, slightly syrupy (so better watered with ice). Golden color. | 8.0 |
Raven Dark | The Raven of Bath | 4.20 | Dark w/chesnut red tinge. Thin, but washing up liquid in essence. Feels like a missed opportunity. | 6.5 |
Whisky Cask Cider | Thistly Cross | 6.90 | Honey gives it a clear look and very smooth taste. Quite dry. Drink lots! | 8.5 |
Whisky Cask | Thistly Cross | 6.90 | Blurb says: Matured in ex-Glen Moray (previously Glenglassaugh Distillery) whisky casks this is a dry & subtle cider. Infused with mellow, vanilla oak of the cask. Nothing to add! | 8.5 |
Fresh Root Ginger Cider | Thistly Cross | 4.00 | Full bodied to the point it tastes like strawberry jam. But it's a clear gold colour and medium dry, otherwise. | 8.0 |
Jaipur IPA | Thornbridge Brewery | 5.90 | Lovely bouquet, underpinning the honey tastes than come later. Strong hoppiness, which dissipates into a tight bitter finish | 8.0 |
Lord Marples | Tigertops | 4.00 | Smooth flowing beer with soft fizz and lively foam head. Rounded bitterness and highly drinkable. | 8.0 |
Boltmaker | Timothy Taylor | 4.00 | Proper Yorkshire bitter with very little to commend or distract. | 6.0 |
FUBAR | Tiny Revel | 4.40 | Husky golden beer with floral hops and dry spice bitter. Also slightly tart w/cream. Tastes confuse itself, but pleasant. | 8.0 |
Topper | Tipples | 4.50 | Roast-led stout. Coffe and chocolate blended, just not brilliantly. | 7.0 |
Red Barn | Tirrel | 4.40 | Ruby red ale, with rounder light malt and off hop, which culminates in a strong hop finish. | 6.5 |
Moongazing | Tring | 4.20 | An entry-level ruby with rounded bitterness and hop touches from Chinook and Citra. Good colour. Ok taste. | 6.5 |
Death or Glory | Tring | 7.20 | Strong, dark, and very much a barley wine. Could be a Christmas pudding in liquid form. | 9.0 |
Alton's Pride | Triple FFF | 3.80 | Light golden, but slightly cloudy, sharp fizzy beer with slight malt and growing aftertaste. Won 2008 champion beer. Good standard, yet inoffensive, beer. | 8.0 |
Magma | Troubador | 9.00 | Tripe IPA. Dry tingle with strong sour notes that tingle afterwards. Husky orange colour, like the bottle, with zesty on tongue. | 7.5 |
Ginger Explosion | TSA | 5.00 | Strong rush with syrup texture at start, but only with subtle ginger. Quick to satiate. Coating on palette is only available mouthfeel, nothing in taste. Not a ginger beer, and not enough ginger to be a beer with ginger. Better gulped. | 7.0 |
Scrum Down! | Twickenham Fine Ales | 3.90 | Smooth bitter with crisp malty top. Dual malts may deter some. | 6.5 |
Aurelio | Two Fingers Brewing / Hepworth | 4.80 | Dusky amber colour, with sweet nose, and complex mix of sweet, bitter and citrus notes. Compares favourably to a less sweet Leffe. | 8.0 |