Root and Branch
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special|
Score
7.06
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For Wetherspoon’s beer festival October 2025.
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jjsint (8631) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Handpull cask at the Brunswick, Derby. Proper black with a swirl of tan head. Aroma of roast black malt, pine needles, some light citrus. Taste is bitter, almost charred after a very brief initial sweetness. Light sourness near the finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. An exciting beer.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Rather a dry and ashy CDA. Toothy roast, charred pine, bitter baking cocoa. Scorched earth and ashy dryness to finish. A sniff of dried citrus peel. Not bad.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Fergus (31329) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A opaque black brown coloured pour with a lasting tan head. Aroma is earrhy black roast, liquorice, singed pine, grass,. Flavour is composed of big bitter roast sticky pine tar, liquorice, diesel, woody bark. Aggressive bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, oily, good cask condition. Big and bold.
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Near black with a frothy tan head and an aroma which is disappointingly mellow, just a touch of roasted malt and a hint of citrus. Medium bodied, big coffee roasted malts up front, some notes of citrus before dry hop bitterness cuts in and stays to the finish.
LazyPyro (9998) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Bank House. Pitch black with a dense tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate and roast malts, piney and citrus hops. Taste follows with nice dark malt flavours of chocolate and roast/coffee, hops are mostly piney with some citrus/grapefruit notes, good hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, very smooth. Decent BIPA, easily my favourite of the few Spoons fest beers I had.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Cornfield Garage, Eastbourne. Poured a clear almost black colour with a mostly lasting frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasty, floral hops. The flavour is over moderate bitter, with a smooth, somewhat rich, roasty, earthy, light piney, dry hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
8/10/2025. Cask at wetherspoon beer festival, at Cricketers, Ipswich. Nice pour. Aroma is citrusy, dark malts, roasted, chocolate, tropical, piney, soapy. Moderate sweetness, quite heavy bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Dry and bitter finish. Good bipa.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Half pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light bitterness.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Root and Branch from Oakham Ales 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A dark pour with a purple gleam and a tight beige head; aroma of dark berries and stone fruit; smooth and dry in the mouth with blackcurrants and a hint of chocolate; then a smooth dry fruity finish with an undercurrent of bitterness.