Monsters - Act Naturally
Torrside Brewing in New Mills, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Bexar County BreweryBarley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
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Score
6.51
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Summer Fruits Winter Pale. a light easy-drinking strong ale for the cold, with summer berries lending a hint at warmer days. And Bexar County Brewery taught us an excellent trick that avoids making the usual mess when brewing with fruit - cheers Steve!
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating - A 330ml bottle from Suds & Soda in Derby. Aromas & tastes of fruits, toffee, pine. The strong ABV is very present & not doing any favours. Just about passable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 08:49
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle at cgarvieuk's. Pours cloudy amber. Aroma is green vegetables, overdone fermented fruit, old sugar. Body is medium, overdone banana, strawberry and all of that yukky overripe fruit. No no no... Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2018
at 21:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs. Pours orange, nose is light fruit, marzipan, toffee, taste is pine, fruity, sticky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2018
at 08:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
bottle at home ...hazy amber ... soft sweet fruits .. heavy toffee .. rich roast malts .. sticky toffee .. big strawberry fruit .. soft sweet malts .. heavy toffee .. rich strawberry fruits .. soft sweet fruits .. heravy sweet fruit ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2018
at 21:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Triangle, Shipley. Copper-amber with a carbonation and a small head. Full-bodied light malty ale with plenty of sugars in the mix. There's a hint of fruit in here but within a dense mixture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2018
at 20:53
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
19th July 2018
Hazy orange - amber beer, small cream colour head. Smooth palate, fairly dry, modest fine carbonation. Sweet simple dry malts, little dry cream. Esters and modest berry fruits. Smooth dry and slightly spicy finish. Not doing much for me, a little clunky and dry.
Hazy orange - amber beer, small cream colour head. Smooth palate, fairly dry, modest fine carbonation. Sweet simple dry malts, little dry cream. Esters and modest berry fruits. Smooth dry and slightly spicy finish. Not doing much for me, a little clunky and dry.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2018
at 22:10
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2018
at 14:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried in a bottle from eebria. Hazy chestnut brown colour with almost no head. Citrus and caramel aroma light sweet taste. Medium to full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2018
at 19:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham, consumed at home Sunday 4th February 2018 cooking Beef Fillet with Port Sauce and Chips. Hazy light amber with a white sticky head. I am getting vanilla from the off, I've maybe served this a little bit cold. This is fruity, malty and a big beast of a beer, it's a little chewy, I like this, I really do, but Torrside do better. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2018
at 20:12