Fire Island Buffalo

Buffalo

 

Fire Island in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  Amber / Red Ale - American Regular
Score
6.47
ABV: 5.1% IBU: - Ticks: 24
Buffalo is a superb dark amber, premium American beer. Full-bodied and robust, it delivers a rewarding full malt and fruity aroma. Strong and majestic, it’s a beast of a beer!
 

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6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

The world's youngest island is less than 18 months old, close to Iwo Jima in the Pacific, formed by underwater volcanic activity. This Fire Island has less activity about it, but is filling my time between trains at Leeds. Hop-malt balance, slightly more of the former despite the deeper appearance suggesting possibly the latter.

Tried from Cask at Leeds Station Wetherspoons (JDW) on 28 Mar 2025 at 08:31


6.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask at Briar Rose, Birmingham. Clear amber with a nice creamy white top and good lacing. This one had a bready malt character with some toffee, and berry fruitiness. Nice smooth mouthfeel. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at The George (Wetherspoon), Croydon 24/11/2024 New Welsh brewery ✅ sweet and toasted malty with notes of caramel and toffee, some berry fruity accents, cereal, soft cask carb mouthfeel, hop spice bite into the hoppy and malty finish. Tasty and nice condition.

Tried from Cask on 16 Dec 2024 at 15:54


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Half at the Spoons in Tunbridge Wells. I needed food so don't judge me. Malt, some bittering hops and not much else. I would describe it as a bit watery. Not great, but this is my 5th beer of the evening....

Tried on 03 Sep 2024 at 18:41


6

Tried from Cask on 29 Jun 2024 at 10:52


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear russet colour lasting beige head. Good red fruit malty flavour. Good red ale. Some spice on the finish so I guess it has some rye malt. Excellent condition and temperature. I mean really good. Very drinkable. Well worth a 2nd pint

Tried from Cask on 20 Jan 2024 at 14:15


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at moon under water Watford Jdw. A mid copper coloured pour with a speckled beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty toasted malts, little liquorice. Red currant, light pine hop. Flavour is composed of semi sweet layered malts, toffee, black liquorice, treacle, sticky pine sap. Palate is semi sweet, decent cask condition.

Tried from Cask on 27 Dec 2023 at 17:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a clear dark amber colour with an average sized, mostly lasting, foamy beige head. The aroma is malty, brown bread, caramel and dried fruit. A moderately sweet malty taste, malt loaf, caramel, citrus peel flavours with a bitter finish.

Tried on 01 Jul 2023 at 14:23


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Cornfield Garage, Eastbourne. Poured a clear dark reddish amber colour with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is malt, toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate to light sweet and bitter, with a smooth, malty, biscuit dough, bready, toffee, mineral, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 01 Jun 2023 at 16:27


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Highland Laddie, JDW Norton. Gluten Free. Deep amber gold colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, fruity, chocolate hint. Taste is sweet, malty, caramel, toffee, raisins, honey, with dusty bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying earthy bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 26 May 2023 at 15:26