Screech Owl
Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.51
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Originally one of the 12 ‘Natural Selection’ brews back in October 2008 to support the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Adopt a Species Campaign, it immediately won the Society of Independent Brewers (Midlands) Supreme Champion Beer award at the Robin Hood Beer Festival and followed this success by winning the SIBA National Strong Bitter title, as well as bronze Strong Bitter (Champion Beer of Britain) 2013. Brewed to export strength this strong well hopped India Pale Ale has become a firm favourite with followers of the style.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Jolly Crispon, Gornal on the RB Black Country Bash - 06/07/13. Clear golden with a moderately sized white head. Nose is bitter orange, light hops, grass. Taste comprises orange sherbet, light hop bill, sugars, caramel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light bitter notes in the finale. Ok solid GB.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2013
at 14:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Jolly Crispin, Gornal. Poured a clear amber with a thin white head. The aroma is weak malt. The flavour is medium bitter, malty and with a zesty slightly watery palate. A great session ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2013
at 14:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Jolly Crispin: golden amber pour with thin white head, fruit and wood aroma, some light citrus hop, quite clean crisp an easy drinker.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2013
at 14:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London with Chris. Pours clear gold with a small. Frothy white head. Some sweet malts and ripe grapefruit in the nose. Medium sweet flavor, moderate bitterness, some ripe citrus, melon, grapefruit. Medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Lightly sweet finish, mild tangy citrus fruits, some minerals, grapefruit, lemon, orange, stone fruits. Very easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2013
at 14:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsbury?s. It pours golden yellow with a medium white head. The nose is zesty lime, lemon, sherbet, pine and floral notes. The taste is straw, pithy lemon, lime, sweet pale malt, soap, soft pine, floral and light bitterness with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2012
at 13:45
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Burnt amber coloured pour with a white head. Pine, caramel and citrus aroma. Sweet fruit flavour. Bitter sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2012
at 12:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled pint in the excellent ’Great Western’ (Wolverhampton) on 6th Oct 2012. Light golden body with a thin white head which surprisingly left some heavy lacing on my UK pint sleeve glass. The nose and taste were all about the hops with the malts playing second fiddle in every aspect. The hops give the beer a citrus edge which also gave off a floral fruity feel in both the smell and flavours. The body depth was about right and it came across a lot better than a lot of the ’golden, citrus, hoppy brews’ the UK breweries seem to love at the moment.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2012
at 12:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Glowing golden ale with minimal head, has a mild pale potency and similarly mild fruit flavours.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2012
at 15:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from the Sainsbury’s Beer Hunt range. Pale amber with a billowing white head; rich tropical fruit aroma; soft and fruity in the mouth with piney hops; and a pleasantly warming bitter finish with a floral touch. A pretty good ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 15:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Sainsburys, Pinner. A dark golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, fruity, floral aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity and maybe some ginger in there. Very easy drinking and I rather like the label.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2012
at 06:04