Swordfish ale is a unique blend of Wadworth beer and Pusser’s Navy Rum (rationed to the Navy during WWII) with an ABV of 5%, perfect for those who like to enjoy something a little different.
It was originally brewed to support the 100th year anniversary of the Fleet Air Arm, but is now available all year due to its incredible popularity.
It was originally brewed to support the 100th year anniversary of the Fleet Air Arm, but is now available all year due to its incredible popularity.
Sign up to add a tick or review
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Copper with a thin beige head. Aroma is ale malt. Flavour is smooth malt with a dry spice base. Finish has fruit and maybe a touch of rum
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 13:15
4.8/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Retro review from Spring 2012 Wetherspoons Beer festival; Light brown colour, sweet taste didn’t like the rum addition.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2012
at 08:48
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I think this is also the ’Marks & Spencers’ Wiltshire Rum Beer as it looks and tastes identical. 500ml bottle best before 19th Dec 2012, poured into a UK pint sleeve glass. Looks good, full amber body with a good solid head of white bubbles on top, stayed well and gave some lacing. The nose is malty and heavy, the taste follows along the same lines: can’t pretent to find any Rum flavours but there is something diferent about the taste and I like it. Slight hop bitterness in the finish otherwise it is a malt favouring brew.
Earlier Rating: 4/4/2012 Total Score: 3.5
500ml Brown bottle, best before the end of Sept 2012: poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard in Mar 2012. Wadworth 6X with smooth Caribbean Rum according to the rear label. I’d never have guessed there was rum in it, but once the thought is put in your head it tries to find it: no rum in the nose, but I might have picked up hints in the semi-sweet flavours found in the taste. Would love to have had a normal 6X to compare this bottle with: I might even do that in the future. Good amber body, clear and clean, the white head fell away to a wispy covering and collar half way through the tasting, but I did have some Brie and buscuits once I’d decided the smell and taste comments I intended to write, so that might have killed the head somewhat. The nose was malty, the taste simular but with a mini hop bitterness in the finish. This is a pleasant beer and I recommend you try it if given the chance.
Earlier Rating: 4/4/2012 Total Score: 3.5
500ml Brown bottle, best before the end of Sept 2012: poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard in Mar 2012. Wadworth 6X with smooth Caribbean Rum according to the rear label. I’d never have guessed there was rum in it, but once the thought is put in your head it tries to find it: no rum in the nose, but I might have picked up hints in the semi-sweet flavours found in the taste. Would love to have had a normal 6X to compare this bottle with: I might even do that in the future. Good amber body, clear and clean, the white head fell away to a wispy covering and collar half way through the tasting, but I did have some Brie and buscuits once I’d decided the smell and taste comments I intended to write, so that might have killed the head somewhat. The nose was malty, the taste simular but with a mini hop bitterness in the finish. This is a pleasant beer and I recommend you try it if given the chance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2012
at 13:36
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is a bit eggy, rather wooden and herbal with some slight nutty and sweet malty notes. Flavour is fruity, herbal, caramelly and mildly biscuity with some slight cookies and floral hoppyness. Ends quite citrusy and floral. Also has some mild applelike notes in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2012
at 01:35
5.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at the Master Builder, West End. Pours hazy amber with an off white head. Aroma of malt, light caramel and a little fruit. Flavour has same aspects and is medium sweet and bitter. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation. (offline rating from April 2012)
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2012
at 02:56
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rum extracts make this a very pleasant special brew, and a sweet tasting one.
Tried
on 31 May 2012
at 17:00
4.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
14th March 2012
Crosse Keys Spoons. Clear amber beer, tiny white head. Light dry palate. Minerals. Pleasant tangerine hops but ruined by sulphur notes. Dry finish.
Crosse Keys Spoons. Clear amber beer, tiny white head. Light dry palate. Minerals. Pleasant tangerine hops but ruined by sulphur notes. Dry finish.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2012
at 03:09
6.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at County Hotel Ashford. Clear copper amber colour lasting near white head. Its in cracking nick. Yes some wadworth yeast character yes a touch of rum flavour and some decent depth. Its fine. Yes i would drink another.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2012
at 11:26
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Penderel’s Oak, JDW, London. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. Some sweet dough and ripe citrus in the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with some crisp bread, a bit of citrus fruits, light spice and pepper, faint grassy bitterness. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Faintly sweet, fruity finish, with ripe citrus and doughy bread, and faint bitterness of grass. Passable stuff, but nothing more.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2012
at 14:56
6.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
cask at JDW ... copper .. creamy white head ... soft toffee malts nose ... soft dull toffee malts ... light creamy caramel .. bit blah
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2012
at 00:15