Red
Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley, Cumbria, England 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.33
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Bitter-sweet Red Ale, A style that you don't see around too much these days, and what a shame it is! Hawkshead's bitter-sweet, malty red is just the ticket if you fancy something a little on different! Very much a traditional beer, there's plenty of earthy and grassy notes to be found intermingled with a strong maltiness and plenty of bitter rye licks.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Brownish red colour with brief, tan head. Malty nose with notes of bread, caramel, dried fruit, nuts, orange peel and spices. Malty taste with caramel, bread, dried fruit, nuts, orange peel and a balanced spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Smooth and well balanced. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2025
at 19:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask @ Moon and Starfish, Clacton-on-Sea. Clear dark red with a small white head. Aroma of malts, marzipan and toffee. Taste of caramel, cherries, toffee, red berries, malts, cake and a hint of lemons. Low bitterness. Low carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Sep 2025
at 20:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a deep ruby with minimal cream head and good lacing. There’s malts and dark fruits in the aroma plus some hoppy hints. In the mouth it is definitely bitter but with a little underlying sharpness. Flavour has traditional hops, malts and ginger with traces of berry fruits and cake coming through later. Finish is quite dry and slightly sweet. This is decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Moon Under Water (JDW)
on 08 Sep 2025
at 14:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A hazy copper coloured pour with a thin translucent head; aroma of hedgerow fruit; sweet malty body with some blackberries and an earthy bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 26 Aug 2025
at 09:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 08 Aug 2025
at 16:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2012 - 500ml bottle, pours brown / red with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of berries, chocolate, nuts, toffee & toasted malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 15:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rating catch up. Shared 24/4/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Dog & Gun, Keswick. Chestnut-red with an off-white head. Burnt caramel with cherries and a touch of Christmas cake. Decent body, sweetish. Enjoyed this; it's my sort of bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2024
at 19:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy tan head on a reddish brown coloured body. Malt, demerara & toffee aroma. Medium bodied, very creamy & clean. Malt, toffee, caramel & biscuit tastes with a tangy finish. Deece.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2023
at 14:23
9/10
Tried
on 29 Sep 2023
at 17:07