Shagweaver
North Cotswold Brewery in Stretton on Fosse, Warwickshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.19
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Award winning refreshing golden hoppy ale brewed with New Zealand hops. Appeals to ale and lager drinkers alike. Great with spicey food. Many are intrigued by it's name. It's quite simple really. The Cotswolds are famous for sheep and the wool industry. “Shag” is an old English word meaning a heavy or rough woolenfabric. So Shagweaver literally means “wool weaver”.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle, pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, biscuit, light herbs, earth & hops. Moderate to medium body. Dry slightly sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2025
at 13:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Served from gravity keg.
Spotty off white head on a golden coloured.
Sweet, sweaty, malt & nectarine tastes with tangy hopped finish.
Nicely balanced.
Spotty off white head on a golden coloured.
Sweet, sweaty, malt & nectarine tastes with tangy hopped finish.
Nicely balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2025
at 18:32
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Londis, Bourton-on-the-Water. Mostly clear gold with, thin white head. Bready aroma, quite sweet, light minerals. Taste is bready, caramel, quite bitter with citrus sherbet, grass, wood. Light+ bodied, slight chewiness, fine carbonation. Its ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Ale Hub, Kingswinford. Pours dark gold with a medium head. Aroma is dry straw and minerals. Taste has dry straw, vanilla and yeast.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2024
at 21:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden/orange pour, almost clear with a small white head. Aroma is quite weak: orange/marmalade, malt, grain/bread. Taste is orange/marmalade, malt, grain/bread again plus some herbs for a nice bitter finish. OK, but not mindblowing.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2024
at 22:02
14/12/2013. BLACK BEAR, 86 Deepdale Lane, LOWER GORNAL, West Midlands, England
Tried
on 11 Jan 2023
at 16:49
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Cask at Sandford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham. Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: grains, fruit, toffee, subtle floral hops. Taste: light sweet & bitter, semi-dry, grains, toffee, light yeasty, subtle floral hops. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Sandford Park Alehouse
on 08 May 2022
at 21:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is malt, gluey yeast. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a light, watery, malt, light citrus, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Wellington
on 06 Dec 2021
at 21:20
7/10
Bottle online from The Natural Grocery Store. Pours a clear light golden colour with a medium sized fluffy white head. Light citrus and caramel aromas but not getting much on the nose. Taste is better, much more pronounced citrus notes with more caramel, biscuits, floral hops and a touch of honey. Decent hoppy bitterness on the finish. Thinnish body, average carbonation and oily mouthfeel. Quite a nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2021
at 21:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Crown & Trumpet, Broadway. Clear light amber, small white head. Aroma of citrusy hops. Taste of zesty citrus hops, light malts. Light-medium body. Basic but a solid gold.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2021
at 19:06