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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6/10
Half pint on cask at the Royal Hop Pole. Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2021
at 12:33
6/10
Tried
on 10 Aug 2019
at 13:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask. Clear amber-golden color with white head. Aroma is fruity, light toffee, a touch butterscotch. Taste is fruity, toffee fudge, caramel body, peach jelly. Oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. Very nice! This must have been in very good condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2019
at 09:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the herriot watt beer festival 2018... Dark amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet oily toffee fruit nose... Soft sweet caramel toffee fruit.. Soft sweet malts.. Oily fruits
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2018
at 14:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the heriot watt beer festival. Pours golden orange, nose is floral, lemon, toffee, taste is juicy citrus, toffee, sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2018
at 14:43
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at GBBF 2017. Clear amber colour thin white head. Diacetyl aroma. Butter. Some hop. Ok sweet golden ale in mouth. More sweet butter on end. Eek.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2017
at 07:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Hop Pole, Aylesbury, 11/07/17. Clear golden with a decent off white head. Nose is muted fruit rinds, hedgerow, biscuit, twigs. Taste comprises light caramel, grass, grains, faint lemon rind, earthy. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with moderate bitterness. Low end twigster affair.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2017
at 07:34
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Townhouse, Ely. Bright gold, clear with minimal head but quite a lot of lacing. Grass, cereal, and a metallic tinge to the aroma. There’s also a slight whiff of green apple. Taste is a light and slightly fruity sweet with a rounded hoppy bitter finish. There’s a bit of buttery umami in the aftertaste that I can’t get on with. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jan 2016
at 14:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - Brick Lane, London. Pours perfectly clear gold with a big, frothy white head. Buttery dough present. Moderately sweet, with minimal hop character, doughy pale malts. Light bodied with fine carbonation. More dough and butter on the finish. OK, I suppose, if you enjoy dough and butter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2015
at 04:43
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Wakefield Beer Festival 2015. Blonde ale. Has a light hoppy fruitiness, although never gets too stated. Has a decent body.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2015
at 14:47