Hanlons Brewery Stormstay

Stormstay

 

Hanlons Brewery in Exeter, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.36
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 50
Stormstay is Hanlon’s premium bitter. A strong amber ale,surprisingly smooth with hints of toffee and citrus.
Dark amber to copper in colour with a toffee and floral hop nose and hints of tangerine. Malt caramel and biscuit nestle with the three aroma hops, Phoenix, Styrian Goldings and Cascade. Late hopping with citrusy Cascade cuts through the alcohol sweetness.

Stormstay has won may awards including the prestigious Champion Beer of Britain Silver award.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Montys, Shrewsbury. Pours deep amber with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts. Taste is a rather nice smooth ESB character. Caramel malts and dark fruits dominate. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2016 at 12:49


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

From cask @ The Diamond, Londonderry. Also one of those I've had yesterday, then the Evernote suddenly decided that I wasn't allowed to keep them for more than a few hours. Anuhows; This one has a quite cloudy looking brown amber, almost copper colored body. On the top there's a small and slowly islandy casky head, leaving lots of small dots down the sides of the glass. The aroma is a little bit soapy I suppose you could say. Mild fruity, some wood dryness. All in all quite mild, but still pleasant. Tastes quite soapy also. A nice malty sweetness to back it up though. Red berries and toffee apples. Red finish. Liked actually, in a casky twisted way. 07.06.2016

Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2016 at 13:15


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Colour is clear reddish copper with small bubbly white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, nuts, toffee, bitterness and malts. Better than average bitter.

Tried from Cask on 09 Jan 2015 at 11:35


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear burnished amber pour with a frothy off white head, caramel and fruit aroma, taste has toffee, a hint of citrus, light coffee.

Tried from Cask on 02 Sep 2014 at 05:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is light malt yeast citrus. The flavour is light to medium bitter with a chewy malty resin hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2014 at 02:58


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On cask at Square Sail, Lincoln UK - looks nice, a good deep ruby body, white head, rich nose of caramel, citrus and a taste of toffee. Very good.

Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2012 at 12:12


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Lattice House, King’s Lynn
Dark amber color. Light malt aroma, with very light impression of apples. Smooth and round mouthfeel, under carbonated, with decent malt and caramel flavor, good body, correct bitterness, small residual sweetness. Tastes like a Strong Ale, more drinkable, and without the vegetables that usually go with it.
Very pleasant choice.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2012 at 14:28


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Christian Firtal. Amber with a small white head. Fruity aroma with apple, plum and pear, with a touch of grass and hay. Sweetish fruity flavour with grassy hops and a rather bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2011 at 11:20


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Copenhagen Beer Festival, 2011. Pours clear amber with a off white head. Nose is yeast, citrus and bread. Yeasty and floral citrus hoppy flavor with a dry end. Medium bodied.

Tried on 07 Jun 2011 at 01:16


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@Akkurat, Stockholm. Orangeish red colour with a mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, caramelly, nutty and rather grassy as well. Flavour is fruity and floral hops along with some toffee, nuts, mild caramel and crystal malts. Floral and grassy in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2011 at 00:39