Hinges
Blackjack Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.43
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Our first Irish Red is brewed to be a supremely easy drinking pint. A blend of crystal, chocolate and munich malt gives a strong malt backbone to this beer, with notes of toffee and ovaltine on the nose. On the taste, complex biscuit flavours dominate with a hint of roasted dryness on the backend. A blend of 3 golding hop varieties are bolstered with a small amount of meridian to help the traditional golding varieties pop.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
11/4/2026. Cask at the Isle of Man CAMRA 13th Beer & Cider Festival. Good pour. Aroma is malty, toasted, caramel, musty citrus, hedgerow, blackberry. Quite sweet, with some earthy husky notes. Medium body, quite smooth, low carbonation. This is #5 of 6 of the Blackjack beers at the festival and none have wowed me.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2026
at 11:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 1st August 2025. Reddish mid brown with green tinged yellow foam affording full lacing. Rich hazelnut malt aroma. Nutty malts in-mouth and a long lasting, addictive malt finish. Engaging mouthfeel and a full body. Superb, well crafted.
Tried
from Cask
at
Southampton Arms
on 01 Aug 2025
at 17:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, cask ale, shared with Finn at Smithfield Market Tavern (Blackjack). Mahogany coloured body, near-clear, good lacing from a fading beige head. Oily hops on the nose, hints of berry skins. Mixed taste profile of mid-sweet malts and mid-dry berries. Drying close. Pleasing. (Manchester, 21.03.2024).
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2024
at 08:25
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask @ Café Beermoth, Manchester. Slightly hazed dark amber with a creamy head. Bland red ale, with this style more evident in aroma than taste, the latter seemingly tasteless hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2024
at 18:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Mørk amber. Klar. Mokkafarget skumring. Tynn teppelacing. Lett bæraroma. Smaken tørr kjeks. Tørr avslutning. Passe bitter.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2024
at 17:53