Inferno (Bottle)
(Batch of Inferno)
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.65
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A light golden beer with a big personality, bursting with fruity hop flavours, citrus notes and a refreshing finish.
First brewed as a seasonal special in 2004, this marvellously refreshing beer joined the Oakham core range in 2008.
Oakham’s brewing team have been visiting the USA hop fields for many years in search of the best quality hops. Inferno’s unique flavour comes from five carefully selected hop varieties from the Yakima Valley – Sterling, Amarillo, Centennial, Cascade and Chinook.
First brewed as a seasonal special in 2004, this marvellously refreshing beer joined the Oakham core range in 2008.
Oakham’s brewing team have been visiting the USA hop fields for many years in search of the best quality hops. Inferno’s unique flavour comes from five carefully selected hop varieties from the Yakima Valley – Sterling, Amarillo, Centennial, Cascade and Chinook.
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3.3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 3
Overall 16
A very thin, weak white head on a pale straw body. Nose is soft with bready malt and a touch of skunkiness (not an old bottle either. the taste is quite refreshing. Some floral and tropical fruit notes, sweet bready malt over a thin body. Carbonation is appropriate. A little extra hops in the finish, but still quite light
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rating catch up. Shared 04/04/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
7/10
Tried
on 10 Apr 2023
at 12:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
# 3174; 8/2022. Malty and citrus aroma. Cloudy gold body; white head. Citrus, zesty, malty, fruity. Very good blonde ale. 0,5 l, bottle, local shop (Coop), Stansted Mountfitchet (Central England).
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2022
at 18:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Morrisons. Deep amber in colour, with a small, off-white, head. Grassy hops, tangerines and pineapple, a touch of white pepper, rich tea malts and a dryish finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2021
at 15:15
7/10
Bottle from Morrisons. Pours a clear light golden colour with a medium sized throthy white head. Aromas of citrus fruits, hints of tropical and some floral. Taste has more citrus, floral and peppery spice with some pithy bitterness on the finish. Medium to full body, average carbonation and very smooth oily mouthfeel. Nice fresh summery beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2021
at 17:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a golden color with a white head. Aroma is fruity, grain. Taste is light fruity, very grain, citrus, zesty.
Tried
on 23 May 2021
at 20:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
4/4/2021. Bottle shared at the first post-lockdown Ipswich beer share. From Morrisons, Ipswich. Poured clear pale gold with a frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, sweet malts, stone fruit, lemon, grass. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, average to soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2021
at 10:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Light gold, very small head with some retention. Hoppy aroma with some malts. Taste has an initial hoppy, citrus, light malts and then there is almost a void before there is a building bitterness in the finish which is interesting for a blonde ale and must be where the 'inferno' come from. Body is light and there is a moderate carbonation. I guess before the latest craft beer explosion this was seen as very hoppy and modern. Now its almost traditional and its probably not that old a beer! Its a decent beer overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2020
at 23:58