Stroud Brewery Tom Long

Tom Long

 

Stroud Brewery in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.16
ABV: 3.8% IBU: - Ticks: 38
Amber session bitter. Full bodied with caramel notes from crystal malt & a spicy orange aroma
This beer won Overall Champion for the West of England and Wales, 2008 in the Society of Independent Brewers Awards as well as other awards.

Tom Long is named after a mythical highwayman hung at Tom Longs Post on Minchinhampton Common, near Stroud.

Another derivation of the name is found in the Canting Dictionary [thieving slang], 1736. This is a collection of words and terms, both ancient and modern, used by Beggars, Gypsies, Cheats, House-Breakers, Shop-Lifters, Foot-Pads and Highway-Men
 

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Tried on 03 May 2015 at 15:19


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Tried on 25 Apr 2015 at 20:23


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at O’Haras. Clear amber color, small white head. Fruity hops and caramel in the nose. Light-bodied. Nutty, caramellly. Quite typical English bitter. More maltier than 3.8 precent.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2015 at 10:02


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

500ml bottle: obtained from a Wye Vale Garden Centre and poured into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged pint vase on 1st Feb 2015. Good looking brew, clean and clear amber body the head being a cream coloured affair. Malts lead the way with semi-sweet toffee and caramel evident in both the aromas and taste. Hints of nuts and dark fruits in the flavour which helped to stop the sweetness running away with the brew. All in all, not bad at all.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2015 at 08:30


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

15th July 2014
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Almost clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and smooth. Fine carbonation. Toffee streaked malts. Nice light marmalade and peel hops. Trace of sweet esters. Light finish. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2014 at 02:07


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

500ml bottle. Clear dark copper colour with small to average, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Caramel malty aroma, hints of red berries, a cautious piney touch. Taste is minimally dry, malty, hints of red berries, fruit parings, a cautious nuttily and toffee touch; soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2013 at 09:24


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

500ml Bottle (City Pub, Göteborg) - Hazy copper in colour. Sultanas, toffee and dried fruit in the aroma. Lemon, toffee, nuts and hops in the taste. Refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2012 at 08:31


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

500 ml bottle at City Pub, Göteborg, on July 28, 2012Hazy copper color, off-white head. Toffee, English malt, caramel, sweet scent. Malty, sweet, toffee taste. Medium thin mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2012 at 05:34


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at City Pub cons 2012-07-28 Göteborg AR: caramel fudginess, bready AP: wee hazy amber, 2 cm high frothy/stouthy white head F: watery, caramel fudgy, tropical fruits, dry

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2012 at 05:24


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle that I picked up at Bellingers, Jet Garage, Grove, Nr Wantage, Oxon, purchased and consumed the same day 03-01-10 Pours mid amber with a filmy white head. The aroma was not as spicy or citric as the description hinted that it would be, I get more toffee, malts and a merest hint of chlorine, the latter possibly being a Thames tap water rinse of the glass. Some light citrus in the mouth, light caramel and a decent malty backbone. A fine beer but possibly a bit weaker compared to many of the others on the Stroud stable. A6 A3 F6 P4 Ov12 3.1

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2010 at 22:53