Old Jailhouse
Monty's Brewery in Montgomery, Powys, Wales 🏴
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
5.91
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Traditional, Malty, Amber Ale. Our amber coloured, malty bitter. An easy drinking rich amber coloured Best Bitter; full of malty character. This is our brewery tap brew... It is named after our historic brewery tap The Sportsman, in Newtown Powys, which was once the town lock up and the home of a great many tales. Bottle conditioned.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - deep amber to brown. Off-white head. Nose - caramel, bread and dried orange. Taste - sweet caramel and malt loaf. Palate - medium bodied, sweet but roasty. Overall - a solid citizen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2023
at 11:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at ash's. Pours clear golden amber, nose is bready, citrus, taste is sweet toffee, malty, bitter finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Old Jailhouse Best Bitter on 25 Jul 2023 at 10:43 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2023
at 09:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A 500 ml bottle purchased in the wilds of rural Wales. I make a pour into the glass provided in our room to see a golden brown body finished with a head of parchment brown foam. The scent is malt and grain. The taste, surprisingly large and full, is malty, with a hint of caramel, whole grain toast and a bit of hops bitterness. Nice presentation of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2022
at 17:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from British Local Craft. Bit of a lively one this !! All over my hands and onto the floor when opening. Soon settled down though, and poured a slightly hazy traditional bitter brown with a decent cream head. Nuts and jam in the aroma. In the mouth it has a creamy biscuity texture with malts to the fore in the flavour, along with caramel. Some old style hop bitterness comes along later with hints of spices. Very much a traditional better – not at all bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2021
at 20:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Gallow's Bird Real Ale Festival 2020) The beer poured mahogany coloured and clear. Its head was small, sparse and white. Aroma had earth, toffee and toasted malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were earth, toasted malts, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste malty, sweet and bitter. A decent malty brew with lightly too much sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jan 2020
at 14:36
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Monty's Old Jailhouse ].Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, caramel, light nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170808] 6-3-6-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2019
at 09:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 9/12/2018. Amber in colour, with a moderately-sized, white, head. Ripe citrus fruits, biscuity malts, some leafy hops and a moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2018
at 15:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Sportsman, Newtown. Clear copper-amber with a super malty-grainy texture and taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2018
at 15:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Many thanks to Minutemat. Grainy Nose. Malty. Smooth caramel. Hazelnuts, quite neutral with a smooth caramelly aftertaste.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2017
at 10:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF’17, day three, 10/08/17. Rich amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is sweet malt, biscuit, spice, light fruit esters. Taste comprises earthy fruit rinds, straw, biscuit, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with moderate bitterness. Ok bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2017
at 07:32