Hesket Newmarket Brewery Haystacks

Haystacks

 

Hesket Newmarket Brewery in Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
5.83
ABV: 3.7% IBU: - Ticks: 14
A light, zesty beer with a clean bitterness. Brewed with finest pale ale malt, the mash liquor is adjusted to maximise the refreshing qualities of this brew. Finally, the brew is late hopped to give hints of citrus making this a perfect session ale to re-invigorate after a day on the fells.
 

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

Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle, pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, grain, citrus & malt/ Moderate body. Light bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 15:39


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. A gift from Totnes. The person not the place. Clear gold. Thin white head. Buttery malts. Trace of hop. Taste is semi sweet with some wet paper like bitterness. Thin and watery. Bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2024 at 18:55


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Tight white head stayed on a slowly carbonating clear amber coloured body. Malt, tea & sweet aroma. Medium bodied, soft on the tongue thinning out to a clean dry back. Stone fruit, caramel, citrus & biscuit tastes. Standard.

Tried on 03 Jan 2024 at 20:03


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

Bottle from Beer GB. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of grains, butterscotch, light lemon. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2023 at 18:57


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle shared with Grumbo: Poured a golden with a white fluffy head. Aroma is malt, buttery. Taste is buttery, little cardboard, malty.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2020 at 12:33


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

25/7/2020. Bottle from Beer Cockermouth (beergb.com), and shared with the SHIG at our second Cumbrian bottle share. Pours slightly hazy gold with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of butter, grain, cardboard, caramel and touch of fruit. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, above average carbonation. Skunky finish. Not good.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2020 at 10:17


5

Tried on 27 Jul 2018 at 18:10


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5


Bottle 500ml. @ The Shnoodlepip, London.

[ As Hesket Newmarket Haystacks ].
ABV: 3.7%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, hay, butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, butterscotch, hay, sharp, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180727]
5-3-5-3-10

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2018 at 13:05


5.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Clear golden with a thick creamy head. Hoppy with mild bitter finish and a slightly sugary nose.

Tried from Cask on 26 Sep 2017 at 10:53


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

Bottle from Local in Carlisle. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - lemon and pale malt. Taste - more lemon barley water. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a solid ale.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2016 at 15:39