Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) Yardsman - Lager

Yardsman - Lager

 

Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland

  Lager - Premium Regular
Score
5.49
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 18
Yardsman Craft Lager is a delicate, well balanced beer with a mild floral hop character. It is unique, in that it is filtered through Irish linen, and matured for 6 weeks to allow the beer to mature and develop its smooth and full bodied character. It’s delicate and easy drinking style, which is a perfect combination for food, belies its 4.5% ABV.
 

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5.8

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2025 at 18:51


5

Magus, linnaseline, mõru, puuviljane, viljane. Joodav.

Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2025 at 08:00


5

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2023 at 18:35


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

Bottle shared at Chris and Ruth Pre-GBBF 2017 tasting - London. Cheers! Pours clear yellow-gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds pale grains, white bread, straw. Light sweet flavour with more grains, hay, lemon peel. Light bodied with average carbonation. Lightly drying finish, further pale grains. Very so so.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2021 at 20:21


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle at the cafe at the Titanic Museum. Curiously the smallest bottled beer I had in Ireland 330ml, most are 500ml. Deep orange gold in color with a huge frothy white head. Bready pilsner malt light floral hop, cold and wet.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2019 at 00:22


4.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

On tap at the John Hewitt, Belfast. Pours golden with small white head. Grainy, bit bready, sweetish, bland and somewhat watery. Light to medium bodied.

Tried from Draft at John Hewitt on 01 Feb 2019 at 21:45


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

Bottle 500ml. @ [ chriso & Boudicca's pre- GBBF Shindig 2017 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Hercules Yardsman ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, hay, cereal, bready. Flavor is light moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, corn - grain - cereal - paper. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170805] 5-2-5-3-9

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2018 at 15:58


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle split at Chris & Ruths pre GBBF Shin Dig, cheers for all the shares, 05/08/17. Lightly hazed golden blonde with a decent off white covering. Nose is pale malts, grains, straw, stale bread ... not much going on! Taste comprises much the same, papery, light straw and grainy flavours. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Dull ... just nothing doing in this one.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2017 at 08:48


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from the Vineyard, Belfast. Appearance - golden with a bit of dirty brown in there too. Nose - digestive biscuit and a touch of lemon curd. Taste - honey and lemon. Again light biscuit lurking. Palate - light to medium bodied. Creamy and dry finish. Overall - decent scoop even if not quite on style. Maybe a bit like a Czech pils?

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2017 at 05:42


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours dirty gold with a thin white head. Aromas of caramel, and a very faint floral note. Taste is light sweet. Thin finish.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2017 at 05:40