Oakham Ales Buckle Up!

Buckle Up!

 

Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
7.12
ABV: 5.2% IBU: - Ticks: 10
This black IPA has a citrus aroma, leading to predominant roast caramel and coffee malt flavours, balanced by a generous helping of fruity hops and dark berry notes.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Soloman Cutler, Birmingham. Pours black with smooth beige top, great lacing. Ash and coffee notes with a slight yeast tang, berries, caramel. Smooth, semi drying. It grew on me.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Blue Blazer. Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of roast and burnt orange. Taste is red berry and coffee, light pine. Bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2023 at 09:51


6.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Black with an extremely thin head. Quite strong and robust with its dark malt character, but its fruit manages to make its mark here and the fusion is flavoursome.

Tried from Cask on 15 Apr 2023 at 02:21


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at JDW Moon Under Water, Norbury (26/03/2023) - JDW Spring Fest 2023 - dark roasted malty and hoppy aroma and taste, some notes of cocoa and roast coffee, subtle hoppy undertones, medium body and soft mouthfeel, sweet roasted malty and hoppy finish. Great. --- Beer merged from original tick of Buckle Up! on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:30 - Score: 7. Original review text: JDW Spring Fest 2023 - dark roasted malty and hoppy aroma and taste, some notes of cocoa and roast coffee, subtle hoppy undertones, medium body and soft mouthfeel, sweet roasted malty and hoppy finish. Great.

Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2023 at 10:00


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A glossy black pour with a tight brown head; strong American hop aroma; taste of berries and chocolate; with an earthy finish with traces of resinous hops. Satisfying.

Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2023 at 18:41


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

Cask-conditioned at the V Shed (JDW), Bristol March 2023. Jet black in colour with a frothy, beige, head. Leafy hops, blueberries, some chocolate and jammy sweetness, before a gently bitter finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 02 Apr 2023 at 12:24


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading. Brown-black with a brown head. Strong floral notes on the aroma with a light tropical hint. Taste is quite different - chocolate cake, blackcurrant, lemon and roasted malts. A restrained bitterness.and light dryness is well judged to offset some cream. Very good - a contender for best of the fest?

Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2023 at 08:33


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Babington Arms, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head. Some floral hops and hints of citrus in the aroma – but they are restrained. In the mouth it is smooth with a creamy texture. Flavour has roast malts, chocolate and floral hops plus traces of lemon. Some liquorice and hints of fruitcake later on as well. Finish is somewhat bitter. I don’t normally go for Oakham beers (too much citrus(), but this is rather nice.

Tried from Cask on 26 Mar 2023 at 14:48


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is subdued, nutty malts, pine, light waxy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty malts, pine needle, sap, sticky hop,. Palate is semi sweet, rounded decent cask condition. No wow.

Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2023 at 19:58


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Gordon Highlander. It pours darkest brown to black with a decent khaki head. The aroma is toasty, earthy, dark chocolate, cacao, nutty, malt loaf, gateaux, plain chocolate, liquorice and umami. The taste is dry, earthy toasty, nutty, umami, leather, bitter - sweet, cacao, nutty, liquorice, umami, toasty, umami, nutty, toasted sesame, roasted malt, light alcohol and charred boak with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Lovely, flavourful and rounded. Tasty.

Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2023 at 18:32