Newton's Drop
Zest Brewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Bitter Regular|
Score
6.02
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Sumptuous caramel and roasted nut malts, grassy hops and a lasting bitter finish.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
Whistle Stop
on 21 Jun 2025
at 16:29
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Catching up on some paper ratings. Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Cheers. Aroma of fruit, biscuit, veg, slightly metallic, malty with a bit of caramel. Taste again had hints of metallic, vegy and off fruit. Quite watery. Not really for me.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36
20/12/1997. NEW ZEALAND ARMS, 2 Langley Street, DERBY, Derbyshire, England (ALLIED DOMECQ (Festival Ale Houses)). Check-in dates from when the brewery was known as Oldershaw
Tried
on 16 Jan 2023
at 07:43
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at the Grantham Beer Festival 2021. As Zest Newton's Drop. Pours clear amber brown with a frothy white head. Good looking beer. Aroma of manure, stewed fruits, biscuit, malt, boiled veg. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly watery, soft carbonation. Earthy finish. Improved a bit on initial impressions but wasn’t great.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2021
at 16:45
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford – as Zest Newton’s Drop. Pours the classic “bitter brown” with a small foamy off-white head. There are malts and nuts in the nose, but not very strongly. Taste is the usual standard bitter offerings of caramel, malts and toffee, all with an off-putting metallic undercurrent. Finish is pretty dry with that metallic edge lingering. Not too keen on this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2021
at 22:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the 4th Olds & Bolds Beer Festival, Footscray Rugby Club, 2018. Copper coloured pour with a white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, splash of orchard fruit. Flavours of caramel, sweet malt, more toffee. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2018
at 20:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber colpur, minimal off-white head; aroma and taste of mild roasted nuts, toast, some floral notes and maybe slight biscuit and fruitiness; correct ale, nothing more
Tried
on 06 Dec 2016
at 14:34
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Oldershaw Newton’s Drop ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, open and frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity malt, pale malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 6-3-7-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Nov 2016
at 11:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from the brewery. Amber beer with a white head. Malty aroma with a dusty edge. Taste a touch flat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2015
at 11:35