Lewes Castle (Cask)
(Batch of Lewes Castle)
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.80
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Best Standard Dark Ale in the 2008 World Beer Awards. A traditional full malty 'Brown Ale' with a creamy head. Mild hop notes with a lingering biscuity sweet palate give coffee and liquorice notes. A bitter sweet finish
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Royal Oak, Borough on 11th June 2025. Dark sepia with shallow brown tinged foam and full lacing. Nutty malts aroma. Hazelnut nuttiness in-mouth and a roasty finish with continued nuttiness. Lightish body. Crisp mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
at
Royal Oak (Harvey’s)
on 11 Jun 2025
at 20:49
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Tried
on 16 Nov 2022
at 06:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Lord Nelson, Brighton. Brown pour with a beige head. Nose of raisin, caramel, chocolate, toffee. Flavours of toffee,caramel, dried fruit, milk chocolate. Malty sweet finish. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2018
at 13:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough SE1. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel aroma. Slightly roasted malty caramel flavor. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel finish with weak hoppy hints.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2017
at 03:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask@Charlies Bar, Copenhagen - very dark brown to black with firm beige head. Roasted and toasted malty, some caramel and toffee notes, really smooth creamy mouthfeel, dark dried fruit notes, excellent condition, glad I ordered a pint of this. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2016
at 13:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. A dark brown beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, caramel, and bread, leading to a bitter finsh.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2016
at 07:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Many thanks to Bob for bringing this from his Harvey’s Pub. Smooth malty beginning. The beer is smooth and round. Very nice and easy to drink. Fresh and malty, round with a subtle malty-nutty bitterness. Smooth and round on the tongue, malty caramel in the aftertaste, round and great with not too much bitterness there.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2016
at 17:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Rights of Man, Lewes, East Sussex. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium bubbly off white head on top. Sweet, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes quite sweet, malty, caramel, a little dark fruit. This was rather good and really on top form as it should be, the famous brewery is down the road from this pub. I knocked back 3 pints of it.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2016
at 16:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Harveys Lewes Castle ].Clear light dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, roasted, dark malt, dark fruit, wood. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a average to long duration, dark fruit, dark malt, sweet malt, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150812]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2015
at 07:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the White Hart, Crawley. A headless coke coloured pour; toffee aroma; soft caramel taste, with a malty body; and a light spicy bitterness to finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2015
at 09:52