Astronomer

Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) in Highbury, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Amber / Red Ale - American Regular

Score

6.31

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 8

Our gorgeous Amber ale pays homage to Alexander Aubert, the English eminent businessman and amateur astronomer who set up one of the finest Observatories of 18th century Britain at Highbury House. Aubert’s lifelong passion was kindled from an early age when he observed the appearance of the Great Comet of 1744, and was further encouraged by witnessing the Great Meteor of 1783, which passed over Scotland and England and on to France on a passage of over 1,000 miles. With flashes of luminous red noted in the massive fireball that rumbled across the clear, August, night sky, illuminating the face of the country, followed by a questioning ‘is the world ending?’ thunderous rumbling, it surely must have been the spectacle of the century

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eurosoba (18828) ticked Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 3 years ago

29/05/20017. BREWHOUSE & KITCHEN, 2a Corsica Street, LONDON, N5, England (BREWHOUSE & KITCHEN)

Tried on 12 Nov 2022 at 17:17

5.8

Stuu (34178) reviewed Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask at the brewpub. Pours deep amber, nose is malty toffee, caramel, taste is sweet, grassy, burnt herbs, quite bitter.

Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2019 at 20:01

6.6

Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 8 years ago

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

Cask at BH&K Highbury, 26/04/17. Chestnut brown with a decent beige head. Nose is brown bread, orange blossom, biscuit crumble, toffee. Taste comprises straw, orange peel, light pine, biscuit malt, cheesecake base, toffee, light fruit rinds. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with an earthy hop dusting. Decent enough offering for the style.

Tried from Cask on 10 May 2017 at 06:57

WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 9 years ago

Tried on 18 Jun 2016 at 09:31

6.4

Fergus (31537) reviewed Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 9 years ago

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

Cask at source. A clear amber copper coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is tangy citrus and burnt pine hop some sweet nutty malts, candied orange. Palate is thin, light sugary sweet, lowish cask condition. Flavour is composed of fruity citrus and pine hop, slightly jammy fruits, tangy citrus, brown bready malts. Decent hop character.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2016 at 15:22

MusingAnorak (11821) ticked Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 10 years ago

Tried on 06 Mar 2016 at 13:41

6.4

Scopey (25220) reviewed Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 10 years ago

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

Cask at the Brewpub. It pours clear deep amber with a decent off-white head. The nose is sweet toffee, caramel, wood, leather, raisin and fruit cake. The taste is bitter-sweet, caramel, chewy malt, leather, toffee, pepper, light resin and varnish with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Medium body and soft carbonation. Tastes more like a bitter than anything else. Not bad for what it is.

Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2015 at 12:27

5.8

fonefan (85107) reviewed Astronomer from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) 10 years ago

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

Cask (handpump) @ Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury), 2a Corsica Street, Highbury, Greater London, England N5 1JJ. [ As Brewhouse & Kitchen (Highbury) The Astronomer ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, caramel - pale fruit, light old fruit, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150731]

Tried from Cask on 20 Nov 2015 at 05:27