Cwrw Coch (Red Bandit)
Cader Ales (Cwrw Cader) in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.37
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Previously 5.0%.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Reddish amber topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is dusty fruits, orchard tones, biscuit, brown bread.
Taste comprises biscuit, fruit slice, caramel, light herb.
Medium bodied, flight spritzy carbonation, semi drying close.
Not bad.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
21/2/2026. Bottle at ITFC Beer share. From Wales Ales. Good pour. Nice malty, caramel aroma. Fruity, berries. Liked it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle bought Vinomondo, Conwy. Clear dark amber. Frothy foamy white head soon thins out. Aroma combines spice with a wiod and grains bitterness. Berries. Flavourwise it has berry sourness alongside a peppery spiciness. Underlying seeet fruit and light caramel malts. Light. Thin. Soft carbonation provides lift. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Nice enough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Stori. Appearance - deep amber with a very slightly off white head. Nose - Highland toffee with an edge of shortbread. Taste - more of the same. Palate - close to medium bodied. Chewy texture. Initial sweetness that finishes fairly dry eventually. Overall - more of a Bitter than an Amber ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Rhug Farm Shop, Wales. Amber-brown with a negligible white head and a middling fizz. Dominated by caramel and malt, with a touch of Ribena and a smidgen of spice. Negligible hop presence. It's on the sweet side, and the mouthfeel is rather clammy, but it's just about drinkable.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Firkin Alehouse Folkestone. very malty and sweet aroma. some carbonation. some boiled sweet. some toffee. under attenuated. too sweet. brown sugar caramel. boiled sweets. not much hop. I struggled with it
Olut (22183) reviewed Cwrw Coch (Red Bandit) from Cader Ales (Cwrw Cader) 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Wynnstay Arms, Machynlleth. Golden with a thin head. Has a dense texture for its strength and a hop-malt balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Machynlleth. Pours reddy brown with a small head. Aroma is jammy burnt toast. Taste has earthy hedgerow fruit and jammy bread.