Hawkshead Brewery Red (Cask)

Red (Cask)
(Batch of Red)

 

Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular
Score
6.50
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 80
A bitter-sweet rich and fruity Red Ale. Brewed with English hops and Dark Crystal malt which gives the beer its colour. A beer for those who like their ale to have some colour and taste of malt.
 

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6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Cask @ Moon and Starfish, Clacton-on-Sea. Clear dark red with a small white head. Aroma of malts, marzipan and toffee. Taste of caramel, cherries, toffee, red berries, malts, cake and a hint of lemons. Low bitterness. Low carbonation. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2025 at 20:53


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a deep ruby with minimal cream head and good lacing. There’s malts and dark fruits in the aroma plus some hoppy hints. In the mouth it is definitely bitter but with a little underlying sharpness. Flavour has traditional hops, malts and ginger with traces of berry fruits and cake coming through later. Finish is quite dry and slightly sweet. This is decent.

Tried from Cask at Moon Under Water (JDW) on 08 Sep 2025 at 14:20


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A hazy copper coloured pour with a thin translucent head; aroma of hedgerow fruit; sweet malty body with some blackberries and an earthy bitterness.

Tried from Cask at Back of Beyond on 26 Aug 2025 at 09:15


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness

Tried from Cask at Gate House (JDW) on 08 Aug 2025 at 16:03

gave a cheers!

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

Cask at the Dog & Gun, Keswick. Chestnut-red with an off-white head. Burnt caramel with cherries and a touch of Christmas cake. Decent body, sweetish. Enjoyed this; it's my sort of bitter.

Tried from Cask on 28 Sep 2024 at 19:50


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

Creamy tan head on a reddish brown coloured body. Malt, demerara & toffee aroma. Medium bodied, very creamy & clean. Malt, toffee, caramel & biscuit tastes with a tangy finish. Deece.

Tried on 31 Dec 2023 at 14:23


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Tried on 29 Sep 2023 at 17:07


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 29th February 2020. Orangey reddish brown with loose off-white foam and full lacing. Biscuit and caramel malt aroma. Malty and bitter simultaneously in-mouth and a finish of smooth maltiness and intense grassy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel and medium body.

Tried from Cask on 01 Mar 2020 at 00:07


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

29/8/2019. Cask at Woodrow Wilson, Carlisle. Pours mid red-brown with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of toffee, sweet malt, biscuit, fruit, hops, bread and fruit cake. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, slight creamy texture, average to soft carbonation. Enjoyed this.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2019 at 18:58


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Nil aroma. Medium chestnut. Frothy off-white head. Light bitter. Malty. Some spice and veg. Underlying fruity sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long finish. Tasty enough malty bitter.

Tried from Cask on 26 Oct 2018 at 12:13