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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Small sample from gravity cask. I did have this before from bottle when in the Lake District some 10 years ago. Mostly clear reddish color. Aroma's: sweetish, fruit candies, red fruit. Flavor moderate sweet with some bitterbess, candies. Light bodied. Finishes with light grain, moderate bitter.

Tried from Cask on 22 Dec 2017 at 15:33


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at the Beer Hall, Staveley. Amber and clear with a small uneven off-white head. Malty aroma with additional notes of redcurrant, milk chocolate, cherry candy. Taste is bittersweet and a trifle metallic. The bittering hop asserts itself fairly aggressively right at the finish. More cherry and a touch of wood shavings in the aftertaste. There isn't so much character to this, but it's well made, and the simplicity grows on me throughout the sip.

Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2017 at 11:59


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear reddish amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt, nutty, woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a light, watery, malt, dry light pepper spice, light fruit, light metallic hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 01 Sep 2017 at 14:03


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

On cask at the Guildford Arms. Appearance - deep copper to red. Very autumnal. Nice neat head. Nose - some red fruit and toffee. Taste - redcurrants and caramel biscuits. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - nice bitter. Or is it an amber ale?

Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2016 at 05:39


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at The Hanging Bat. Clear amber body with a dense beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of eggy fart, wood and autumn leaves. Flavour of weak tea, caramel, milk chocolate and a peppery finish. Thin body with an oily mouthfeel. No carbonation. Weird smell for such a mild flavour. The fartiest beer I’ve ever tried.

Tried from Cask on 29 Oct 2015 at 15:59


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear deep amber, nose is malty toffee, grassy, taste is sweet, toffee, floral.

Tried from Cask on 28 Oct 2015 at 11:02


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

Hand-pulled half-pint in the Whippet Inn, a micropub in Litchfield on 25th April 2015. Red by name, red by nature (well almost), the off-white head being sat on an amber body with a slightly red hue to it. Malts rule the semi-sweet taste and aroma, with the hops giving a dry and mildly bitter finish.

Tried on 27 Apr 2015 at 15:14


6

Tried on 07 Nov 2014 at 04:42


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Capitol, Forest Hill. Orangey-red pour with a light haze, light beige head. Aromas of toffee apple and red berries. Caramel malt and orchard fruit flavour. Malt laden finish.

Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2014 at 09:24


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pint from JDW the Royal Hop Pole Tewkesbury. The colour was dark red with a thick white head. The aroma is dried fruits, with some treacle. Flavour is nutty malts, and dried fruits.

Tried on 01 Oct 2014 at 12:20