The Norseman
Ilkley Brewery in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Vegetable Regular|
Score
6.41
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Brewed in collaboration with renowned writer and beer sommelier Jane Peyton, The Norseman was inspired by the exploits of Yorkshire legend Captain Cook who drank spruce beer on his ships of discovery. Celebrating English hops and with the addition of locally foraged spruce.
Hops: Endeavour & Admiral (UK)
Norwegian Spruce
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TBone (30139) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask@Beer Hunters
Amber color, steady off-white head. Tropical fruity nose, some pine needles. Light-bodied. Candy-like fruityness. Piney, good lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Nice one.
fonefan (84534) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Earl of Essex, 25 Danbury Street, Islington, Greater London, England N1 8LE.Unclear medium amber orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, candy, sweet fruit, spicy, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130327]
Scopey (25115) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Euston Tap. It pours deep amber with a thick pearly white head. The nose is wood, earth, herbal notes, spice, caramel and nut. The taste is bitter-sweet, earth, pine, spice, herbal, good bitterness, caramel, big praline character, resin and leather with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Interesting and well balanced. Rather nice.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in ’Chequers’ Oxford on 23rd Nov 13 during a pub crawl. Slight haze to this old gold/brown beer, an off-white helmet on my Norseman, it fell off mid tasting. The nose was malty and woody with dark fruits. In the mouth it remained malt led, nutty now, more so than the wood in the aroma: dark fruits still around in the taste as in the smell. Good body depth and an interesting flavoured beer: the Norwegian Spruce tree being an ingredient I’ve not knowingly come across before.
jjsint (8631) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask @ Falcon, Clapham Junction. Brownish gold with a big white head. Faint wood and autumn berry aroma. Dry taste without too much bitterness. Different from the norm but very pleasant. Wow,.
Fergus (31329) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
Cask at Nicholson’s pub carary wharf. Aroma is nutty caramel slight praline and big alcohol presence. Dark brown in colour with a loose persistent off white head. Flavour is brown malt nail polish remover, caramel and solid bitterness.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at The Old Buttermarket Canterbury. Hazy brown some white film of bubbles on the head. Not much condition. Earthy hedgerow fruity English style ipa. I ended up really liking this beer. Aroma and appearance aren’t the best but the stingy hedgerow hoppy fruity finish is excellent. Plums and greengage fruit. Ilkley are a solid brewery and this is what I would expect from there.
Camons (21577) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Horniman at hay, London. Pours dark golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, light hoppy, hints of spruce. Flavor is malt, little sweet, resin, spruce, have a small earthy offnote aswell. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. 190913
Olut (21769) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Burnley Beer Festival. Burnt toffee nose with traces of in in its flavour. Golden with a very small head.
Leighton (34941) reviewed The Norseman from Ilkley Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at CBC Islington - London. Pours clear orange with a fine, creamy white head. Lightly toasted malts, some piney notes, mild wood and earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Some woody bitterness to finish, lightly toasted malts. Decent stuff overall.