Asylum
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
7.30
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Premium bitter with insane hop aroma. Grapefruit and berry flavours before a citrus bitter finish.
Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Cascade
Colour: Amber. Available - March.
Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Cascade
Colour: Amber. Available - March.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Nags Head, 5 Russell Street, Reading, Berkshire, England RG1 7XD.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus, light grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2013
at 13:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The Rake, London. A golden body with a moderate sized white head. Aroma is light malty with delicate citric fruit and hint of grass. Flavor is smooth malty with lots of citric fruit, pleasant bitterness and hint of grass. Medium body with a nice bitter aftertaste. A pleasant beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2012
at 02:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Nags Head, Reading. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is sweet malts, some hops, grass and mild floral notes. Flavour is fruity, caramelly, wooden and some mild herbal notes. Nice UK style IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2012
at 08:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Southgate W’Spoons Nth London. Hazy gold colour, huge hop aroma and taste. Dry, strong citrus taste and very addictive indeed. Hop taste lingers for hours. Almost a US beer but still retaining something English in character. At last an English ale to remember!
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2009
at 17:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask The Rake. Pours slight cloudy orange with a bubbly white head. Spiced an towards herbal aroma. Hoppy and mild spiced flavoured with a nice bitterness coming through. Light citric hoppy too. Spiced lasting impression. Presumeably not in top condition but still good.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2008
at 10:37
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
You better believe I was psyched when this cask showed up at Redbones on 6/12/07. This was the only English beer I missed at this year’s cask festival.
Just an ever-so-slight haziness to it, with a soft lemon-lime tinted golden body and a cascading, white/off-white head that is impeccably well retained and completely douses the glass in lace. While the haziness is slight, I just cant bring myself to give it a 4
Even out of a shaker, this stuff just pours on the fresh, aromatic, juicy dry-hopping and wonderfully attenuated malts that are dripping with light honey and fresh woodiness. Incredibly high strength of aroma. The hops just continue on endlessly and there’s a bit of crunchy/crackery-like maltiness to give it a little oomph. Definitely a strong house yeast character, kind of reminds me of moldy bread, or damp basements, but in a good way, if that’s possible. Flawless, as well.
Succulent, in a word, is the flavor, with no overdone bitterness, yet certainly a boatload of hoppiness. Orange peel, lemons, limes, white grapefruit and light melon, it unfolds upon a backbone of angelfood cake-like sweetness, yet with the same delicate, aerated mouthfeel. Some dustiness, woodiness and hints of quasi-funky house yeast all complete the picture, giving it that extra jab of character that makes well-done English beers that much more enjoyable and unique. Simply stunning and flawless of course. I could see giving this a perfect score, but perhaps the hoppiness could be toned down a little and the malt balance/complexity improved somewhat. As well, I’d like to see it just a touch more dry and with less dextrine comfort on the palate. Minor complaints though, this stuff is marvelous.
Just an ever-so-slight haziness to it, with a soft lemon-lime tinted golden body and a cascading, white/off-white head that is impeccably well retained and completely douses the glass in lace. While the haziness is slight, I just cant bring myself to give it a 4
Even out of a shaker, this stuff just pours on the fresh, aromatic, juicy dry-hopping and wonderfully attenuated malts that are dripping with light honey and fresh woodiness. Incredibly high strength of aroma. The hops just continue on endlessly and there’s a bit of crunchy/crackery-like maltiness to give it a little oomph. Definitely a strong house yeast character, kind of reminds me of moldy bread, or damp basements, but in a good way, if that’s possible. Flawless, as well.
Succulent, in a word, is the flavor, with no overdone bitterness, yet certainly a boatload of hoppiness. Orange peel, lemons, limes, white grapefruit and light melon, it unfolds upon a backbone of angelfood cake-like sweetness, yet with the same delicate, aerated mouthfeel. Some dustiness, woodiness and hints of quasi-funky house yeast all complete the picture, giving it that extra jab of character that makes well-done English beers that much more enjoyable and unique. Simply stunning and flawless of course. I could see giving this a perfect score, but perhaps the hoppiness could be toned down a little and the malt balance/complexity improved somewhat. As well, I’d like to see it just a touch more dry and with less dextrine comfort on the palate. Minor complaints though, this stuff is marvelous.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2007
at 16:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Market Porter, Southwark. Gold colour with lasting off whtie head. Trademark Oakham’s hoppiness, citric. Very good malt in mouth and then sherberty grapefruit hoppy finish. Utterly drinkable, bit of cat pee at worst. Clean, smooth fullish in mouth. It’s Oakham’s and I love it.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Mar 2007
at 11:43