Island Brewery (Isle of Wight Brewery) Yachtsman's Ale

Yachtsman's Ale

 

Island Brewery (Isle of Wight Brewery) in Newport, Isle of Wight, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.24
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 35
Even you landlubbers can enjoy the great taste of the Yachtsmans ale! The addition of roasted malt produces a rich brown beer and mouthfeel, counterbalanced by sufficient hops to rise to the nose and refresh the throat of the most parched of sailors in a subtle complexity of flavours and texture.
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Lowie. Clear amber lasting white head. Malty apple aroma. Over carbonated. It’s an ok best bitter. It’s fine.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2014 at 11:16

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at the Waterfront Inn Shanklin, during the IOW Jolly Day, 24/08/14. Clear golden amber with a good sized light beige/off white covering - a decent looker! Nose is not so good, sulphuric wafts, light bread, straw, burnt tones. Taste comprises mellow fruits, light cherry, biscuit tones. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with light bitterings. Mediocre stuff.
Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2014 at 04:28

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Cask - Twig and some sulphur with toffee.  Clear copper with a decent white head. Light toffee and twig.  Smell is a bit off.
Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2014 at 15:43

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 2.5
Cask at the the Waterfront Inn, Shanklin during the IoW Jolly. It pours clear amber with a medium white head. The nose is a bit eggy, sulfurous, mushroom and toasty grain. The taste is lightly bitter, toasty, grainy, brown bread, light caramel and some of that eggy notes. Medium body and fine carbonation. Dodgy eggy bitter.
Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2014 at 10:02


5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle at Medehamstede Hotel, Shanklin whilst on short IOW break. Pours a clear, fairly attractive light brown colour with an off-white head. Appearance its high point, just a very slight hoppy and fruity aroma. Bitter finish. Thin. Disappointing overall.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2013 at 16:19

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
50cl bottrle picked up on the island. A flat amber pour with just a trace of white head; honey aroma; rich and malty in the mouth, but with a farmyard taste with just a hint of citrus; then some gentle hops before a toasty, honeyed, finish.
Tried on 23 Mar 2013 at 12:59

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.[ Courtesy of Thomas ]. Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus, dry grass. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hop bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120128]
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2012 at 23:55

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012. Day 2. Honey/golden color, small white head. weet malty, bready, cookies, caramel, honey. Some citrus. Long aftertaste. Bitter finish. enjoyable Bitter without being somethign spectacular.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2012 at 02:19

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012. Pours clear dark golden with a small white head. Nose is citrus and marmelade. Citrussy dry flavor with a bit of leather and perfume. Dry and a raw bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2012 at 02:47