Lizard Ales

Microbrewery in Helston, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2004

Contact
Old Bunker,, Treleaver, Coverack, Helston, TR12 6SE, England
Description
Lizard Ales is a brewery which has been based in a nuclear bunker since 2008. It’s somehow comforting to know that even after a nuclear war, we’ll still have some breweries in production.

Brewed in an old nuclear bunker at Pednavounder on the Lizard Peninsula, Britain’s most southerly point, Lizard Ales have been producing a variety of real ales since 2004 – using only high quality ingredients and traditional methods, the beers from Lizard Ales capture the true flavour of Cornwall.

Lizard Ales is a “five barrel ” plant producing up to 180 gallons per brew – simple ingrdients – water, malt, hops, yeast and salt – The water is local and untreated save for the addition of a little table salt to give extra body – malted barley comes from Warminster Maltings of Wiltshire who malt Lizard Ale’s mainly Cornish barley – the hops are all grown in Kent or Worcestershire the yeasts are built up from fresh batches sourced from St Austell Brewery.

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at ChrisO Snow tasting. It pours hazy deep amber with a small white head. The nose is wood, vanish, wood polish, dried berry and subtle orange peel. The taste is wood, leather, varnish, spice, tangy fruit, wood polish, orange peel and light alcohol warmth with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit restrained in the flavour department, but not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2013 at 03:49

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at the ChrisO Snow Tasting, London - thanks to someone, but I’m not sure who. Pours clear, red-amber with a fine, white cream head. Some dry fruits on the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with tangy fruits, dry leaves. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Fairly dry to finish with tangy fruits, berries. It’s OK, but seems a little bland.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2013 at 02:10

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandClear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, toasted - caramel, light hoppy, fruity, tropical fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111206]
Tried from Cask on 24 Dec 2012 at 01:05

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Bottled (ordered from som webshop). Hazy reddish amber colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, some floral and fruity notes along with mild grassyness. Flavour is caramel malts, some toffee, mild floral and fruity hops along with some sap and resiny notes. Nice bitterness in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2012 at 07:50

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask. Orangeish golden colour with a small off-white head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is bready and caramelly malts, mild toffee as well as some herbal and wooden notes. Flavour is rather similar with mild resiny notes as well as some slight nuttyness.
Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2012 at 07:46

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at the Pig’s Ear 2011, London. Pours clear gold with a fine head. Apple juice nose. Light sweet flavor, juicy, with some hay bitterness. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Sweet, apple-esque juice finish. Odd, though still drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2012 at 11:46

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Bottle 500ml.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a huge, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light apple, light grass - leather. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sugar sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120506]
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2012 at 06:21

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Golden colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral and some sight floral notes. Flavour is fruity and floral notes with mild herbal notes.
Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2012 at 12:05

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is wheat, some herbs, sweet fruits and mild nectary notes. Flavour is rather similar, with the fruityness being more evident than the wheat.
Tried from Cask on 26 Apr 2012 at 21:10

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 2 Overall 4
8th December 2011
Pigs Ear. Hazy gold beer, no real head. Light dry palate. No carbonation. Okay orange marmalade hops. Dry finish. Inoffensive but just in poor condition.
Tried on 09 Apr 2012 at 10:10