Mad Squirrel
Microbrewery
in Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 2010
A Forward thinking, contemporary brewery based just outside of London, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. We have continually grown and evolved, often in unexpected ways. Always with a boundless enthusiasm for quality, an inquisitive approach to flavour and a restless desire to better ourselves.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy yellow pour with a decent white head. Aromas of malt, mango, pienapple, orange. Taste is quite similar, albeit a bit thin (given the ABV), slightly bitter finish with herbal notes. Not bad.
DavrosIX (1314) reviewed Fog Off from Mad Squirrel 1 month ago
DavrosIX (1314) reviewed The Nutcracker from Mad Squirrel 1 month ago
Fergus (31537) reviewed Citrik from Mad Squirrel 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Tap at Watford mad Squirrel. A translucent golden coloured pour with a lasting fine white head. Aroma is pithy citrus orange flaked wheat dry grains, orange rind, tangerine. Flavour is composed of fizzy orange, chalky, tangerine, peach, nectarine. Palate is a bit thin, chalky, fizzy carbonation. Middle of the road pale ale.
jerseyislandbeer (5992) reviewed Pin Drop from Mad Squirrel 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Half pint from the keg at Smokeworks, Cambridge. Pours cloudy pale orange with a white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, grapefruit, citrus, passion fruit, pine & hops. Moderate to medium body. Slightly dry finish.
AleDegustation (318) reviewed The Nutcracker from Mad Squirrel 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazy brown colour, with a small, quickly dissipating beige head. Aromas of cookies, chocolate, nuts, and dried fruit. Not as nutty as the name suggests, with notes of dark chocolate and roastiness, tart fruitiness. A decent enough stout, but the nutty is the only aroma.
Joe19612 (716) reviewed Foggy from Mad Squirrel 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours a hazy yellow colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and fruit especially citrus in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry fruity finish.
Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Viennese Swirl from Mad Squirrel 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Mad Squirrel High Wycombe, 27/02/2026.
Black with little in the way of a head.
Nose is dark malts, molasses, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises mellow roast, earthy fruit rings, brown sugar melt, toffee, chocolate biscuit.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable impy stout ... just rather generic and lacking depth of flavour.
Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Crimson Hart from Mad Squirrel 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Mad Squirrel High Wycombe, 27/02/2026.
Reddish amber topped with an off white cap.
Nose is orange zest, grass, toasted malts, hint of caramel popcorn.
Taste comprises orange peel, hint of grapefruit, pine nibble, citric tinged straw.
Medium bodied, light prickly carbonation, semi drying close spattered with mellow earthy hop bitterness.
Not bad.
Fin (18516) reviewed Mosaic from Mad Squirrel 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can picked up from Sainsbury's, Hereford after Annasley picked us up from the station. Had this shared with Baz. 26th February 2026 around Jude and Baz's, Spond, Herefordshire whilst making Pizza, well Loz is making it I am just assisting. Pours dirty gold/yellow with a clingy white head. The nose is mostly citrus, but there is an apricot touch also. The flavour follows a similar trajectory but leaning more towards summer fruits, peaches, apricots but with a streaky citrus tang. It's a nice beer. Score 7.3