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.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Fog Off V6 from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can at home, thanks to James, 12/04/2025.
Hazed yellow orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is ripe tropicana, pineapple, dank chimes, mandarin, lychee.
Taste comprises orange pith, grass, grapefruit, stone fruit, lychee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Foggy V5 from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home, thanks to James, 12/04/2025.
Hazed yellow orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, faint lime, grass, bread dough, melon.
Taste comprises lemon rind, soft malts, papaya, mandarin, grass, faint lime.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness with a noticeable Talyw twist.
Not bad.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Foglight V4 from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Mad Squirrel, HWY, 12/04/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is stone fruit, gooseberries, grass, hop spice, orange zest.
Taste comprises white grape, melon, orange peel, stone fruit, pine nibble, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous NZ powered hop bitterness.
Tidy kit.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed $umo - DDH from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Keg at Mad Squirrel, HWY, 12/04/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap.
Nose is orange zest, grass, pineapple, mandarin, soft malts.
Taste comprises melon, pineapple, papaya, orange peel.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy enough pale.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Unity from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A hazy pale amber pour with a thin white head; orangey aroma; rather thin in the mouth, but with a crisp citrus taste and a bready body; then a little pithy bitterness to finish. Pleasant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home, from MS HWY, 06/04/2025.
Black topped with a lasting khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, vanilla, mellow bourbon, dark malts.
Taste comprises roast malts, charr, raisins, bourbon, fruit cake, caramel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising.
Solid BA impy.
Joe19612 (603) reviewed Trance from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours a hazy yellow colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry fruity finish.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed London Docks from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
440ml can from Left Field Beer and shared in Kuala Lumpur. Poured a mostly clear dark brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasty, light dry ashtray. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, somewhat light, roasty, caramel, earthy, liquorice bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A solid Porter.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Red Squirrel - Weiss Beer from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
keg at alien bar Birmingham ...hazy amber ...thin tan lacing ..hazy amber ..thin white lacing ..dry fruit ..Light dry banana eaters nose ...long dry banana eaters
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Diablo from Mad Squirrel 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5
Cask at Mad Squirrel HWY, 02/04/2025.
Ketchup rate times 2 ... missed it when originally released last year ... walked into MS HWY last Friday and ignored it. Only when I was home that evening and filtered MS beers new to old did I realise I needed it. Swung by 5 days later hoping it would still be on but also fearing it may be a bit bollocksed if so ... and here we are ... ain't no Terry manning this cellar!
Almost clear golden amber with a good sized lasting white head.
Nose is soured citric tones, straw, pale malts, lemon rind, herb.
Taste comprises pale malts, straw, herb, lemon rind, grains, faint vinegar strokes.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with modest hop bitterness.
Not shot through entirely but I wouldn't be serving this if I had a clue how to run a bar!