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.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Columbo from Mad Squirrel 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at mad Squirrel watford. A hazed burnt orange coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is creamy, vanilla, buttered bread, pine, grass, flabby,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet rounded grains, oily, orange rind, yeast trube, tangy orange oils. Palate is semi sweet, oily, light tang, lowish cask condition. Flabby and muddled.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Crumble from Mad Squirrel 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Tap at mad Squirrel watford. A translucent yellow gold coloured pour with a a lasting fine white head. Aroma is soft wheat, tart berries, apple, hint of custard sweetness, green apple tart. Flavour is composed of thin light grains, wheat, light tart, vague fruit, apple. Palate is bit thin, mineral, moderate carbonation. Pretty forgettable.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Crumble from Mad Squirrel 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Keg at MS, HWY, 25/07/2025.
Hazed yellow to orange topped with a white cap.
Nose is vanilla, orange peel, sweet malts, mandarin.
Taste comprises vanilla, rhubarb, straw, orange peel, pale malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with modest hop bitterness.
So so affair ... does what it says on the thin I guess!
eurosoba (18570) ticked Diablo from Mad Squirrel 7 months ago
Biilz (2915) reviewed Hoodwink from Mad Squirrel 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Первое пиво на очень странном фесте в Kingston. Кстати пиво интересное, сладкое, но вообще не стаут как по мне.
HopBurn (381) reviewed Afterglow from Mad Squirrel 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
hazy orange juice white head
A - pithy orange / tangerine
F - tangerine, hint of tropical and coconut
soft mouthfeel
liquid tangerine
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Aztec from Mad Squirrel 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can from Tesco at home. Lightly hazed golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are crisp citrus and slight sweet. Some grapefruit. Medium body.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Crazy Daze from Mad Squirrel 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can at James, picked up from MS.HWY, 21/06/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a just off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is grass, pineapple, bitter orange, grapefruit, pine needle.
Taste comprises orange zest, grass, pine resin, dank tickle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Arriba from Mad Squirrel 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can at James, picked up from MS HWY, 21/06/2025.
Almost clear golden yellow topped with a white head.
Nose is pale malts, grass, straw, lemon rind.
Taste comprises straw, cereals, pale malts, grains, lemon drizzle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy enough crisp and clean lager.
simontomlinson (7969) reviewed Roadkill from Mad Squirrel 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Rocky white head left a spotty cover in a vivid golden coloured body.
Zesty, earthy & hopped aroma,
Medium bodied, sharp & clean.
Sherbet, Wine Gums, chalky & bitter hop tastes with a peppery finish.
Nice enough.