Archers

Microbrewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Evan Evans Brewery

Established in 1979

Closed in 2009

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Penzance Drive, Swindon, SN5 7JL, England
Description
Initial brewing in 1979 at London St, Swindon. Moved to Penzance Drive in 1990 at an Old Locomotive Shed. Bought by Burns Leisure in 1999 but the group subsequently collapsed and the Brewery was taken back on by the original owners. In 2009 the brewery was bought by Simon Buckley of Evan Evans, who proposes to close the Swindon brewery.

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
RB#4100: From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and light copper coloured with a lacing off-white head. Fruity hops and caramel malt aroma. Flavour holds a nice light citrusfruity towards fruity hops with a light caramel malt base. Light yeasty note in the far finish. Goes into a light dry bitterness in the finish. Nice brew with a light and delicate fruit note.
Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2008 at 10:42

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask at charlies. Pours almost clear and golden orange with an off-white and bubbly head. Light fruity and bitterhops aroma with a minor herbal-ish note. Light fruity and solid bitter hops. Quite dry yet light finish.
Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2008 at 09:55

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From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange. Light bitter hops aroma. Flavour is light acidic with a light bitterhops note. Light fruity and almost oxidised note with a following acidic touch. Quite sweet fruity touch into the finish.
Tried from Cask on 20 Apr 2008 at 04:48

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel, but also a slightly acidic citrus hop note. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and toffee, leading to a dry citrusy and rather bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2008 at 08:49

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with flowery notes of hops. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of citrus and flowers leading to a dry bitter finish. The body is thin.
Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2008 at 08:36

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing off-white head. Light fruity hops nose. Minor initial coffee flavour and light roasted note. Light acidc note and bitterness into the finish. Ends rather dry and light fruity.
Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2008 at 14:43

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From cask at Charlies, no way retired - its on in Copenhagen today. Pours clear and golden yellow with a lacing white head. Light fruity hops aroma. Flavour is light fruity hops. Ends delicate fruity and light bitter. Very mild and easy. Lovely almost fantastic for a 3.8% brew!7-3-7-4-15=3.6

From cask at Charlies, rated 2 days later - not as fresh :( Pours clear and golde orange with a fully diminished white head. Aroma is mild acidic. Light bitter and dry peach fruity flavour. Ends with a light bitterness. 5-3-6-3-11=2.8

Homeblend from cask at Charlies - half Archer Crystal Clear and half Spring Blonde: Archer dirty blonde. Light acidic hops aroma. Light hops flavour and mild acidic note. Ends with a light dry note. 5-3-6-312=2.9
Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2008 at 14:42

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 13/4/08. Deep amber in colour with a slight white head that left rings down the glass. Aroma of red fruit and grassy hops. Flavour had some caramel sweetness before A short bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 13 Apr 2008 at 13:46

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 13/4/08. Deep amber in colour with next to no head. Plenty of red fruit and toffee in the aroma with some earthy hops. Flavour was a bit syrupy, with a bitter finish with some prominent alcohol. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 13 Apr 2008 at 13:42

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask, Dee View, Heswall. Slightly unfortunate name, as I know a couple of people called village for reasons of a strictly IQ nature. This struck me as an instantly forgettable bitter with some fruity maltiness. zzzz
Tried from Cask on 24 Mar 2008 at 16:15