Empress Ales

Client Brewer in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Powder Monkey Brewing Co.

Established in 2018

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18 Willes, Leamington Spa, CV32 4PY, England
Description
Empress Ale was originally created to be an easy drinking beer that was the perfect accompaniment with food. It was born from the founder’s mission to provide some of his favourite restaurants with a British-made, quality craft beer that not only complemented the varied cuisines he loved the most, but also provided an alternative to the big branded beers so commonly listed in restaurants.

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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Hogs Back Brewery shop. Aroma has caramel and malts. A tad buttery. Amber gold. Thin bubbly translucent white head. Citrusy sourness and sweet malts. All relatively low key. Slightly bitter into the finish. Light. Thin if slick. Flat carbonation. Pretty boring Gold saved by citrus.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2022 at 19:27

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap I think at Cinnamon Kitchen, 14th October 2021. Pours a hazy yellow beer. Aroma is earthy and caramel. Taste is distinctive and earthy, with light citrus and toffee. Not bad
Tried from Draft on 14 Oct 2021 at 21:59

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Warwick Real Ale. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, fruits, hops and grass and has a light bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2019 at 22:29

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Warwick Real Ale, Warwick. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and bready. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 120219
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2019 at 22:28

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
28/8/2018. Bottle from Kris Wines. Pours clear still pale gold with a foamy white head. Aroma of malt, hops, fruit, flowers, caramel and a slight buttery and soapy edge. Light sweetness, quite a sharp bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, and a fizzy spritzy carbonation. Says brewed to complement spiced foods and can imagine it working well but on its own it wasn't anything special.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2018 at 23:01

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Stall ay Good Food Festival NEC - Golden body, huge white head. Nose is grainy, grassy and citrus. Taste is clean and floral. Nothing spectacular.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2017 at 13:32

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle from the brewer’s own stand at the Good Food Show at Birmingham NEC. Gold in hue with a light fizz. Very smooth and soft in the mouth. The aroma and flavour are very muted- some mild lemon and that’s about it. I spoke to the brand owner who said his mission was to provide Indian restaurants with an alternative to the bland tasteless lagers they normally served. When I pointed out that his beer was also a little bland, he said that you needed a low-flavour beer so that it didn’t overpower the curry, and was seemingly unable to spot how incongruous this seemed when placed against his mission statement! The whole food and beer pairing thing seems to have passed him by! To be fair, there’s nothing unpleasant about the beer and it’s quite quaffable, plus it might do well purely on the strength of the rather nice label design.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2016 at 11:53