Elusive Brewing

Microbrewery in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Elusive Tap
Associated Webshop: Elusive Brewing

Established in 2016

Contact
Unit 5 Marino Way, Finchampstead, RG40 4RF, England
Description
Elusive Brewing creates beer with one eye on tradition and the other on taking things to the next level. Founded by a home brewer who went on to win awards at national level, from our small brewery in Finchampstead, Berkshire we’d like to share our game with you.

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Tried from Draft at Kingsmead Street Bottle on 13 Jan 2026 at 00:00


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of orange and grapefruit, piney resin. Taste of orange, grapefruit, resinous, piney, caramel, loads of sticky marmalade, assertive bitterness. Medium bodied.
Very solid collab, though I reckon the original IPA was better than this DIPA.

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 10 Jan 2026 at 23:50


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Pours a slightly hazy, deep red with a beige head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, citrusy and piney hops. Taste is the same, hops more prominent here with citrusy orange/grapefruit and piney flavours, caramel/toffee malt base, marmalade, moderate bitterness. Medium bodied. It's quite a hoppy red ale so can't help compare to their Red IPAs which I think are better, generally.

Tried from Can from Elusive Brewing on 02 Jan 2026 at 22:24


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Mostly clear gold with a white head. Aroma of white wine, gooseberry, grapes, pine. Taste is mostly Nelson gooseberry, white wine, grapes, some pine and grapefruit, moderate bitterness. Medium bodied.
Nice IPA, unsure how much of the flavour is from juniper berries as I don't think I've ever eaten one before!

Tried from Can from Elusive Brewing on 02 Jan 2026 at 21:13


5.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

3rd December 2025
Cask at Pigs Ear. Near clear burnished gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Soft pale malts, a little milky sweetness, quite irritating. Mild ripe citrus. Light semi dry finish. Flaccid, ripe and dull.

Tried from Cask on 01 Jan 2026 at 12:33


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can bought at The Hive, Crowthorne. Opaque cola brown. Thick foamy off-white head. Aroma combines a resinous bitterness with espresso. Herbal edge. Chewy malts. Initial - seconds of - fruit soon followed by resin, espresso, liqourice and herbs. A tangy edge... develops berries. Underlying malts. Yeah, the aforementioned chewiness. Light-medium bodied, edging more towards the latter. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation is hefty. Long dry astringent finish. Good stuff.

Tried from Can at The Hive Craft Beer & Coffee Shop on 31 Dec 2025 at 21:50


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6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Tap at Kernel, 12th December 2025. Pours the normal reddish brown, aroma is car all and malty, with hops. Taste is nice, but I prefer other hop combinations that I’ve had, shame they landed on this --- Beer aliased from original tick of Level Up: Level 33: Citra, Centennial & Simcoe on 15 Mar 2025 at 12:07 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Tap at The Hive, Crowthorne, 14th March 25. Pours a dark red brown. Aroma is caramel and aromatic hops. Taste is caramel and bright aromatic, floral, marmalade. Cracking as normal

Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2025 at 08:48


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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home, 18th December 2025. Pours dark brown black. Aroma is malty, cocoa and citrus. Taste is cocoa, bitter, aromatic and good

Tried from Can on 27 Dec 2025 at 14:09


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Super well balanced, juicy and a little dank, lovely notes of plump citrus, piney accents, some soft rindy bitterness, supportive pale bread. Dangerously drinkable. Big fan here.

Tried from Can at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 26 Dec 2025 at 22:47


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Pours a dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of roasty chocolate malts with some piney hop. Taste follows, bittersweet dark malts, coffee/roast, caramel, piney and citrus hops, bittersweet finish. Medium bodied.

Tried from Can from Elusive Brewing on 24 Dec 2025 at 23:29