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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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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading.] A straw coloured pour with a frothy white lid; citrus aroma; crisp citrusy taste; and a pithy bitterness to finish. Nothing much wrong here, just rather predictable.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Alehouse
on 16 Feb 2026
at 20:49
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard.
Nose is chocolate, liquorice toffee, coffee, cocoa. Taste is coffee, smoke, burnt toast, dark chocolate, cocoa, raisin. Sweet & malty action. Excellent mild.
Nose is chocolate, liquorice toffee, coffee, cocoa. Taste is coffee, smoke, burnt toast, dark chocolate, cocoa, raisin. Sweet & malty action. Excellent mild.
Tried
from Cask
at
Green Goddess
on 14 Feb 2026
at 22:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 5
Overall 7.5
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 19 Nov 2025) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, lemon peel and grass. Fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, lemon peel, grapefruit, grass, wheat crackers and a balanced citric/grassy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Hoppy, refreshing and highly drinkable. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 13 Feb 2026
at 22:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, from HOTM online, 12/02/2026.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a lasting frothy tan head.
Nose is dark malts, roast, charr, dried red berries, pine nip, herb.
Taste comprises cocoa nibs, a good roasted cloak, charr, pine needle, dark malts, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spattered with earthy hop bitterness.
Solid CDA.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a lasting frothy tan head.
Nose is dark malts, roast, charr, dried red berries, pine nip, herb.
Taste comprises cocoa nibs, a good roasted cloak, charr, pine needle, dark malts, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spattered with earthy hop bitterness.
Solid CDA.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2026
at 18:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Elusive, with Dad and James, 7th February 2026. Pours a clearish golden, aroma is pith, citrus and aromatic. Taste is super fresh, bitter, aromatic, citrus and a little pine - good and bitter
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Feb 2026
at 20:34
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Against The Grain. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of pineapple and mint. Flavour of grapefruit, tangerine and pineapple. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A bright and juicy IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2026
at 17:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery tap, with James, 30th January 2026. Pours clear golden. Aroma is pine and citrus. Taste is clean, resinous, aromatic, bitter, I would have liked more bitterness, but over all nice one
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2026
at 11:22