Olut (21769) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pleasant tasting mild with a slightly smoked taste giving the ale a nice finish.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Rocketeer from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
11th September 2009
Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Clear amber beer. Light crisp dry palate. Some dry biscuity malt. Mild bitter hops - dark orange and pineapple. Quite well balanced. Some bubblegum in the finish.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
14th March 2012
Liberty Bell Spoons. Clear dark amber beer, good pale tan head. Light dry palate with fine carbonation. Tangy apple! Dry finish. Appears to be to young and thus a bit rubbish!
stravale (3279) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
Cask @ JDW Inverness 250312
Dark ruby...chestnut brown..thin rich off white head..little lacing
Aroma - hint of dark fruits...nothing else
Taste - light dark malts..bit of dark fruits...tiny dab of Vimto...slightly spicy..bit of weak black tea.. very subdued...bit boring
Palate - soft carb...very watery body. Finish as main flavour...soft dark fruit malt..clears quickly from palate.
Overall - A thirst quencher...but very little going on here
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
[Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading] Brown with a thick off-white head. There’s a hint of chocolate, a little woodiness and some faint roast malts, but it’s predominantly thin, watery and tasteless. One can imagine that this is the sort of mild that became famous as the post-work restorative that miners used to fill up on - you could drink many pints of this very fast without it touching the sides!
Leighton (34941) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Cask at Penderel’s Oak, JDW, London. Pours clear brown with a creamy, light tan head. Nut much in the way of aroma, perhaps some faint fruit and nuts. Faintly sweet flavor, some semi-dark fruits, light rubber. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild sweet finish, faint fruits. Very bland. Not impressed; this is pretty weak.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. Deep ruby with a ring of cream head; musty aroma with some purple fruit; soft and watery in the mouth with some sweet fruit turning slightly sour; and a dry cardboard finish. Looked good, but it went downhill from there.
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Dark red amber colour. Light malty and hopy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Almost no caramel. Slightly dry. Short light bitter finish. Watery palate. A bit thin.
saxo (29721) reviewed Owd Oak from Hydes Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ The Tyburn, Edgware road. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, nuts and hops. Oily but a little thin bodied.
