Big Penny
Client Brewer
in
Hackney Wick,
Greater London,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Big Penny Social
Established in 1666
Contact
Black Eagle Brewery Ltd, Units 2-3 Stour Road, Hackney Wick, E3 2NT, England
Description
Established 1666 - Closed 1989 - Re-established 2010 - Re-named 2022
One of the greatest names in British brewing, Truman's has been a part of London life for almost 350 years. Closed in 1989 during dark days for the brewing industry, we have been working hard to bring Truman's back to its former glory. We craft an eclectic range of great beer in cask, keg and can at our new brewery in Hackney Wick. Everything we brew, we do with with skill, belief and passion.
The brewery in Hackney Wick was closed in June 2022 but the award-winning recipes are now brewed under contract for the three venues and online sales.
From Thursday 15 September, Truman’s Beer will be known as Big Penny, following the acquisition of the trademark by the management team at the Old Truman Brewery announced earlier this year.
One of the greatest names in British brewing, Truman's has been a part of London life for almost 350 years. Closed in 1989 during dark days for the brewing industry, we have been working hard to bring Truman's back to its former glory. We craft an eclectic range of great beer in cask, keg and can at our new brewery in Hackney Wick. Everything we brew, we do with with skill, belief and passion.
The brewery in Hackney Wick was closed in June 2022 but the award-winning recipes are now brewed under contract for the three venues and online sales.
From Thursday 15 September, Truman’s Beer will be known as Big Penny, following the acquisition of the trademark by the management team at the Old Truman Brewery announced earlier this year.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ The Flying Chariot, Terminal 2, Heathrow Airport. Pours light golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, grass, fruity hops, sweet citrus, oranges. Flavor is light sweet, malt, fruity, orange. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 140317
Tried
on 14 Mar 2017
at 04:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Queen’s Arms, Pimlico. Near clear orange with an off white head. Aroma of apricot, light spicy hop notes, fruits and malt. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter. Light to medium bodied with very soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2017
at 15:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask gravity at the London drinker beer fest 2017. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is fresh cif lemon, tangerine woody citrus . Flavour is composed of semi sweet Base malts, mango and tangerine hop, woody citrus. Palate is semi sweet, little hop resin. Decent cask condition. Decent. Lingering mellow tropical fruits.,
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2017
at 13:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the Spoons, Victoria Station. A hazy grapefruit aroma. Bright gold. Thin opaque head. Bitter - this grows in strength. Citrus and grapefruit, an underlying maltyness. Overly chilled though, which could have dulled the taste. Light bodied. Lovely carbonation, which stops it from seeming too watery. Short dry finish. Better than I expected it to be. Restrained but refreshing.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2017
at 07:02
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Victoria Spoons. It pours dark ruby - brown with a small beige head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, dark fruits, touch of citrus peel, roasted malt, coffee and cocoa. The taste is bitter, charred wood, earthy roast, ash, cola, dr pepper, dark fruits and tar with a dry, ashy finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A bit charred and ashy. A fairly basic black ipa.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2017
at 09:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg at The Ledger Building, CW, 23/01/17. Clear golden amber with a decent light beige cap that retains well. Nose is orange peel, citric pith, lemon rinds, caramel, old skool IPA vibes all round. Taste comprises caramel malt, cantaloupe melon, citric sherbets, bread dough, orange tang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light disclosure. Drikable enough and great to have an offering on keg like this in a spoons but it falls a good way short of its other London style contemporaries.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Feb 2017
at 15:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Lady Ottoline, London. Pours chestnut brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of biscuit, caramel, malt, light fruit. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Toward medium bodied, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. A bit above average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Feb 2017
at 07:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Hamilton Hall, JDW - London. Pours hazy copper th a frothy, light khaki head. Lightly toasted grainy bread in the nose, nips of pine, earth. Light sweet flavour with more grainy-bready character, some minerals, leaves, faint dry toffee. Light-medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dry finish with more toasted grains, leather, dry toffee, a little earth. So so overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2017
at 16:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg pint in The Flying Chariot, inside Heathrow Terminal 2 on 23rd Jan 2017. Clear, clean golden pour, big white head. Too cold for any aroma at first, some floral hop notes as it warmed. The taste also improved (arrived) as the beer warmed, citrus flavours alongside a decent malty content: finish was semi-bitter and on the dry side.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2017
at 17:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ The Masque Haunt, Old Street, London. Clear, pale golden body with a big, foamy white head. Light aroma of pale malt and grassy hops with some citric fruit. Flavor is pale malt, grain, moderate citric fruity hops and OK bitterness. Medium body and average aftertaste. Pretty straight forward, refreshing, plain IPA, not far away from a hoppy pilsner. Decent enough but nothing to I really have to repeat.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jan 2017
at 12:08