Oakham Ales
Commercial Brewery
in
Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 1993
Contact
Description
Oakham Ales is a multi-award winning brewery with a worldwide reputation for its innovative approach and for the quality and consistency of its brews. Oakham started brewing in Rutland back in 1993 and is now based in Peterborough (Cambridgeshire).
Famous as the first brewery in the UK to brew a beer with 100% Citra hops, Oakham celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2018 and we’re looking forward to many more exciting years of brewing.
Famous as the first brewery in the UK to brew a beer with 100% Citra hops, Oakham celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2018 and we’re looking forward to many more exciting years of brewing.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at St Albans beer & cider festival 2024, St Albans, Herts. A very dark brown coloured pour with a medium off white bubbly head on top. Roasty, chocolate, blackcurrant, berry fruit taste and aroma. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2024
at 09:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Fountain, Gornal. Pours dark gold with a small head. Aroma is slightly acrid tropical fruit. Taste has tropical fruit with a bitter bready finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2024
at 18:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Golden beer with a cream head. Light citrus aroma. Citrus and biscuit malt flavor. Medium bodied. Citrus and biscuit malt linger with light grassiness.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2024
at 17:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Salopian brewery with Mum, Ben, Andrew, Kerry and Soph a few days before leaving for France. Clear golden yellow appearance, white head. Aroma of bitter lemon and grapefruit, continues to taste, expected a little more pronounced hop character from those used, but otherwise fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2024
at 06:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6th September 2024, can in the Telford Town Centre Wetherspoons. Poured a slightly hazed golden colour, decent white head. Citrussy front, sides and rear, aided by some piney action and a few light malt for balance. It was fine.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2024
at 10:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear amber colour with a small, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is pithy oranges, grapefruit, apricot, and straw. A moderately sweet taste, apricot, grapefruit, pithy oranges, straw and toast malt flavours with a light citrusy bitterness.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2024
at 14:31
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2024
at 13:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 2024. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, orange rind, tea leaves, earthy base malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, tea, lemon rind, twiggy notes. A bit dull overall. .
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2024
at 19:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival, 12/07/24. Clear light golden yellow with a white head that clears to edgework. Nose is mellow citric flesh, grass, pale malts, orange peel. Taste comprises lemon rind, grass, mandarin, lime nip, soft malts, papaya. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with light juicy hop bitterness. Tidy cask pale.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2024
at 16:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival, 12/07/24. Clear golden blonde topped with a white cap. Nose is mellow citric flesh, grass, melon, faint lime, orange zest. Taste comprises melon, orange peel, hint of lemon, grass, soft malts, papaya. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with balanced juicy hop bitterness. Decent cask pale.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2024
at 16:17