Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Hawse Buckler from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle@Thewolf, tasting. Pours black with a creamy brown head. Aroma is of chocolate, light roast, nicely malty. Super smooth & slick mouthfeel. Just a good & drinkable porter!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 April 2008) Golden yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity nose with citrus (mainly lemon) and grassy hops. Fruity taste with notes of lemon and grassy hops in a very aromatic, hoppy finish. Slightly soapy, with some sweetness. Not very complex, but light and very hoppy.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Delirium from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Magnolia in S.F. Light caramel aroma. Dark amber color with a little white head. Smoth, near medium in body, andno real carbonation. Starts with very well balanced lightly roasted malt and floral/fruit bitter. Finishes pretty dry, yet mildly fruity with fruit/floral hop. It’s good to be in England (in S.F.).
mjs (11994) reviewed Delirium from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Cask at Gallows Bird on 2008-01-26) Taste is a bit sweet but roasted malts and fuity hops balance it quite nicely.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Haka from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Cask at blackfriars Glasgow ... Crisp golden yellow ... sharp tart american hop nose ... full on sweet piney american hop ... packed full of flavour and wonderfully balanced. A great UK cask ale.
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Delirium from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
The color is a clear, dark brown. Aroma is fruity hops (not American), very strong, which creates a British hop juice sensation; very nice and original. It’s hoppy yet British. The taste is not as interesting, its a watery hop mess and the reduced carbonation just makes it seem bad. I would love to try this bottled and not on cask.
Cask @ Beer Table, British pint glass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Straw with a creamy head;citrus aroma, with a hint of lime; strong citrus flavour balanced by sweeter fruits, I got apricot, and malt; long bitter finish. Rather one-dimensional, but a very pleasant ale.
NotABeerProfessor (3575) reviewed Delirium from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at redlight. Very nice. Dark reddish brown, with a foaming head that settled into a lingering layer of cream. Hoppy aroma, with a spicy resiny citric nature, some caramelized rye breadiness malts, toasty and maybe just a touch nutty. Low carbonation in the mouth, light andsmooth going down, somewhat citric and piney hops skirt the edges, finish easy. Quite an easy drinker.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Haka from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 08. Oakham’s is pretty much my favourite brewery in the country, so I was really looking forward to this. Which is why I was surprised that I gave it a lowish score. Even trying it the next day, I wasn’t won over. Hazy pale gold colour with bubbly beige head. Very nettley and ascetic hoppy blond beer. It’s got a bit of harshly citric nettle flavour which I wasn’t too keen on. Bit soapy too. Must be just about my lowest scored Oakham beer I think.
Fin (18365) reviewed Haka from Oakham Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
[i] [b] Cask at The Hop Pole pubs Easter Beer Festival, Aylesbury in the company of Loz, Chris O, Ruth, Barry, Lynn 21-03-08 [/i] [/b] This had the most stunning hop nose it really was that just rubbing hops between forefinger and thumb type smell, fantastic. Mid gold in colour, with slight haze and a small white bubbly head. Sweetened grapefruit in the mouth, marmalade wonderful bitter juiciness, what a lovely beer.