Oakham Ales

Commercial Brewery in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 1993

Contact
2 Maxwell Road, Peterborough, PE2 7JB, England
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 weโ€™re looking forward to many more exciting years of brewing.

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7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
2nd August 2023
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth pale malts, sweet. Nice honey. Decent rich citric hops, rich marmalade jammy citrus. Light semi dry floral finish. Not bad at all.
Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2023 at 15:02

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried on 02 Aug 2023 at 14:19

7/10
Tried on 02 Aug 2023 at 14:17

7.4/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at the Briar Rose, Bingo-Cotts Convention, 08/07/23. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white head. Nose is orange zest, grass, melon, grapefruit. Taste comprises bitter orange, grapefruit, pine needle, citric tinged straw, grass, airy malts, mandarin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close spiked with juicy hop bitterness. Tidy sessioner.
Tried from Can on 27 Jul 2023 at 17:52

6.8/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at The Ealing Beer Festival 2023, Ealing, London. An orange/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, grapefruit taste and aroma. Quite bitter but decent enough red ale.
Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2023 at 21:55

6.5/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at The Ealing Beer Festival 2023, Ealing, London. A slightly hazy golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, tropical fruit taste and aroma. A rather average Oakham beer.
Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2023 at 21:17

7/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at The Ealing Beer Festival 2023, Ealing, London. A very dark brown/black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Rich, roasty, malty, chocolate taste and aroma. Decent porter from Oakham.
Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2023 at 21:03

6.6/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear pale gold with a creamy/frothy white head. Light malt and a touch of fruit on the nose, grapefruit bitterness and floral hops on top of a light and fruity malt backbone, smooth and semi-creamy with a dry bittersweet finish
Tried from Cask at Figure of Eight on 16 Jul 2023 at 10:00

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can from JDW William Withering, Wellington. Drunk from the can at the train station. Bubblegum citrus coming through quite strong, nice appealing sweetness. Probably beer of the evening.
Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2023 at 16:35

7/10
Tried on 08 Jul 2023 at 10:08