Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Egham. Berry aroma. Light-medium opaque brown. Thin frothy white head. Sweet. Fruit and berries. Turkish delight-esque. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Abrupt finish. It's OK. A thin stout. And not too much like Turkish Delight which I am not a fan of.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Gold Cup (-2017) from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Mid-golden, clear with a small off-white head and some six day lacing. Light aroma with melon, orange peel, grass, some peppery spice. Taste is absolutely brilliant: mostly bitter and a bit sharp, mellowing into a proper tropical fruit flavour. Finish is very bitter, astringent and a touch soapy, but that's just being picky. Soft carbonation. A cracker.
tokyobeerdrinker (9001) reviewed Anastasia's from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Kris Wines at home. Very dark brown/black colour with golden brown bubbly head. Aroma is chocolate and roasty, lots of malt, touch of cream and something savoury, almost meaty. Bit of booziness too. Smells much stronger than 5%! Taste is chocolate, roasty malt, slight bitterness, bit of smoke. Some hoppy fruitiness too, can taste the orange. Quite unusual. Pretty thick and quite smooth. Nice long lasting roasty finish. Pretty nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Anastasia's on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Bottle from Kris Wines at home. Very dark brown/black colour with golden brown bubbly head. Aroma is chocolate and roasty, lots of malt, touch of cream and something savoury, almost meaty. Bit of booziness too. Smells much stronger than 5%! Taste is chocolate, roasty malt, slight bitterness, bit of smoke. Some hoppy fruitiness too, can taste the orange. Quite unusual. Pretty thick and quite smooth. Nice long lasting roasty finish. Pretty nice.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Front Runner from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[Cask at the New Leathern Bottle, Warfield.] A bright amber pour with a tight cream head; aroma of citrus and spice; taste of lemony citrus and some rye-type grain adding some spice; then a sweeter lemon sherbert finish with lingering herbs. Not bad.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Shadowfax from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF: Poured a golden off white head. Aroma is strong hops. Taste is a bit sweet citrus fruit.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Front Runner from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF: Poured a golden with off white head. Aroma is hoppy. Taste is gritty hops.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Dark Horse from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF: Poured a black color with brown head. Aroma is malty, light coffee. Taste is malty sweet toast with some roastness.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Gold Cup from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, Greater London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Ascot Gold Cup ].
ABV: 4.0%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, fruity hops, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruit, flowers. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, sweet malt, fruity, fruity hops - citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190808]
7-3-7-3-14
fonefan (84534) reviewed Shadowfax from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, Greater London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Ascot Shadowfax ].
ABV: 4.8%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, fruity malt, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190808]
7-3-6-3-14
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Shadowfax from Ascot Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
8/8/2019. Cask at the 2019 Great British Beer Festival. Pours golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of hops, fruit, malt, grass and light tropical fruit. Medium sweetness with moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation.