Grumbo (24737) reviewed The Rev James Reserve from Brains 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
6/8/2025. Cask at GBBF 2025. Very popular at the festival. Good pour. Quite heavily malted, fruity, brown sugar, plum jam. Rich fruited malt loaf. Drying. Good.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed The Rev James Pale from Brains 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
6/8/2025. Cask at GBBF 2025. Citrus, grassy, malty, straw aroma. Very slightly starchy. Moderate sweetness, bitterness and body. Dry edge. Quite okay.
Martinsh (3678) reviewed The Rev James Gold from Brains 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at Bird In Hand, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a small foamy off-white head. Floral hops to the fore in the aroma along with hints of malts and yeast. In the mouth it is quite sweet with a creamy texture, but with a little underlying sharpness. Floral hops and malts again in the flavour along with grains, lychee and tangerine. Some hints of spice too after a while. Finish is dry and a little sticky. This is decent – but not as good as the Rev James Original.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old rating - Pours a copper red colour with a creamy head. Aromas of malt and fruit. Tastes of honey mixed with caramel and fruit, with just a edge of bitterness. Feels a smooth drink with moderate carbonation. Overall one I enjoyed.
jerseyislandbeer (5992) reviewed Organ Morgan from Brains 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, fruits, flora, grain & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
jerseyislandbeer (5992) reviewed Dark (Bottle) from Brains 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours near jet black with a beige foamy head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, chocolate, coffee, flora & roasted malt. Medium body. Creamy finish
ITFCDan (2323) ticked SA Gold (Cask) from Brains 1 year ago
Grumbo (24737) reviewed SA Gold (Cask) from Brains 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
16/4/2025. Cask at the Thomas Wolsey, Ipswich. Pours clear golden with a small frothy white head. Decent pour. Aroma is hoppy, straw, malt, citrus. Moderate sweetness with some nice developing bitterness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. Easy drinker.
Reubs (35701) ticked Boudicca from Brains 1 year ago
Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - 28/30 roasted and sweet dark malty with rich notes of chocolate, singed brown sugar, lightly burnt ashy malts, caramel, medium body with nice cask soft mouthfeel, lingering malty finish. Very nice.