bb (18428) reviewed SA (Cask) from Brains 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask. Amber beer with a cream head. Light malt. Light vinegar and light malt flavor. Medium bodied. Light vinegar and light malt linger. Started to turn.
bb (18428) reviewed Bitter from Brains 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask. Golden beer with a cream head. Malt and light caramel aroma. Malt and light caramel flavor with light citrus and light woodsiness. Medium bodied. Malt and light caramel linger with light citrus and light woodsiness.
Robin Svensson (13124) ticked SA Gold from Brains 2 years ago
mcberko (47456) reviewed SA (Cask) from Brains 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On cask at Cambrian Tap, pours a clear amber with a small white head. Aroma has gentle bready malt, some stale fungal notes. Flavour is more or less the same, with stale bready malt and some fungal notes. Shitty even for a cask bitter.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Bitter from Brains 2 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On cask at Cambrian Tap, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out nothing but fungal notes, maybe bready malt. Flavour is pretty much tasteless — smooth at least. Useless even for the style.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Dark (Cask) from Brains 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On cask at City Arms, pours a deep dark brown with an amber tinge and a medium tan head. Aroma is very subdued, with gentle toasted bready, not much else. Flavour is smooth and clean, with lightly toasted bready. Not much else to speak of. It's clean and drinkable, but with little character. Fine.
mcberko (47456) reviewed The Rev James Original (Cask) from Brains 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On cask at City Arms, pours a clear copper with a small beige head. Aroma brings out English bready malt, a hint of toasted caramel, and toasted nuts. Flavour is smooth, with bready malt, toasted nuts, and light herbal/fungal notes. Nothing wrong here, just has that common fungal character. Fine.
omhper (44752) reviewed SA (Cask) from Brains 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
--Cask at The Isambard Kingdom Brunel (JDW), Portsmouth. -- Clear nut brown. Caramelly, leafy nose. Sweetish with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Cooked vegetables, leafs and caramel. Mid bitter finish.
huineman (1435) reviewed Bitter from Brains 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pint at The City Arms, Cardiff. An orange to amber somewhat hazy pour with half an inch of egg-white head. Aroma is dandelion, bread, toast, nuts. Taste is dry, watery, not really fresh (it lacks acidity.) Finish is much more bitter and long-lasting tan anticipated; with hints of dry lemon.
huineman (1435) reviewed Dark (Cask) from Brains 2 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pint at The Old Arcade, Cardiff. A very dark, bright, almost black hazy brown pour with a finger of tight, tan head. Visually reminds me of a Guinness. Nose is also somewhat reminiscent of Guinness, but it tends more towards a stranger (and better) ale: Black Acid, a strange co-op between Lervig and Oud Beersel. So we have licorice and chocolate, but also lambic-y tinges of green apple and wild yeast. Cool. Mouth is dry, never full (nor even close), quite crisp but not tart. Bitterness is quite evident in the long finish. Best Brain's so far.