yespr (55501) reviewed SA Gold (Cask) from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
From cask. Clear and golden with a small white and slight fizzy head. Butterish and dry acidic note in the aroma. Flavour holds the same diacetyl with a light acidic touch. Smooth hoppy and mild citric. Totally gone malt profile. Bitter and slight acidic flavoured finish.
Bullit (6144) reviewed SA (Cask) from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Bon Accord. Hazy golden colour, tiny head. Malty aroma. Flavour has some hops which gives it a nice bitterness. Ok bitter.
Fin (18365) reviewed Top Notch from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW Bicester, Oxon . Pours chestnut brown with reddy hue and white head Toffee apples and brambles combine in the mouth with a fruity and dry finish, also quite tangy. It leaves a bitter fruity furriness in the mouth but ts the dryness that’s most telling.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Top Notch from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[gravity cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Chestnut, small white head. Deep, rich, earthy, malty, woody bitter. One of the better efforts from Brains. c7
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Top Notch from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Gravity dispensed cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Dark copper with a thin white head; woodland aroma of damp leafs; woody flavour with a touch of licorice; thin to start, then becoming quite full with an oily sweetness, undercut by an earthy bitterness. Interesting with unusual flavours.
Downender (11275) reviewed SA Gold (Bottle) from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Golden with a decent, but short-lived, white head. Sweet caramel (boiled sweet) aroma, with some floral hops playing second fiddle. Similar sweet malts in the flavour, with some citrus hops and a long dry finish. Good.
TBone (30139) reviewed Dark (Bottle) from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottled, ABV 4,1 %, BB 07/2009). Dark brown color, good creamy beige head. Sweet caramelly, a bit metallic aroma. Quite carbonated. Roasted, coffeish, a bit caramelly and milky. Some hops in the aftertaste. Good beer, but overcarbonated. Not sure if this is really "bottle conditioned".
fonefan (84534) reviewed The Rev James Original (Cask) from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ The York, London, England.Clear light to medium brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty, toffee, buttery notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. (030808)
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed 45 from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
[on tap at Ferryboat Inn, Fishguard] Nice deep gold with a large, smooth white head. Too fizzy by half. Honey dominates with some dusty hay and a slight sourness. Not bad for a pale lager.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Bitter Smooth from Brains 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
[Nitrokeg at BarFive, Fishguard] Smooth & creamy almost to the point of being cloying. But with a decent amount of fruity malt, it’s nicely drinkable. Not bad at all for a nitrokegged bitter.