madmitch76 (40452) reviewed These Leaden Skies from Hopcraft Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
3rd March 2018
Dan's Stag. Bag O Nails. Cask, served over slumbering mogs! Almost clear gold - amber beer, patchy thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light and dry, modest fine carbonation. Thin malts, dry, mildly sweet. Ripe orange and a fair dose of apple. Dry finish. Lame. Don't think this is in good nick!
Scopey (25115) reviewed These Leaden Skies from Hopcraft Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Bag O Nails. It pours clear deep amber - brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is toasty grain, sponge cake, bready, gingerbread, and orange peel. The taste is fresh, bready, orange sponge cake, lemon drizzle cake, bready, cakey, spice and light metal with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, foamy carbonation. Decent enough gear, if a bit chewy.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Dits de Sang from Hopcraft Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
5.0% At Merton Winter Beer Festival 2018. Dark cola colour few bubble collar. Herby aroma. That's bizarre. Don't know what to make of it. Odd. Lime? Struggled with a third.
Garrold (11394) reviewed Campania from Hopcraft Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask. Harlequin, Sheffield. Fuck, I’ve not been in here for years. Doesn’t look like I’ve missed much. Anyhow, the beer is clear, dark brown. Foamy, lasting, beige head. Nose has chocolate ice cream. Hint of fruity coffee bean. Some vanilla. Dusty cocoa. Taste is surprisingly dry and vinous. Light, vinous bitterness. Medium body. Low carbonation. Nicely creamy. Twang of vine fruit to finish. Delivers the Neapolitan thing on the nose, then turns proper stouty. Nice one.
Tdtm82 (4807) ticked These Leaden Skies from Hopcraft Brewing 7 years ago
Typical well-made Gazza beer even though I'm not a fan of the hop.
Fin (18365) reviewed Dits de Sang from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask, gravity at Merton Beer Festival, Merton, Oxon Saturday 24th February 2018 in the company of Glen and Ian. Pours very dark brown with a head that swiftly departs. I get a touch of coconut, slight creaminess, lactose, it's a little unusual but it's ok. Getting a bit of lime as well. 3.2 A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
At Merton Winter Beer Festival 2018. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Fresh big hoppy grapefruit resin pine aroma. Very hoppy. Pink grapefruit. Dry finish. Leafy hoppy flavour. Very good. Some tangerine. Pretty good
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Merton Beer Festival, Merton, Oxon, Friday 23rd 2018 in the company of Ratebeerians Bobinlondon and Ryan. This is a corker of a beer, juicy fruity, hazy, soft mouthfeel, with so many NEIPA/Pale Ale style attributes that you only normally pick up in an expensive can or Key Keg but delivered here to perfection in cask form by Gazza, Sue and Dave. It has fantastic condition a huge ice cream head, wonderful fresh fruity, hoppy nose and is wonderfully drinkable. If you I drank this all night at Merton and had nothing else I would be happy. Fabulous beer. If drinkability was a score here this would achieve 10/10 A8 A5 T9 P4 Ov17 4.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX.
[ As Hopcraft / Steel City / Waen Jumping Someone Else's Bandwagon ].
ABV: 5.0%. Cloudy medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light sweet malt, moderate hoppy, hop oil - resin, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, hop oil - resin - pine, fruity hops, hop bitter, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180126]
7-3-7-3-15
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ Chelmsford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 150218