minutemat (16258) reviewed Taffy Apples Cider from Tomos Watkin 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
1 pint bottle from Wales somewhere. This bottle spent the past 4 months in the driver’s door of my van while it was being "fixed" at two different garages. When I finally got it back, remarkably the bottle was still there & not swiped by mechanics at said untrustworthy garages. After surviving the hottest weather this country’s ever had, this didn’t taste that bad. Nice and sweet but not too fruity, with a mild dryness. Really not bad at all. Expected worse.
Olut (21769) reviewed Magic Lagyr (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Not high on flavour but it does have a fairly clean and crisp texture. Has a small, light grainy lager aroma. Light golden colour with no head.
McCash (16021) reviewed Magic Lagyr (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle from Spar in Rhos on Sea. Pours golden with a decent head and steady carbonation. The nose has lemon, cream and some green vegetable thing going on. The taste has more of the same though it slightly lacks the fresh green vegetable zing. The palate has a big body for lager, very creamy in texture and it just lacks some bitterness in the finish. Overall, I think it’s a decent lager, just needs some more bitterness, in my opinion.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed OSB Old Style Bitter (Cask) from Tomos Watkin 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at The Parcel Yard. Pours dark amber with a transient beige head. Aroma of floral and fruit. Med body. Flavor is light caramel with floral and something suggesting green berry. I t doesn’t finish very bitter, tho it’s bitter. Brought well hopped barleywine to mind. With time there’s a suggestion of chocolate.
Olut (21769) reviewed Cwrw Braf (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Translates as "That’s Lovely!" in English and it is. It’s a very healthy textured and tasty golden ale with a fine mild maltness in its aftertaste.
Olut (21769) reviewed Cwrw Gaeaf (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark ale with a slight red glow. Sweet tasting with winter fruits in the aroma for a suitable winter ale. Has a mild toffee flavouring and easy to drink.
omhper (44752) reviewed Cwrw Idris (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Hazy amber, rich head. Aroma of ripe fruit and caramel. Fairly sweet with soft mouthfeel and medium body. Toast and caramel, some brown sugar. Low bitterness.
Olut (21769) reviewed Blodwen's Beer from Tomos Watkin 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Clear but flat looking golden ale with an extremely sweet aroma. Sweet tasting with a slight cinnamon spicy edge to it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brown 500ml bottle, by Hurns Brewery, same address as above, but a brewery name change? Drank on 25th March 2009, best before the end of May 2009. Poured into UK pint sleeve glass. Bright and clear amber coloured body with a huge foaming off-white head. Plenty of carbonisation, well loads of bubbles rising through the beer anyway. Lighter in colour than I expected (old style bitter just made me think dark and musty). Good malty, beery aroma. It may well be Welsh but it has all the hall marks of a good English Bitter, yeast and hops can also be sniffed as you drink this very pleasant beer. Good flavours, of all things beery. This ale tastes like an ale, crisp, refreshing and clean. Wheat has been used, but I couldn’t detect any, just malted barley on the grain front. Very drinkable and one of the best beers I’ve had from Wales, ever.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Cwrw Hâf (Cask) from Tomos Watkin 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Brown 500ml bottle best before end of Aug 09, drank late July 09. The cut price store near my house still turns up some weird beers, like this, but normally only once, so if miss um, you miss um for ever! Poured into a vase shaped ’Old Speckled Hen’ branded pint glass. Slight chill haze type look to it, hope I didn’t store it too cold before opening. The colour was a dirty orange or a dull old gold. There is some wheat in the brew, with the malted barley, which might explain the cloudiness. On top sat an off-white creamy head. Sweet Pea and hoppy aroma (Fuggles are used), almost like a summer flowergarden fragrance, but without the hay fever sneezing fear. A fairly rough taste and feel, almost ginger beer harsh at first. A grapefruity/citrusy flavour takes over after the initial shock of the rugged, turbulent first sips. The aroma is at total odds to the taste, both however are fine in their own right. Interesting and very enjoyable, glad I found it in my cheapo store down the road.