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In 2019 the brewery was bought by Hawkshead Brewery and brewing ceased in Lye. Beers under the Sadler's brand will be brewed at Hawkshead.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
50cl bottle. A clear dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, coffee and resins. Taste of bitter roasted malt, coffee, caramel, chocolate, moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2021
at 20:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can at home. Hazy golden with a white head. Malty and light citrus. Slightly dry. Crisp light body.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2021
at 20:28
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
330ml bottle. Clear, yellow-ish, pale golden colour with small, frothy, fading, white head. Weak, pale malty and slightly hoppy aroma, a grainy and citrusy touch. Taste is watery, pale malty and slightly hoppy, minimally piney and citrusy. Watery texture, indifferent palate, medium, soft carbonation. Light, watery, anaemic - boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2021
at 18:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear, orangey, golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Floral and minimally fruity, hoppy aroma, hints of gooseberry, whiffs of chamomile, mellow malty background. Taste is moderately bitter, floral and minimally fruity hoppy, pale malty without residual sweetness, a touch of chamomile. Oily texture, smooth and soft palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Nothing spectacular - decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2021
at 23:26
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle: BBE Jan 2022. Drank at home during a random tasting session with myself on 19th Mar 2021. Full on golden body, clean, clear and bright; Fast fading white crown on top. Malty feel to this one, semi-sweet Lager and not too shabby to be honest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2021
at 22:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Clear, darkest brown colour with average, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty dark malty and slightly herbal, grassy, hoppy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee, subtile sweetness. Taste is roasty dark malty, moderately bitter, grassy hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee. Watery texture, dry palate, fine and prickly carbonation. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2021
at 21:37
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Have boycotted Sadlers beers since the brewery was closed, and production moved to Hakwshead a couple of years go. This is my first beer since that. “Brewed in the Black Country since 1861” it says on the bottle – wrong on more than one count ! Anyway, has a malty aroma, with hints of lemongrass. Pours a pale lemon yellow with minimal white head. Not much happening in the mouth ewither – dominant flavours is vegetable stock with metallic undertones. Some malts as well. Finish is rather peppery. One step up from a macro lager, that’s all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2021
at 18:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Co-op. Eye - clear gold, small white head, ringed retention. Aroma - soft fruity and citrus hop with biscuit malts. Taste - crisp and clean. Light biscuit malts is followed by melon, lemon and floral peach. Palate - light to moderate body Overall - its not too bad, I was expecting another English gold beer but there is some decent hop level here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2021
at 00:51
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2020
at 21:18