Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Fireball from Elland Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity at Rare Breeds BF 06. Copper colour with lasting off white head. Nice bitter, fullish in mouth, nice citrus hop. Some creaminess. Nice crisp finish. Dry hop which is quite green.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Anniversary Ale from Elland Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask handpull at Scarborough Hotel, Leeds. Good to have E&S beers in the heart of Leeds. Gold colour with lasting white head. Sweaty sox hop aroma and flavour. Some citric hop, bit of tea flavour. Smooth, creamy in mouth, but probably as an affect of the sparkler. Got quite a good bite on the end. Bit like Deuchars IPA. Fine. Finish is nice.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Born To Be Mild from Elland Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Cask handpump at Scarborough Hotel, Leeds. Deep ruby with lasting beige head. Really nice mild, plenty of choc/coffee malt, choc/coffee on aroma. Bit fo bite on end. Dry roasted malt is suberb. Good flavour for its strength.
Fin (18365) reviewed KSA from Elland Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at the Myrtle Grove, Bingley, 19-05-06. A very decent blonde beer, described as a Kolsch on the label but I am stil not wordly wise enough on all aspects of continental styles to say how accurate that description is. In truth it was very different from your usual Blonde/Golden Ales and had a lovely soft maybe slightly vanilla and banana tones really very, very nice poured a slightly hazy golden colour my only real criticism was it was a touch sweet, otherwise extremely good.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Halifax Bomber from Elland Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask half pint at NERAX on 5/3/06
Strongly beige, almost single-malt colored body, with a touch of chestnut and a very foamy off-white/beige head that is retained well and provides spotty lacing. Very high clarity.
Very dry, EKG-like aroma is almost dusty, with some very dry straw, nutty, maris otter malt maybe? Whatever it is, it’s almost oily, with a dry cherryskin-meets-amaretto note with a hint of earthiness and some heavy drying, unfortunately cardboard-like on the end.
Though the yeast has dropped, the flavor opens up VERY nutty, very dry, heavily attenuated and with the oily-semi-sweet floor malts that produce plenty of nuts and moderate earthiness on the end. Tingly carbonation is actually quite strong for a cask ale, and I’m not sure if it works in the beer’s favor or not. It certainly adds a refreshing snappiness to the texture, but could break up some much needed sweetness/malt-softness. Minimally herbal, dusty, straw-like hops show almost no bitterness and little flavor. Not watery at all, though, for the style, with no alcohol and nearly imperceptible diacetyl levels.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Almost no head, yellowish rim over pitch black beer. Very vinous nose, with dark but sweet chocolate; slightly acidic, both lactic and stout-like acidity. Bit of carbondust and fruity at the same time (dark fruit as brambles). Dry, quite bitter taste, a bit hoppy and some more roasted/burnt flavours; impression of figs, ripe plums and ditto pears, etc. Roasted barley and bitter chocolate retronasal. Grist slickness an a serious oiliness, like a film and threads of crude streaming up and through a clear mountainstream. Impressive beer, a true Imperial Stout even with its modest ABV.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Very black. Aroma of tart frozen raspberries. Salty and vinegary. Full bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Some tart sordough and licorice - ending up tasting like lemon-licorice candy. Very unusual.
omhper (44752) reviewed 1872 Porter from Elland Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Black, nearly opaque, no head. Tarry nose with a dash of blood. Dryish woith solid body. So roasty it turns resiny with metallic edges. Some plums and salt. Like listening to your favourite somg played through a distorted amplifier.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Maximum Darkness from Elland Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity dispense at Red Lion, Isleworth. Virtually black in colour with beige head. Really chewy, tarry. Lots of tarry malt, coffee, dark choc. The finish really makes you have to take a breath. Bit of wood in there? Even a bit smokey. It coats the gums like a good red wine
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2005] A red-brown beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of caramel, but also notes of roasted malt. The flavor is dry roasted, combined with light notes of chocolate.