Downender (11273) reviewed The Village Bike from Potton Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle from ASDA. Amber with a short-lived, white, head and plenty of fizz. Sweet, caramel and berry aroma with a surprisingly strong whiff of booze. Flavour was also sweet with doughy malts, some orange and a gentle finish with slight boiled sweet edge and hint of toastiness. Didn’t work for me.
WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Shambles Bitter from Potton Brewing 12 years ago
jjsint (8701) reviewed Lion from Potton Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Golden beer, takes a white to settle. Once it does, it has a compact off-white head. The aromas are faint and confusing. Metallic and woody notes predominate, with something sweet (bubblegum?) also detectable. The taste is very unexpected: fresh at first fading to bitter. Extremely bitter, almost acrid, aftertaste. The very dry woody character takes a while to get used to.
jjsint (8701) reviewed Shannon IPA from Potton Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Mid-brown beer with a hint of red. Lively at first but clears quickly. The aroma is floral and fruity, but fairly weak so difficult to detect. The taste is bittersweet on the way down with a bitter finish. Slightly soapy. All in all it is a decent enough beer but the profile is too weak for my taste.
jjsint (8701) reviewed Phoenix from Potton Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Three Cups, Bedford. Dark gold, hazy (new barrel?). Smells of TCP and butterscotch. Taste is very, very smoked, dry like charcoal and burnt wood. Can’t get my head around this one.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Shannon IPA from Potton Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask gravity at Firkin Ale House. Clear amber colour. Touch of rubber on the flavour. It’s a little not great. Just about ok
LordAlwold1970 (9933) reviewed Penny Bitter from Potton Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Grape and Grain, Crystal Palace. Amber pour with a white head. Roast malt, caramel and toffee aroma. Orchard fruit flavour with hints of smoke. Dry, smoky finish.
Fergus (31537) reviewed The Village Bike from Potton Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle at home. Light amber orange colour. Thin fleeting white head. Nose is sweet toffee and grassy hop. Flavour is toffee with a hint of roast. Semi dry finish. Some metallic, and a dirty grassy bitterness. Palate is light and a little thin. Middle of the road.
MusingAnorak (11821) ticked Panther from Potton Brewing 13 years ago
Leighton (35102) reviewed Lion from Potton Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Alexandra Arms, Cambridge. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a lasting, white cream head. Simple stuff, with some of that odd golden-ale-but-smokey character. Pale malts, white bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweetness on the finish with mild white sugars. I like it OK but the smokiness cannot possibly be intentional.