Away Days Beer

Commissioner in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

Closed in 2024

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Newark-on-Trent, NG24, England
Description
Away Days was launched in 2018 by beer and football fan, Josh Bartlett, with the sole aim of creating football themed beers that through player pun names and eye catching branding, would be appealing to a wider demographic of drinker.

Having watched his beloved Ipswich Town lose on a cold Tuesday night back in 2017, the idea of football beers came to mind, with the first beer name idea being “Boncho” after the 90’s Bulgarian player, Boncho Genchev. The idea of ordering a pint of Boncho was an idea that stuck and thus the quest to launch Away Days began.

Beers in the range are brewed across four different unknown breweries.

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thanks a lot for another Mild, Graham!]. Quasi black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately to mostly lasting, moderately lacing, beige to tan head. Earthy, leafy, fruity hoppy and minimally chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of dark berries, plum, bramble, blackcurrant, black cherry whiffs of dark chocolate and milk chocolate, liquorice, liquorice root. Taste is initially earthy, leafy, fruity hoppy, notes of bramble, blueberry, blackcurrant, plum, black cherry, minimally tart-ish and grassy, later more roasty and chocolately, dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, subtle sweetness, whiffs of liquorice, liquorice root. Watery texture, minimally dry, smooth and soft palate, fine, soft, not really prickly but efficacious carbonation. A very nice Mild again, quite rich and manifold on both, the malty and the hoppy side, almost an Imperial Mild or a semi-imperial Mild at least. Probably the best low alcohol style that works perfectly without adjuncts. And this is a very good representative of the style.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2021 at 20:53


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Appearance - deep amber with an edge of autumnal red. Lovely. Nose - cherry, in fact marzipan. Almonds and caramel. Taste - lovely red fruit again, so strawberry as well as red cherry. Nougat too, with an edge of marzipan. Palate - creamy and close to medium bodied. Light malt and hop bitterness on the finish. Great balance. Overall - lovely gear! More than solid!

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2021 at 17:27


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Appearance - golden amber with a proportionate white head. Nose - light toffee, biscuit and lemon. Taste - caramel and biscuit. Palate - light bodied, fairly fresh on the finish. Overall - ok.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2021 at 18:41


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Appearance - deep amber to red. Fluffy, slightly off-white head. Nose - biscuit, light caramel and a little ginger spice. Taste - more ginger biscuits. Just a touch of caramel again. Palate - crunchy texture, medium bodied. Dry, roasty finish. Overall - decent example of the style.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2020 at 18:13


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - golden with a quickly disappearing head. Nose - apples, stewed as well as green. Taste - more stewed apples, plus some hay. Palate - light bodied tangy middle and finish. Overall - a solid citizen.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2020 at 16:37


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle: Poured a blackish brown with a light red tinge to the base, head was creamy lacing beige. Aroma is malty, some roast. Taste is roasted malts, light edginess hops.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2020 at 20:39


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from beers of Europe. Amber colour stone fruity and slight nutty aroma and taste caramel sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2019 at 23:00


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

20/10/2019. Bottle from Hopsters, Ipswich shared watching ITFC away. Pours golden amber with a small lasting off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, caramel and fruit. Medium sweetness with moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2019 at 11:47


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - malty with just a hint of citrus. Taste - more citrus this time. Still quite a lot of malt bag going on. Palate - light bodied and creamy. Could be a bit fresher. Overall - ok.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2019 at 15:58


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - golden yellow. nicely proportioned head. Nose - lemon custard. Light floral note. Taste - lemon, grapefruit and pith. Generally, barley water thing going on. Palate - light bodied, slightly creamy in the middle then good bitterness. Overall - good refreshment for a hot summer's day like this.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2019 at 20:12