oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Black Shadow from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask@Market Porter, London. Reddish brown colour with a small foamy off-white head, gives some lace. Aroma is malts, osme toasted notes, chocolate, mild berries as well as some slight ashy notes. Flavour is sweet malts, some berries, roasted malts, mild ashes, chocolate and some nutty notes. Pleasant Mild.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Jolly Holly from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Pig’s Ear 2011, London. Pours clear gold with a faint head. Fresh hop nose with biscuits and lemon. Fine and crisp flavor with some biscuits and a mild citrus kick. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Faintly dry to finish with more biscuity malts. Not bad.
madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Hopsack from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
3rd December 2009
Pigs Ear. Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Zero carbonation. Floral hops with grapefruit bitterness. Finishes minerally and dry.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
21st April 2012: opening of the refurbished ‘Elephant and Castle’ in Dawley, Shropshire. Hand pulled pint: the body was a pale, clear, straw blond colour, small white head. Hoppy nose, both floral and citrusy, mild malt content as the beer warmed. Hop bitterness rules the taste stakes, this is a dry beer; pink grapefruit came to mind as the main non-beery flavour. The alcohol sits well within the brew and overall this is an easy drinking, refreshing beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
21st April: opening of the refurbished ‘Elephant and Castle’ in Dawley, Shropshire. Hand pulled pint: ruby red/brown body, the head well formed but thin was an off-white/cream colour. Nose is a roasted malty molasses mix with traces of both coffee and chocolate in the sweetness. The taste was also all malts: caramel and coffee flavours blending together, the coffee preventing it becoming too sweet. Thought it might have a stronger feel to it’s flavours but the mix works nicely even if it isn’t heavy or rich.
BlackHaddock (17491) reviewed Navvy from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
21st April: opening of the refurbished ‘Elephant and Castle’ in Dawley, Shropshire. Hand pulled pint of a golden misty body, on top a thin crown of white bubbles sat throughout the tasting. The smell was of citrusy hops with floral overtones, only a suggestion of malts in the nose. The taste was a pleasant blend of those aforementioned hop flavours and a malt caramel feel. Body depth fine for the alcohol content: an OK beer but no world beater.
Olut (22183) reviewed March Hare from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Full-bodied with a fruity aroma, some fruitiness amongst its heavy texture.
Olut (22183) reviewed Double Gold from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Full body with a deep taste associated with Phoenix, and has a nice glow in the glass.
Olut (22183) reviewed White Tornado from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
A weak blond that is not that blond in its various characteristics. Not much flavour.
madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Wobbly Bob from Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
6th August 2009
Cask at GBBF. Slightly hazy amber beer - brown beer. Softish palate, a little dry. Low carbonation. Rich fruit - very nice! Orange and peach well blended with rich malt. Tasty!