About
Alter Ego Brewing Co is a 2.5bbl brewery based in Heanor, Derbyshire right next door to the beautiful Shipley Park.
We are guilty of brewing beers that we enjoy to drink, but do not fear as this covers a wide range of styles right through from cask beers to more daring styles in can.
You can find our beer in local pubs, nationwide bottle shops or from our online shop for local delivery or collection from our micropub ,The Tip Inn. If you want your local bottle shop to stock our beer point them to our website :)
We are guilty of brewing beers that we enjoy to drink, but do not fear as this covers a wide range of styles right through from cask beers to more daring styles in can.
You can find our beer in local pubs, nationwide bottle shops or from our online shop for local delivery or collection from our micropub ,The Tip Inn. If you want your local bottle shop to stock our beer point them to our website :)
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creamy tan head stayed on a still black body. Malt, metallic & pine aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a tingle on the cloying back. Malt, marshmallow, coffee & herbal tastes with a lightly hopped tangy finish. Standard
Tried
on 02 Jan 2022
at 21:32
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can courtesy of Dad, cheers Dad! Had this at Scott and Mandy's, Dumbleton, Worcs', Friday 8th October 2021, listening to Autechre. Pours amber with a white head. In the mouth this is sweet, perhaps too much residual sweetness here, caramel, syrupy and sometimes dried fruit but all a little bit toned down and shy. I wasn't a big fan and didn't finish it, nothing wrong with it, just not really floating my boat, on the plus side despite the abv it was very easy drinking and certainly displayed the usual barley wine characteristics but depth of flavour just wasn't there for me.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2021
at 05:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can courtesy of Dad, cheers Dad! Had this at Scott and Mandy's, Dumbleton, Worcs', Friday 8th October 2021. Pours warm orange/gold colour with a white head. Nice bitterness, quite thick in the mouth, warming, fruity, hoppiness shows, a little streaky edge, a little soapy edge.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2021
at 15:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can courtesy of Dad, cheers Dad! Had this at Scott and Mandy's, Dumbleton, Worcs', Friday 8th October 2021. Pours hazy light gold colour with a white head. A touch thin, a little peachiness, not much in the way of bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2021
at 14:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can courtesy of Dad, cheers Dad! Had this at Scott and Mandy's, Dumbleton, Worcs', Friday 8th October 2021. Pours murky yellowy colour with a white head. Juicy, tropical, pineapple and mango as per description, soft moutheel.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2021
at 13:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can courtesy of Dad, cheers Dad! Had this at Scott and Mandy's, Dumbleton, Worcs', Friday 8th October 2021. Pours murky yellowy colour with a white head, some hop sediment. Juicy, tropical, not bad but not amazing either.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2021
at 12:50
5/10
Tried
on 13 Aug 2021
at 19:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Creaky Floorboard, Derby. Pours lemon yellow with no discernable head. Aroma is not pronounced, but is of grape juice. In the mouth the texture is creamy with floral flavours to the fore – elderflower and grape. However, the further into the glass you get, the hoppier it becomes. All leading to a dry finish. A session IPA? Not hoppy enough in my opinion.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jun 2021
at 13:49
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the Creaky Floorboard. Clean golden colour with a white head. Aroma lemon and grassy. Slightly sweet.ohh the crisp body.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2021
at 19:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Creaky Floorboard, Derby. Light gold and clear with a smattering of white head. Smells of white grape juice. Sweet taste with a malty character, more vinous notes. Lemongrass and more white grape. Some bitterness on the finish. Lightly carbonated. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2021
at 12:18