fonefan (84534) reviewed Preservation from Castle Rock Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, licorice notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (030508)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Alexander Hotel, Derby. Straw with a thick white head; citrus aroma; citrus flavour; strongly bitter to finish. Straightforward and boring.
Downender (11275) reviewed Hemlock Bitter from Castle Rock Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask-conditioned at the Raven, Bath 18/5/08. Chestnut brown with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of fruity malt and grassy hops. Easy drinking with slightly sweet fruit and nuts malt followed by some citrus hops in the finish. Very drinkable.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
[cask at North Wiltshire Beer Festival] Caramel dominates but rather bitter for a mild. Not great.
Downender (11275) reviewed Harvest Pale (Cask) from Castle Rock Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On gravity at the Bristol Beer Festival 14/3/08. Pale gold with a decent white head. Big hop aroma of grapefruit and flowers with some sweetness. Flavour was fruity with some grassy hops and a pleasant dry finish. Drinkable.
Finn (18112) reviewed Starling from Castle Rock Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Cask at The Market Porter London Bridge 5 Feb 08. Pale golden colored. A thin layer-head. Modest aroma. Hardly any taste. Difficult to describe this. Some bitterness in the aftertaste. Dry finish.
Fin (18365) reviewed Harvest Pale (Cask) from Castle Rock Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
[i] [b] Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb’ 08 [/i] [/b] Pours more lemon but moving toward golden, nice bubbly white head. Fresh floral aroma, the american hops starting to make their presence felt. Great crisp refreshing beer, sweet malts and lovely fruity flavour, this drink’s far better than it should and more than held it’s own against some of the bigger beers on offer. Very popular and justifiably so, this is a corking session beer.
Fin (18365) reviewed Great Crested Grebe from Castle Rock Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
[i] [b] Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb’ 08 [/i] [/b] Pour’s clear golden with nice white bubbles atop. Malts on the nose along with some wispy traces of hop. Crisp refreshing beer with good interplay between sweet malts and the citrus hop. Tasty and moreish, nice and fruity, drying at the end.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Sherwood Oak from Castle Rock Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at Pembury Tavern, London. Beer of the festival for me. Black with ruby edges, lasting tan head. Good roasty nose. Some charcoal, liquorice. Nice choc. Somewhere between a dark mild and a porter.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Cranefly from Castle Rock Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at GBBF 2007. A hazy golden beer with a thick off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with a light touch of hops. The flavor is sweet with a very crisp malt note as well as a light hop note - too light for my liking, and the body is thin. A quite refreshing beer.