Leighton (34941) reviewed Electric I.P.A. from Brixton Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up at CBC Brixton. Pours lightly hazy, rich gold with a large, frothy white cap. The aroma has pine needles, grapefruit and perhaps some tangerine. Light to medium sweet flavor with further citrusy hops, some alcohol, and an mild note of plastic and somewhat abrasive grass. Medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Subtly resinous on the finish with some harsh grassy bitterness, subtle toasted plastic, pine and semi-ripe grapefruit. There are some nice citrus notes at times but overall the beer has flaws and it’s just not that drinkable. Given the quality level of IPAs in London at this point in time a beer like this just won’t cut it.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Reliance Pale Ale from Brixton Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home in London - sourced from CBC Brixton. Pours lightly hazy gold with a moderate, frothy white head that settles into a cream. Pretty classic aroma of pale, lightly doughy malt nose with touches of hay and lemon. Light sweet flavor with a character that follows as expected based on the nose: some lightly dried pale malts, a bit of white bread, dirty hay, lemon rind, background citric tang. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly drying on the finish with bitter hay and rindy citrus, balanced by a very simple pale malt base. A highly drinkable golden ale.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Effra Ale from Brixton Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up at CBC Brixton. Pours cloudy amber with a bubbly, white head. The aroma has note of pine, dried orange and grainy bread. Light to medium sweet flavor with lots of dry and lightly yeasty brown bread, further pine, earth, some leaves, a bit more dried citrus. Light to medium in body with soft carbonation. The condition seems slightly lacking. Mildly resinous on the finish with lightly toasted, dried bread, pine, hints of pineapple, orange, apple. Fairly tasty overall but it’s a rather simplistic beer and a bit rough around the edges.