Loddon Brewery

Microbrewery in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2002

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Dunsden Green Farm, Church Lane, Dunsden, RG4 9QD, England
Description
Our 20 barrel brew plant is set in a beautiful 300-year-old barn which is capable of producing up to 100 brewers barrels (28,800 pints) of beer each week.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, fruits, mild toffee, some earthy and herbal notes. Flavour is wooden, floral, caramelly, earthy and mildly herbal and nutty notes.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jun 2012 at 21:18


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

11th September 2009
Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Clear gold beer. Light hoppy nose. Palate is neutral to slightly dry. Light dry malt. Juicy hop fruits. Okay but somewhat let down by the tired malts.

Tried from Cask on 27 May 2012 at 09:37


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Brown 500ml bottle (bottle conditioned), best before 20th Nov 2008, drank July 2008. Very lively, only got half the bottle into my pint tumbler because of the head that appeared as I tried to pour. Pale amber/yellow with a white (large) head, clear and well carbonated, bubbles rising to replenish the head. Citrus aroma, mixed with hops and malts. It claims to have a continental style (whatever that means?) and it doesn’t taste like a normal English Bitter at all. The citrus flavours within the smell are very apparant in the taste, it is almost tangy, zesty even. It tasted a little green, as in not ready, but it only had 4 months life left and it had sat in my garage for over six months. The label also told me to serve it slightly chilled on a sunny day, so I did. A little watery for 4.8%, but not wishy-washy. The spritzy citrus flavours linger in the mouth for a while. Not really ’My Cup of Tea’, but an interesting brew none-the-less.

Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2012 at 12:25


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

Cask-conditioned at George’s Meeting House (JDW), Exeter 12/05/2012. Chestnut coloured with a slight, off-white head. Toasted malts, a hint of nuttiness and a gently bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 13 May 2012 at 10:48


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@The Allied Arms, Reading. Goldeny amber colour with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma is bready and sweet maltyness along with wood, spruce and resiny notes. Flavour is fruity and floral with some resin and mild crisp and bready maltyness. Also some mild notes of cookies. Nice bitter floral finish.

Tried from Cask on 13 May 2012 at 07:58


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@The Allied Arms, Reading. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, some toffee, caramel, herbs and mild resiny notes. Flavour is mild toffee, caramel, wood, resin and some slight herbal and fruity notes as well. Floral and fruity aftertaste with some mild bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 13 May 2012 at 07:56


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@The Monks’ Retreat, Reading. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, some floral notes as well as some crisp maltyness. Flavour is fruits, caramel, some floral notes as well as mild grassy notes. Pleasantly balanced.

Tried from Cask on 13 May 2012 at 07:32


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Weak ale with only a hint of maltiness as its flavour. Also dry in the palate.

Tried on 19 Apr 2012 at 15:50


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

7th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, a little dry. Very mild toffee malt. Whisper of sulphur. Insipid orange hop. Dry finish. Meh!

Tried from Cask on 01 Apr 2012 at 09:18


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malrt and light hoppy aorma. MOderate bitter flavor. Dry caramellic, week butterscoch notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2012 at 02:03