Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Ferrymans Gold from Loddon Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at Fly in the Loaf, Liverpool. Gold colour with slight haze and lasting off white head. Aroma a bit like a biere de garde blonde. Bit of peach/apricot. Rather good if I’m being honest. Full in mouth, good pale malts and then rich citrus twang on end. Bit of strawberry maybe. Very good golden rich beer.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Ferrymans Gold from Loddon Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask@Akkurat, Stockholm. Golden colour, mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is fruity, woody and slightly grassy. Flavour is caramel, toffee, hay and hops. Pleasant thing!
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Hocus Pocus from Loddon Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask. Copper colour, small white head. Aroma is berries, fruity hops and some slight wooden hints. Flavour is wooden (oaky), fruity hoppy and slightly of apples. Pleasant, but not very special.
omhper (44752) reviewed Hocus Pocus from Loddon Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Dark ruby. Intense frity nose. Very sweet with lots of dark plums. Medium bodied with dense soft mouthfeel. Very salty finish.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Ferrymans Gold from Loddon Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm) Amber/orange colour with brief off-white head. Fruity nose with orange peel, mandarin and a slight hint of ginger. Fruity taste with orange, some chocolate and a floral, slightly soapy, bitterness in the finish. Balanced sweetness throughout. Nice citrussy hop character.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Forbury Lion from Loddon Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2007. Peachy aroma. Lasting thin white head. Really lovely fruit, white stone fruit flavour with then balanced hop finish. Lovely balanced beer between aroma, palate and finish and between hop and malt. Some juicy malt. Good pepper hop finish. Very dry. Some citrus and a bit of grapefruit.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Dragonfly (4.0%) from Loddon Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at The Monks’ Retreat (JDW), Reading. Golden with a white head; crisp and refreshing with a grapefruit flavour and some honey; a refreshing bitter aftertaste with more grapefruit. Excellent.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Hullabaloo from Loddon Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[Cask at The Monks’ Retreat, Reading] A hazy chestnut colour with minimal head, very flat but not quite dead. A good basic bitter - it smells of hops and malt and tastes of hops and malt. A pleasantly nutty finish.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Forbury Lion from Loddon Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at The Monks’ Retreat, Reading.
A crystal clear pale gold colour with a white head; sweetish aroma with hints of orange; very fruity and chewy in the mouth with a sweet jammy consistency leading to a subtle bitter citrus aftertaste. A bit like drinking a bitter orange marmalade. Excellent.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Hocus Pocus from Loddon Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
[Cask at The Monks’ Retreat, Reading.] A superb glossy dark brown colour with a red tint, with a thin off-site head on top; not much aroma but a hint of malt; however the taste is great, exploding in the mouth with an intense caramel maltiness, the sweetness is well balanced with a toasty dryness leading to a pleasantly bitter aftertaste. Excellent.