Svesse (15876) reviewed Steam Special from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask, Wenlock Arms, London, 22 July) Copper colour with little head. Nose is fruity and hoppy with lots of citrus (grapefruit, mandarin). Same goes for the taste: fruity and hoppy with lots of grapefruit and some dust towards the finish. Good underlying malty backbone. Long hoppy finish. Nice one!
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Steam Special from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough. Pale copper colour with lasting beige head. Strong piney hop aroma. Maybe US in style. Nice juicy malt in mouth and then heavy resiny hop finish. Grapefruit and sticky sweet hop on end. Nice though. Would have had another if it wasn’t for those other 11 pesky handpulls
Fin (18516) reviewed IPA (prev Hewish IPA) from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask conditioned at Far from the Madding Crowd, Oxford 15-07-06 Standard mid brown colour beer that sadly didn’t have an awful lot to rave about. Not as hoppy as I was hoping and lacking any oomph... in fact lacking a little in all departments but overall It pulled through a bit better and would make a reasonable if unexciting session bitter. A5 A4 F5 P3 Ov12 2.9 Had this again at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 17-08-09 Pours amber with a thin white head. The aroma is a touch malty and with some lingering caramel. tangy and fruity beer with a reasonable bitterness and bite considering the low abv. Its fine and a good little session ale and better than when I had last time so an upward moving re-rate. A6 A4 F6 P3 Ov13 3.2
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Steamed Flames from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask gravity at Catford BF 06. Clear gold with disappearing head. Some caramel on this, otherwise a bit dull. Some hop on end. OK, but dull.
Fin (18516) reviewed Pitchfork from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled picked up in Herefordshire. Pours a warm golden colour with a white quite frothy head, definately quite hoppy but also citrusy lemonyness and good crisp bite the best of the RCH beers I’ve had but still I have had much better.
Fin (18516) reviewed Old Slug Porter from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle picked up in Herefordshire. Pours a dark brown with coffee and hint of dark chocolate in the aroma, has a roasted flavour and is quite dry but a little bit of sweetness. I have had this beer frequently, why I don’t know as I have never been particularly impressed
Fin (18516) reviewed Firebox from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled Herefordshire. Reddy brown coloured, some hops and malt present in the aroma but not too much, malty and pleasantly bitter this was a good if unspectacular ale.
Finn (18241) reviewed Steam Showers from RCH 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Rook & Gaskill York 5 May 06. Brown colour. A creamy white lasting head clinging to the glass. Very pretty. Fruity aroma. A nice bitter aftertaste - after a while.
caesar (10841) reviewed IPA (prev Hewish IPA) from RCH 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap, bow bar, edinburgh. Regular bitter. Looks like regular tea. Some english hop, bit dry. Ok beer.
saxo (29778) reviewed Old Slug Porter from RCH 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Small creamy lasting head. Taste is coffee and chocolate. Dry sweet finish. Good palate.