Rocky Head

in Wandsworth, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2012

Closed in 2019

Description
Rocky Head Brewery is a micro (5BBL) brewery set up by a group of friends inspired by the American Craft Brewing scene. The brewery is probably the most ramshackle in the UK, equipment sourced and modified from here, there and everywhere.. It seems to work though! We craft artisanal batches of intensely flavoured pale ale by hand, loaded with American and NZ hops.

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

33cl bottle at Chris & Ruth´s House. A clear golden beer with a small most good lasting white head. Aroma of toasted malt, spicy hops, cinnamon. Taste of mild spicy hops, toasted malt, cinnamon, interesting!

Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2017 at 13:38


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

Bottle from Westfield, London. Pours slightly hazy pale gold with a small lasting white head. Aroma of lemon, grapefruit and tropical fruit, light hop, grass and malt. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Light body, slightly watery texture, average carbonation. Finish is dry, with moderate bitters and a touch of lemony sour. Light and refreshing but would be better with a bit more body.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2017 at 18:29


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle brought by A from London. Bottle date 4 novemnber 2016. Hazy golden coloured with a white head. Quite some floaties. Nose is grassy and tropical fruits. Flavour is light malty, grassy, tropical fruits, bit of grapefruits. Slight bitterness, and some sweetness. Finish is slightly bitter. Nice one.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2017 at 07:41


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle at home, picked up from London bridge oddbins. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a rocky off white head. Aroma is sweet and tangy apple, bruised fruits, brown sugars, little toffee, pine. Flavour is composed of medium sweet malts, toffee, bruisd appe, woody pine, tangy fruit. Not without flaw. Maybe Acetaldehyde. Palate is sweet sugary, moderate carbonation, tangy. Not great.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2017 at 15:44


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 330ml. @ [ (PBF XI) by oh6gdx - Petalax ]. [ As Rocky Head Spacer ].Hazy matt medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, yeast - hops, plastic, floral, dill notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, dusty grass - leather, yeast, dill, floral, plastic notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20160709] 6-3-5-3-11

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2017 at 01:24


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle at home in London - picked up at my local offie. Pours lightly hazy orange-gold with a small, creamy topping. Crackery pale malts in the nose, some white grape, tangerine. Lightly sweet, with a little lemony tang, dried pale bread, grain husk, citrus peel. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with further citric tang, moist pale grains, husky and lightly grassy bitterness, lemon peel, slight minerality. Not great.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 16:41


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home picked up from Oddbins London Bridge. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a fading white froth. Aroma is tangy pineapple, lemon , lager notes, rustic wheat, lemon rind. Flavour is composed of tangy lemon rind, pineapple, wheaty grains, slightly rustic grains, tangy, maybe just a whiff of brett about this one. Palate is medium light bodiedm, frothy carboantion, semi crisp in the finish. Slightly dusty.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2016 at 16:59


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle. Clear, yellow-ish, faint golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Floral and herbal, hoppy aroma, notes of dill, a touch of rosemary, pale malty background. Taste is floral and herbal hoppy, dry, chalky; chalky bitter finish, light body, slightly watery palate.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2016 at 15:46


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy blond with lasting head. Quite a lot of fruity hop. Light spicy yeast. Full flavoured.

Tried on 30 Jul 2016 at 17:42


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled@PBF XI. Yellow colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some nectary notes as well as some grass. Flavour is grassy, herbal and some slight fruitiness. Balanced, and quite bitter in the finish. Still a bit watery as for the palate.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2016 at 04:34