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

On tap at Tap East. clear gold lasting white head. Sherbert hop aroma. Light grapefruit in the mouth. Enormously drinkable. Yellow grapefruit aroma. Very drinkable. Liked it.

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2014 at 03:44


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

bottle at home ... golden yellow ... big white head ... soft zezty salty fruits ... soft fruity zezty hop ... soft fruits ... juicy hop ... soft floral orange ... light zezty fruit ... ligth bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2014 at 14:32


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

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours pale yellow, nose is light orange, taste is sweet toffee, light citrus.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2014 at 14:32


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours pale gold with a thick white head. Aromas of light citrus. Taste is light sweet, orange. Texture is thin, light body. Thin finish. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2014 at 14:31


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

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a hazy light amber with a frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is yeast, citrus, floral hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a dry yeast, fruity, nettle hop, light spice bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A slightly different take on an APA that works for me.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2014 at 15:07


8

Tried on 22 Aug 2014 at 05:40


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Le Gothique LBA event, 24/07/14. Orange amber with a moderate off white covering/swirl. Nose is citric sherbets, pith, orange peel, lemon jus, fresh grass. Taste comprises orange pith, chalky minerals, tangerine, light hop presence. Medium body, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Drinkable fayre but at the lower end of the spectrum for this style.

Tried on 01 Aug 2014 at 05:22


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

330ml bottle from Oddbins. Pours hazy gold, massive, over-flowing white head. Aromas of yeast, lemon, light tropicalia. Taste is more yeast, light bitter, bread. Something just not doing it for me with this one.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2014 at 12:04


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

Bottle at home in London - picked up from Oddbins. Pours lightly unclear yellow-gold, highly effervescent, with a large, billowing white cream head. The nose has rindy lemon hops, some straw, biscuity pale malts. Light sweet flavor with a relaxed, dry pale malt structure, mellow bitterness of citrus rind, further lemon, hay, faint grass, general citrus pith. Light bodied with active, lively carbonation. Fairly clean on the finish with further pithy citrus, some mild lemon meringue, hints of lemon zest, more biscuity pale malts. Very drinkable stuff. As the carbonation softens and the beer warms a very enjoyable underlying character reveals itself.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2014 at 11:19


8

Tried on 28 Jul 2014 at 08:58