jjsint (8631) reviewed Skiffle from Shortts Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Handpull cask from the Townhouse, Ely. Light brown, translucent like very strong iced tea. Only a tiny bit of head. Light malty aroma, a bit nutty with candied apple and forest fruit. Intense and almost artifical sweetness in the taste, almost cloying. Some unbalanced bitter on the finish. Weak body. I don’t care for this all that much.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Strummer from Shortts Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Townhouse, Bedford. £2.50 a pint so you kind of have to. Golden brown with not all that much off-white head. Cedar, astringency, unripe forest fruit. Bittersweet and well balanced. The sharpness of the bitter is offset by a mild candied sweetness. Long and reasonably bitter finish. This is nice, and continues to be enjoyable over the course of the pint.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Skiffle from Shortts Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle from Beautiful Beers, Bury St. Edmunds for the train home after a day at the East Anglian beer festival. Poured a dark amber colour with an average sized white head. Aroma of caramel, malt and fruit. Light sweetness, medium bitterness. Malty bitterness to finish, medium bodied but with a thin weak texture. Carbonation quite flat. Not the best beer to finish on.
Downender (11275) reviewed Strummer from Shortts Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol, March 2015. Deep gold, with a decent, off-white, head. Solid bitter, with some hedgerow fruits, cereal malts, leafy hops and moderately bitter finish. Fine.
Downender (11275) reviewed Blondie from Shortts Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Hope & Anchor, Bristol, March 2015. Clear gold with a decent, white, head. Floral hops, crisp, cereal malts, a touch of tangerine and moderately bitter finish. Good.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Skiffle from Shortts Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at The Ale House, Colchester. Poured a dark amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is red berry fruit and malt. The flavour is medium bitter with a weak sweet malt hop bitter slightly woody palate. Medium bodied with flat carbonation. An interesting, flavour packed ale.