BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Winter Sail from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle conditioned, 500ml: poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 5th Dec 13. Dark brown body, with a red hue: the head a lightly tanned foam. Malts all the way here: chocolate, coffee and liquorice notes in both the aroma and taste. Smooth and full bodied, an easy drinking Winter brew that hasn’t been over spiced like so many others in the UK.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Black Widow from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
500ml Bottle conditioned: BBD Apr 14, poured carefully into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 3rd Dec 13. Lovely dark body, deep ruby red really, but you don’t want me to repeat what’s on the labels do you? The head was a full beige covering of foam, lasted OK. Your best mates Home Brew sometimes smells like this: yeasty, slightly vinegary, yet interesting with reservations: you want to be friends at the end of the evening, so you just nod and say very little. The taste was also ’Home Brewish’ in it’s basic flavouring: Mild, yes, flavoursome, no. It reminded me of failed attempts at classic British styles I tried to brew 30 years ago. I don’t want to be unkind here, but this didn’t ’float my boat’ or ’fill my sails’ with love. I’ve got another five or six of their beers to try and a brewery T’Shirt to wear, so I hope the other brews improve somewhat.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Baltic Amber from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
17th November 2013
Light haze on this deep amber beer. Tidy pale cream coloured head. Palate is slightly soft and dry. Fine carbonation. Light malt with a little cream. Little dried fruits. Then startling flavours of estery cognac and rum! No alcohol heat but the flavours are quite distinct. Finishes semi dry. Not at all unpleasant but really quite odd.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Pacific Union from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
9th November 2013
Hazy amber beer with a small pale cream coloured head. Palate is smooth with fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malt with a whisper of cream. Nicely balanced hops. Orange and orange marmalade. Touch of lemon and floral notes. Finishes smooth. Well joined up and pretty drinkable.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Pacific Union from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the St Alban Beer Festival. I wouldn’t have opened this if I has realised it was so under rated. Aroma is huge brett frunk! Couldn’t quite believe it. Aroma also has tangerine, peppery hop. Hazed orange Lively off white head that lasts well. Flavour has a big orval character, with some esters and tangerine. Solid rough bitternees. Palate is lively and creamy and some velvet. This stuff is rad. What an awesome surprise. As close to Orval as you can get from an english brewery.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Millstone from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white - silver head. Aroma is moderate malty, dusty, caramel, toasted, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]
fonefan (84534) reviewed Windy Miller Mild (3.5%) from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark to medium red brown colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted bitter, dusty, mint notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]
fonefan (84534) reviewed Windy Miller Oat Malt Stout from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear dark to medium red brown colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted bitter, dusty, mint notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Merry Miller from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hand-pulled pint in The Malcolm Arms, Anton’s Gowt, a small hamlet in Lincolnshire on 29 Mar 2013. Dark amber/ruby red with a slight haze: a rich tan coloured head sat on top. Malts rule the flavours: semi-sweet molasses in both the nose and taste: no bitter finish to speak of, the malts completely ruling the whole drinking experience. Not bad, but a bit one dimensional.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Elderberry Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Gravity dispense at the 23rd Battersea Beer Festival - 06/02/13. Light black with a thin tan head. Nose is roast malt, burnt toffee, blackforest gateux. Taste comprises roast malt, dark chocolate, light fruit notes, touch of coffee. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry finish. A more than decent porter!