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Twickenham Fine Ales was the first brewery in Twickenham since Cole’s Brewery closed in 1906. In the beginning there was a 10 barrel plant which was installed in a small unit opposite a Greggs Bakery factory – pint and a pasty seeming natural bedfellows.

The early days of experimentation and trial settled down with the arrival of Tom Madeiros, as Brewer, in 2005. Being American the use of American hops seemed a natural path and Twickenham became an early adopter of the now popular and more common place hops used in many beers today.

The variety of hops grew and Twickenham now uses hops from countries including: England, Germany, Slovenia, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
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Leighton (35418) reviewed
Smiler's Ale from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Kew Gardens Hotel - London. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. Simple bready, lightly doughy malts in the aroma with accents of orange rind and toasted hay. Light sweet flavor with toasty sugars, bread, mellow grassy bitterness, some further rindy citrus. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Sweet finish with more bread and biscuits, baked hay, grain, grass, rind. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2015 at 07:31
mjs (12298) reviewed
Smiler's Ale from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Cask at Gallows Bird Magna Carta Real Ale Festival 2015) The beer poured golden and mildly hazy. Its head was small and white. Aroma had earth, fruitiness and malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, earth, fruitiness, mildly toffee and medium bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. Nice and clean English beer.
Tried from Cask on 04 Jun 2015 at 09:25
mjs (12298) reviewed
Naked Ladies from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(Cask at Gallows Bird Magna Carta Real Ale Festival 2015) The beer poured pale golden and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had fruitiness and white bread. Palate was medium bodied wit lowish carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, herbalness, grass, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was herbal, grassy and bitter. A nice brew but a little bit unpleasant hoppiness.
Tried from Cask on 04 Jun 2015 at 08:42
mjs (12298) reviewed
Grandstand from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Cask at Gallows Bird Magna Carta Real Ale Festival 2015) The beer poured deep golden and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had fruitiness, malts and earth. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were pine, fruitiness, malts, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, malty and bitter. A tasty hoppy bitter.
Tried from Cask on 04 Jun 2015 at 07:53
Reubs (35762) reviewed
Smiler's Ale from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@George on the strand, London - golden clear pour white head. Grassy and grainy aroma and taste, some biscuity malts, light buttery, pretty thin body, bitter finish. Ok. ---Sent via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2015 at 09:38
berkshirejohn (10479) reviewed
Daisy Cutter from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Willow Walk (JDW), Victoria. Amber with a loose white head; fruity aroma; smooth, oily, and full bodied with some apricot fruit and grain; and obvious alcohol to finish.
Tried from Cask on 29 May 2015 at 15:57
berkshirejohn (10479) reviewed
Smiler's Ale from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Rose & Crown, Sandhurst. Straw coloured with a thin cream head; sweet grainy aroma; oily body with a sour grainy taste and some spoice; and a warming satisfying finish with lingering dry biscuit. Pleasant enough - but not really matching the description!
Tried from Cask on 21 May 2015 at 07:39
LordAlwold1970 (10316) reviewed
Naked Ladies from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask stillage at the Foots Cray Rugby Club Beer Festival, April 2015. Gold pour with a white head. Citrus, vanilla and light malt aroma. Good fruit laden flavours with a modicum of vanilla. Bitter tang. Nice.
Tried from Cask on 17 May 2015 at 08:02
Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Tusk from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green, 08/05/15. Lightly hazed pale golden with a big ole eggshell white head. Nose is lemon rind, light bread, tangerine, floral essence. Taste comprises melon, orange, light bread, floral hop, touch of honey. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness.Ok easy drinker but lacks hops and citricana ddefinition for me.
Tried from Can on 08 May 2015 at 16:11
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
Redhead from Twickenham Fine Ales
11 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle: BB Jul 2015. Poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 23rd April 2015. Teakwood red body, slight haze, with a clinging beige head. Subtle (or weak) biscuit malty nose and taste, some mild fruitiness within the flavours too. Not as exciting or flavoursome as I hoped from this well respected brewery. Nothing wrong with it, just not what I expected.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2015 at 13:43