Clarkvv (16523) reviewed East Side ESB from Cambridge Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2004 cask @ the brewery. Served a moderately brownish-amber, slightly transluscent with a small but persistent off-white head. Aroma of sweet brown bread, brown sugar a touch of toasted earthiness and plenty of spicy hops (perle). Flavor is right away sweet and malty (caramel and rich toffee) with a good dose of spicy and only lightly bitter hops. Very creamy consistency, but enough carbonation to keep things interesting. Ever so light fruit esters on the finish, with more hops and malt mixed together. I thouroughly enjoyed this one.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Hefeweizen from Cambridge Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2004 draught @ the brewery. Brilliant, deep, orange-gold, very bright and only moderately hazy. Small white head. Aroma of mild wheat, light banana and a hint of orange peel. Flavor proves to be wonderfully full of bubble gum esters, light tangerine notes, clove and banana on the finish. Hint of hops and a wonderfully balanced malt really make this one incredibly drinkable. I really like the dry bubble gum and banana esters matched with a sweet malt and spicy hops and clove. It works well, and proves to be very authentic. Awesome stuff. A little less wheat flavor than I would like, but the yeast influences almost make up for that in my mind. Pleasant carbonation, medium body with a bit of wateriness on the end.
2005 draught Hasnt changed that much, though a bit less full malty than remembered and slightly more watery. Still a great flavorul and well-done, but I could stand a bit grainier malt, and more grit to it, with a touch more lively carbonation to style. Seems to sweet, candyish and creamy-smooth.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
2004 draught @ the brewery. Appearance of a mildly golden ale, touch of amber with a decent sized white head. Smells like perfumy and of flowers (honeysuckles come to mind). Flavor is quite light, but noticeably floral from the heather. This gives it a lightly sugary flavor, yet the heathery/lavender flavor is certainly not lost. Good amount of that, and it creates a good smoothness. Finish is clean and moderately quick. Mildly effervescent, lightly oily feel from the flower petals most likely.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2004 draught @ the brewery. Pours a soft orange-yellow, lightly golden, mostly clear with a small white head. Aroma of pumpkin pie spice, light brown sugar notes; pumpkin. Flavor begins a bit light and takes a while to really gain steam, but as the beer warms, this helps the malt come forth. Quite spicy, but not too watery and not overly spicy at least. Medium to medium light body, moderately sweet; I’m still spoiled from Empire’s Pumpkin though.
TimE (11146) reviewed Red God IPA from Cambridge Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
A deep mahogany color, but the nose only gave the slightest hint of citrusy hops and was quiet refined. However, the full body beer explodes with flavours, chocolate, candy apples, figs are all intertwined together to bring about a well balanced finish, that perhaps could have been more bitter, but hey that is just me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Well balanced coffee and dark chocolate notes with a lingering hoppy finish that leaves a rounded dark chocolate tastes on the tounge
TimE (11146) reviewed Amber from Cambridge Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Quiet fascinating as the nose gave off hints of chocolate and oranges, but the body was full and started with brandy, chocolate and toasted malts, but once this beer really warmed up heavy black tea flavours came into play that gave the beer a smooth rounded finish as I would expect when drinking tea.