6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the Swan, Pangbourne. New brewery for me. A gold beer with a gentle haze, a lasting white head and a light fizz. Nice tropical fruits up front - peach and papaya maybe - develop into a tasty clementine middle before sadly collapsing into a rather cardboardy white bread finish. Still quite enjoyable nevertheless.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2025
at 17:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear copper with a finger of white head. Well balanced with malt and dried citrus. Pine too. Finishes really well. Dry, bitter and easy to drink. 7 7 7 8 7
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2025
at 15:12
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2025
at 19:20
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2025
at 21:48
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2025
at 21:31
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2025
at 16:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Yesterday's May Day sunshine helped Kew Gardens set a new record for the hottest start to this month in the UK, just short of 30 degrees. Today's 'Sunshine' is a very bland kölsch-style brew (although I've always personally found kölsch very bland anyway).
Tried
from Can
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 02 May 2025
at 20:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from local Sainsburys. Sweet-ish grains, biscuit. Fair Cologne style lager - can't call it a Kolsch, that's naughty
Tried
from Can
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 01 May 2025
at 22:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
at
The Bear Paddington
on 18 Mar 2025
at 18:30
5.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Chop shop Tavern, Leyton. Aroma is swet, malty, doughy. Low key. Clear gols. Yhin foamy white head. Flava has spice. Grains. Malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2025
at 17:37