Martinsh (3610) reviewed Old Rasputin from Tollgate Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Lych Gate, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark reddish brown with a medium sized foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s roast malts in the aroma along with spices and raisins. Malts again to the fore in the mouth together with dates, figs and overripe apples. More flavours emerge later – dark fruits and hints of chocolate and liquorice, leading to a fruity and spicy finish. This is a decent stout.
Erzengel (18514) ticked California Steam from Tollgate Brewery 2 years ago
Bottled version, 4.3%. Thanks Simon! Grainy fruity beginning. Easy to drink, fruity with a very dry and grainy finish. Mild, grainy, dry and rough. Grain, nice bittered, fruity. Interesting, rich, sessionable.
jjsint (8631) reviewed CR III from Tollgate Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Handpull cask at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Chestnut brown, mostly clear with a full off-white/beige head. Malty aroma, light notes of caramel. Taste is more complex than the aroma suggests. Sweet and with deep toffee notes, some stone fruit. Some light sourness mid-sipwith vanilla notes. Finishing with a balanced character and some fig. £250m for the coronation, at least were getting a couple of decent beers out of it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Creamy light brown head stayed on reddish brown body. Sweet malt, toffee & caramel aroma. Medium bodied, creamy with a foamy back. Toffee, caramel & sweet malt tastes with a tangy berry finish. Nice one.
Taboada (8803) reviewed California Steam from Tollgate Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask, third pint. @CAMRA GBBF Winter Festival 2023, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 17/02/2023 [#5.882 Global - #656 England - #1 Tollgate Brewery (My English brewery #218)] Pours light yellow with a small head. Aroma: barley malts, soft lemongrass and dough. Taste: lemony peel, yeast and smooth pale malts. Next one please!
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Ra Ra Rasputin from Tollgate Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
1/3 pint, gravicask shared with Finn at GBBF Winter '23. Coal black body, bubbly beige head, fragile lacing. Roasted grainy malts on the nose, moments of dried fruits. Rounded malt-driven flavours with chocolate and prunes. Roasted bitter finish. Fine bodied. A nice one. (Burton upon Trent 16.02.2023).
jjsint (8631) reviewed Pacifica from Tollgate Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5
Keg draught at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Dark gold and clear with a rudimentary white head. Malty and a bit gluey with pine and grassy notes. Balanced taste with some hoppy bitterness in the long clean finish. Medium body with heavy as hell carbonation. Very enjoyable beer from Tollgate.
fombe89 (10864) reviewed California Steam from Tollgate Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @GBBF Winter Beer Festival CAMRA, Burton on Trent, 18/02/2023. Color amarillo espuma blanca, aromas y sabores cereal malta, herbal.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Ra Ra Rasputin from Tollgate Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Gravity cask at the GBBF Winter 2023 Festival, day 2 at Burton On Trent Town Hall, 17/02/23. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that settles as a swirl. Nose is fruit cake mix, brown sugars, hint of nail polish, cocoa powder. Taste comprises chocolate, dried fruit rinds, sugary, vinous, sweet edged. Medium plus bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a kick of alcohol. Passable impy ... lacking balance overall and too sweet for me.
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed California Steam from Tollgate Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
Gravity cask at CAMRA Winter Beer Festival 2023, Burton on Trent. Pours pale yellow straw gold with a white cap. Aroma: pale malts, lemon, melon, grass. Taste: moderate sweet & light bitter, grains, light bready, honey, lemon, floral. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Nice to try something a bit different, it was OK.