Martinsh (3610) reviewed Spark IPA from Tollgate Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Old Bell, Derby Pours a golden copper with a small white head. Mainly just a generic hoppiness in the nose – though there are some hints of pine resin. In the mouth oranges and grains dominate, along with some honey and traces of berry fruits. The finish is bitter wityh some citrus leanings. It’s a reasonable.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Billys Best Bitter from Tollgate Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Old Bell, Derby. Pours the classic “bitter brown” with a small white head. Aroma is generally malty. In the mouth there is both malts and fruit (so Maltloaf, I guess). Some toffee and raspberries too. Finish is mainly bitter, but with some sweetness too. Not at all bad.
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Hackney Blonde from Tollgate Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Bestbritishbeer.com. Yellow gold pour with a white head. Pear drops, lemon zest, light spice. Taste is lemon,lime, touch of spice. Refreshing.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Billys Best Bitter from Tollgate Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask pint, hand-pulled in The Crown Joules, Codsall on 29th Feb 2020. Copper coloured beer, smooth off-white foaming head. Malty brew with a smooth feel to it, decent.
Fruitsalad (2249) ticked Viking Gold from Tollgate Brewery 6 years ago
Crisp. Hoppy
Fruitsalad (2249) ticked Old Rasputin from Tollgate Brewery 6 years ago
Smooth and dark
jjsint (8631) reviewed Eclipse BIPA from Tollgate Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Handpull cask at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Very dark brown, almost translucent, with a tight beige head. Chocolate malt alongside a vegetal and slightly vinous aroma. Sour, vegetal taste with a good dollop of the rye malt. Not hoppy at all. Finish has grain, bitter chocolate, ash with an astringency on the finish. Not a Black IPA and sadly not for me.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Choc Cherry Porter from Tollgate Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at Exeter Arms, Derby Pours a very dark red with a small cream head. Nose is a heady mixture of chocolate and cherries (surprise, surprise). In the mouth there is an initial smoothness reminiscent of cream soda. Then all the other flavours start kicking in, black cherries, raisins, dandelion & burdock, dark chocolate. The finish concentrates on cherries. This is absolutely gorgeous !
jjsint (8631) reviewed Choc Cherry Porter from Tollgate Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Gravity cask at the Town Street Tap, Duffield. Dark brown, quite translucent, with a suggestion of off-white head. Aroma gives chocolate biscuit, some dark malt, a little nuanced bit of stone fruit. Tastes far more impressive, with an earthy bitter hop bearing down on the initial chocolate-laden sweetness. Flat, oily body. Nice.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Vienna from Tollgate Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Keg at the Tap at No 76, Ashby. Reddish amber, clear with a quickly dissipating off-white head. Light malty scent, I'm getting chestnut, toffee, resin, raisins. Taste is sweet and bready with a bittering hop balance closer to the long finish. More raisin and some caramel in the aftertaste. Thin to medium body, carbonation bordering on the heavy. Passable.