cagarvie (40076) reviewed Notting Hill Stout from Moncada Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
cask at egham ... deep black ... thin tan head ... dark sweet chocolate roast ... dark roast ... heavy malts ... sweet chocolate roast ... nice dark malts ... OPPS DRUNK MISTAKE. admis please merge with notting hill stout.
Downender (11275) reviewed Notting Hill Stout from Moncada Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On gravity at the London Drinker beer festival 6/3/2013. Jet black with a slight tan head. Dark chocolate, prune and black coffee notes with a lingering charred finish. Excellent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at London Drinker beer festival 2013. A dark amber coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Malty, fruity, rye aroma. Tastes of rye, fruity, malty, slight caramel. I quite enjoyed this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Oddbins, Blackheath. Black pour with a beige head. Chocolate ice cream, vanilla and coffee aroma. Coffee, sweet malt and licorice toffee flavour. Roasty finish. Nice.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Oddbins, Blackheath. Dark amber pour with a white head which soon dissipates. The aroma reminds me of those rather nice plain chocolate raspberry truffle sweets you used to get from Woolies pick ’n’ mix, I do miss ’em...wonder if they’re still around in a retro sweetshop somewhere? Anyway, toffee malt, caramel and light smoke flavour. Very flat indeed, a shame as the nose got me all halcyon. Light bitter finish. Needs a lot more ’oomph’.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Notting Hill Summer from Moncada Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home in London with Lyoli. Pours clear gold with a small, white foam head. Dried straw in the nose, some biscuits. Light sweet flavor with mild bitter straw, some citric zip, light dry orange. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly dry on the finish, more dry, citric bite, faint floral notes, some stone. It’s a decent golden ale. Pretty tasty. (3.3)
Bottle at home in London - from London Beer. This beer definitely might need a new entry. It pours clearish yellow-golw with a frothy, white head. Gorgeous aroma, just bursting with new world hops, zesty lemon and tangerine, some melon and mango. Light sweet flavor with mild pale bread and biscuits, lots more citrus, some straw. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Well balanced on the finish with low bitterness, more lemon, tangerine, slight grapefruit, hay. Lovely stuff. Super drinkable. (3.8)
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Notting Hill Porter from Moncada Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, from Budgens, at JF’s Calcutta Cup mini tasting - 02/02/13. Extreme dark mahogony brown approaching light black with a thin tan head that clears to the edge. Nose is big on roast malts, liqourice, burnt toffee, nutty tones. Taste comprises roast malts, milk chocolate, biscuit, liqourice, nutty. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, dryish in the finish. A decent solid enough porter.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Notting Hill Ruby Rye from Moncada Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
bottle from oddbins, Blackheath - Pours clear ruby brown with a thin tan/off white head. Malty bready aroma, taste is dark bread, caramel malts, nutty, dried fruit and citrus notes. Good stuff this.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Notting Hill Amber from Moncada Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Oddbins, Blackheath - Pours amber with very thin to no head (hardly any carbonation) Caramel malt with medium dark/berry dried fruit tastes, orange peel, apricot. Only slight hop tones in there. Overall didn’t do much for me.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Notting Hill Blonde from Moncada Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Oddbins, Blackheath - Pale gold pour with a medium frothy head. Grain malt and light hop character, medium sweet/bitter balance. Pleasant enough but nothing amazing.