KansaiBeerLovers (8946) reviewed Mainbrace IPA from Asda 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
285 yen from Seiyu Minami-Kusatsu. The nose at first is quite skunky, then when you smell it more closely it gives you grainy biscuit/graham & caramel. Medium to thin bodied the taste is ashy, grainy malt forward with very little hop presence beyond a light lemony citrus. Average to below average... Kind of bland compared to US IPAs.
czlowiekwiadro (653) reviewed Mainbrace IPA from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
zapach toffi i ziół. kolor jasno miedziany, piana dość skąpa. w smaku podobnie, karmel, lekka słodycz i średnia goryczka.
Olut (22183) reviewed Mainbrace IPA from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from ASDA. Copper coloured, no head. Easily identifiable as a Shepherd Neame ale with a very familiar style for this brewer. Has a potent nose that is somewhat soapy in texture. Has a fair bitterness. Not too bad for a supermarket ale.
RichTheVillan (12446) reviewed Gentleman Jack from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Asda; clear amber pour with soapy beige head, fruit and caramel aroma, taste is caramel, nuts and fruit, wild carbonation and moderate bitterness.
jinroh (4381) reviewed Mainbrace IPA from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500 ml bottle from Seiyu, close to Komazawa Park. Pours clear amber, initially with a nice foamy head - but that doesn’t last at all. I was actually expecting not bitter but British IPA - but well, got to live with what we’ve got. Aroma is quite weak there are some metallic malts, some sweetness. Taste is actually much nicer than the aroma. It has a bit of citrus, nice fruitiness and slightly sweet malt backbone. Aftertaste linger on in bitterness, not too strong bitterness. Quite well balanced. Didn’t really expect too much from this one at first - but it is actually quite nice!
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Mainbrace IPA from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Asda and drunk at home. Clear mid brown colour with a lasting beige head. Shepherd Neame yeast aroma. Toasty malt. Deep citrusy aroma. It’s a typical Sheps bottled beer. It’s an ok bitter. Fruit is pretty good. Some bitterness on the finish. OK, just a bit empty.
Mr_Pink_152 (17449) reviewed Gentleman Jack from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle from Asda. Colour is copper / bronze. Bread aroma with slight toasty malt. Dry malt flavour. Not bad but only just.
allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Mainbrace IPA from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle from Asda, Dunbar. Golden amber pour, thin white head that doesn’t hang around. Aromas of dried fruit and caramel, touch of biscuit. Thin, with a light bitter finish. OK as a bitter, not an IPA at all.
allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Whitechapel Porter from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle from Asda, Dunbar. pours dark brown with decent tan head. Lots of roasted coffee in the aromas, some caramelized sugar. Taste has a good roasted bitterness and more coffee. A little thin, but otherwise not bad.
berkshirejohn (10300) reviewed Mainbrace IPA from Asda 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
50cl bottle from Asda, High Wycombe. Amber with a thin white head; typical Shep aroma, dry and chalky, with perhaps a touch of citrus; some sweet fruit flavours, but otherwise it’s hard to distinguish this from Spitfire; and an orangey biscuit finish.