Leighton (34941) reviewed Virtuous from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Can at home in Hackney - picked up via the brewery’s webshop. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white topping. Light sweet flavour with notes of pale biscuits, tangerine rind, a few pine needles, mellow bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Well balanced finish, lean pale malts, a little grassy bitterness, inklings of tangerine rind, biscuits, straw. Super drinkable. Can’t really fault it.
Olut (21769) reviewed Caramelised Biscuit Stout from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Fuller-bodied stout with light but influential enough caramel notes in both aroma and taste. Supermarket bought. Caramel smoothness.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Pilsner from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from the brewery webshop. Pours clear, pale yellow with a creamy, pure white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of biscuity malts, pale grains, mild bitter hay. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish, pretty dry, not too sweet, a little bitter hay and grass, dried pale grains. Fine overall.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Bitter from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Cask at Greyfriar, Reading. Aroma has charcoal and coffee, alongside toffee. Opaque cola brown. Foamy beige head soon retreats to the rim.finish. Initial coffee and sour berries, followed by porridge and malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Virtuous Grapefruit from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Beer52. Light clouded gold with small white top. Nice juicy grapefruit aroma. Taste has a citric zestiness and a juicy grapefruit flavour, touch of pale malt and moderate bittering hops. Light, refreshing and tasty. Simple but one of the best flavoured pales I've had over the last year.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Tiramisu Stout from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Can from LCB. My 100th in this style. Pours black with small beige to tanned head, minor retention. Aroma of coffee, marzipan, chocolate, some roast. Taste really does have a decent tiramisu flavour although it makes me wish I had the real thing more than anything. I think in part that's because the body is quite light for the style. Roasty coffee finish. Not that rich and it grew on me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
440ml can from Asda. Pours a light hazed gold with white head - good retention/lacing. Aroma of lime, papaya, flowers, earth, pepper. Taste of lime, light confectionary, white grape, flora and herbs. A semi-sticky mouthfeel, low bitterness. A white grape fruity splash in the finish with a hint of resin. OK.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Judicious from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can from Beer52. Semi-hazy gold, thin white head, not much retention. Quite citric in aroma, passionfruit, a touch of coconut and pot pourri. Taste follows aroma, citrus, passion fruit, mango, a touch soapy, somewhat bitter in finish with hop spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation. Good varied flavour notes but slightly soapy.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Dissolution IPA from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask from Piccadilly Tap, Manchester. Cloudy gold, small white head. Malty affair with some bread and wafer notes. Some citrus and stone fruit hoppiness. It's ok
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Perpetuous from Kirkstall Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
330ml can. Hazy yellow, small white head. Peach and citrus aroma. Taste is pale malts, citrus, a piney bitter finish. Light bodied. Nice but a bit bland compared to some recent Session IPAs I've had.