Quack-Duck (11942) reviewed Beast (Bottle) from Exmoor Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
bottle. Dark colour, nearly black, large head. Flavours of coffeeand bitter chocolate combined with fruity and citrusy hops, which makes an excellent comination. Dry finish.
berkshirejohn (10300) reviewed Stag from Exmoor Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Devonshire Arms, South Normanton, Derbyshire. A rather plain and straightforward bitter. Chestnut hued with an off-white head; aroma of stewed fruit and hops; taste is clean hoppy bitterness then some sweet malt; with a sweet and slightly fruit finish. Rather unexciting.
gunnfryd (22089) reviewed Gold (Bottle) from Exmoor Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt hop. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, citrus . ordinary.
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Beast (Cask) from Exmoor Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Dark brown coloured brew, with a rich chocolate roast nose and a deep fruity rich roat flavour with a little tang and zip to ip. a little chocolyte , but the strength does tend to show through.
yngwie (24447) reviewed Gold (Bottle) from Exmoor Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Clear, golden beer with a white head. There’s some butterscotch and citrus as well as peach and malty sweetness. Maltysweet in the mouth, followed by citric hops. Medium mouthfeel and a finish which is a bit sweet, and fades with citrusy hops. A quite nice easy-to-drink ale. (070427)
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Beast (Cask) from Exmoor Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask handpull at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Very deep ruby colour with lasting beige head. Subtle dark malt aroma. Burnt toast. Good dark strong beer, good mouthfeel. Not great, but extremely competent. Bit of creamy vanilla too. 3.5/5 Re-rate at Metro Bar, JDW, Baker Street. I missed this at the beer festival last year, so pleased to see it. Very deep mahogany, lasting thin beige, lovely choccy strong ale, lots of dry malt. Lots of malty fruity flavour. Tasty as hell, just a little syrupy. Alcohol is well contained in the big malts. Excellent. Dryish finish.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Beast (Cask) from Exmoor Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask Persistent dense tan head; nearly black beer. Sweetish, some stout-like dark grains nose. Vanilla and some fruity esters. Quite to really sweet; liquorice-like, liquified sugar... and very few things beery. Full-bodied, slick, not quite viscous. Alcoholic to a certain extent. Disappointing - one more. It was better at some moor-tucked Devon pubs in Easter, than in an unseasonaly warm WHOPG.
Svesse (15876) reviewed Beast (Cask) from Exmoor Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 Nov) Black colour with ruby notes, small head. Malty, roasted nose with distinct notes of liquorice and soy sauce. Malty, roasted taste with liquorice, soy sauce, prunes and raisins. Slightly vinous, but in perfect balance. Lovely beer!
Svesse (15876) reviewed Gold (Cask) from Exmoor Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask at Skylark JDW, Croydon, 25 Nov) Golden amber colour with frothy white head. Fruity nose with orange, mandarin and fresh floral hops. Fruity taste with mandarin, orange, apricot and nice, balanced citrussy hops in the finish. Very drinkable.
Fin (18516) reviewed Beast (Bottle) from Exmoor Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, Co-op, Axminster, Devon, 11-11-06 (different label to that shown) Poured very dark brown, instantly came across as a good strong beer, nice aroma of roasted malts and with some bitter chocolate. taste strong, but suprisingly smooth, roasted notes, even liqourice tasted in this good bottled beer.