BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Dragon's Blood from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask; hand-pulled pint on 17th Nov 2018. Codsall Railway Buildings, 5.6% ABV this year. Deep amber, off-white crust on top. Fruity, malty and full bodied, good winter warmer.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Golden Glow from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Handpull cask at the Ale Wagon, Leicester. Deep golden and clear with a quickly disappearing white head. Lemon balm, vanilla and mucky sulphur on the aroma. Tastes much better than it smells, with a citrus-tinged bitterness challenging the initial malty sweetness. More caramel in the aftertaste. Not bad by any means.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle) Clear golden Amber with short-lived loose white head. Aroma of light malt with lemon, cardboard and metallic notes. Light bodied and rather fizzy. Subtle caramel malt with nice hoppy bitterness. Pleasant traditional bitter.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Summer Buzz from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy hoppy flavor with hints of honey. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy finish with weak hints of honey.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Summer Buzz from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Cask @ The Dolphin. Pours clear gold, white head, room temp. Light honey aroma. Taste is thin, extremely watery, odd sweetness than vaguely resembles honey I guess. Pale malt. Pretty awful.
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Black Country Special from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Summer Buzz from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16th July 2018. Cask half-pint at the Crediton Inn, Devon. Golden body, off-white crown. Slight honey notes in both the nose and flavour on a fairly malty, sweet base.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed XB from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
50cl bottle from Aldi, Bracknell. A pale amber pour with a tight white head; sweet biscuity malt aroma; sweet in the mouth with a light malty taste and some caramel; but little in the way of hops.
Downender (11275) reviewed XB from Holdens Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Aldi. Golden in colour with a billowy, white, head. Sweet bitter, with a touch of floral hope and stone fruit, before a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
