wyzzywyz22 (5889) reviewed Lord Oxford from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask, Beamish Mary, No Place, Co Durham. Hazy darkish brown, thin muddy colour head. Malty/hoppy aroma. Flavour similar with some fruit evident. Quite refreshing, but finish wasn’t really there.
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed Cannibal from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Hazy yellow with medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with yeasty and caramel notes. sweet flavor with yeasty, caramel and fruity notes.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Galloping Major from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask handpull at Wenlock for the Fin and Loz meet up. Copper/gold with thin white head. A pretty good tangeriney strongish beer. Bit of tea. It’s fine, pretty decent flavours. OK.
Fin (18365) reviewed Galloping Major from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
[i] [b] Cask at the Wenlock Arms, Lahndan tahn, 20-06-08 in the marvellous company of Ian, Mes, Duff, Ang and Loz [/i] [/b] Pours light golden with no head to speak of. Pretty much starts and finishes with a tangy sweet fruitiness, the bitterness that is present carries a little flying around the roof of the mouth but I found little else to make me want another, its just alright.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed XB from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Straw colour, lasting head. Good condition, bit of biscuit, bit of cardboard on aroma. Some rose petal fruit. Some hop on finish. Oddly drinkable bitter. Citrus hop bite is just enough to make you want to drink it. I am surprised at how good it is. OK, still only a 3.2 but it is fine.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
[Cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] A case of "yes, yes, yes, no, no ugh!". Sweet & malty at first but descending into bitterness, eventually revolting, struggled to finish it. Nothing special about this.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Night Train from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at Ship & Mitre April Fest 08. Gold with thin beige head. Fairly bland bitter. OK hop. Could be anything frankly. Bit watery. Good condition. Hop is relatively decent.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Black Country Special from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask handpull at Knights Templar ’Sporks. Amber, disappearing beige head. Not great condition, bit syrupy on the malts, one I will re-rate in better condition if I can. A syrupy malty juicy beer, decent earthy tasty fuggles hops, some toffee. Could be good I think. Fuggles are nice, so is the residual grapefruit.2.8/5 Re-rate at Cask gravity at Rare Breeds BF 08. Tangerine satsuma fruit. Bit of farty yeast. Juicy tangerine in mouth. Good condition. Lovely orange/satsuma fruit. Wonderful finish. Farty aroma isn’t great, but the rest is excellent.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Black Country Bitter from Holdens Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Half pint, gravicask at London Drinker BF 08, evening session. White foamy head over a golden body. Light malty to the nose supported by a light hoppy taste with a dry bitter touch towards the end. Soft mounthfeel (12.03.2008).
fonefan (84534) reviewed Black Country Bitter from Holdens Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Wellington, Birmingham B2, UK. Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, lemon, fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft / flat. (130108)