Martinsh (3610) reviewed Black Country Bitter from Holdens Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Great Western, Wolverhampton. Pours a burnished gold with a small white head and good lacing. Treacle and malts in the aroma together with orange undertones. Sweet malts dominate the flavour, together with barley sugar sweets, but there are also traces of nuts and honey. Finish is sweet and dry. A bostin’ good bitter !
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Black Country Special from Holdens Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Asda in Stafford (not stocked at local branch). Has a slight aroma of traditional hops combined with toffee. Pours a golden brown with minimal white head. Has a sharp metallic taste in the mouth – reminiscent of strong lagers ! Behind that there is some caramel, malts and toffee. Finish is bitter and metallic. It’s OK, but by no means my favourite Holdens beer.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Black Country Mild from Holdens Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Rumours of the demise of this beer have been exaggerated ! Cask at Great Western, Wolverhampton. Pours a very dark reddish brown with a substantial cream head. Yeast and malts in the nose, but not to a huge extent. Predominant flavour is of dark fruits, plus roasted malts and some treacle, toffee and parkin. The fruits linger in the finish. S-s-s-uperb ! The epitome of a traditional mild.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Golden Glow from Holdens Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at Hogshead, Wolverhampton. Pours a hazy golden yellow with minimal white head, but good lacing. Nose is just vague hints of lemon. In the mouth, there is a initial sweet caramel texture which fades to bitter citrus, with traces of straw and biscuits. Some lemon in the finish. Very swiggable – and none the worse for that.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Historical tick which I am adding as a rate so that I can see the impact it has on my stats. 500 Beers To Try Before You Die. At a Holden's pub in Stourbridge when I went in search of ticks. Drank it quickly and left unimpressed.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle, BBE had rubbed off. Amber pour, small white fizzy head which doesn't leave much lacing. Aroma of lightly roasted malts, caramel, grain. Sweet but earthy with some fuggles hops, mild bitterness. Medium carbonation at first but reduced to low quite quickly which is ok due to the medium but quite smooth body. Some flaws but overall a good brew which grows on you and has a moorish sessionable quality at the end; although at 5.1% its pushing that to the limit.
Tommann (7637) reviewed Toffee Porter from Holdens Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Waggon & Horses, Stourbridge. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is roast and coffee. Taste has roast, toffee and coffee.
Olut (21769) reviewed XB from Holdens Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Aldi, Keighley. Golden with a thin head. Has a steady hop-malt balance, making it a pretty decent and sessionable English style ale with a mild sweetness.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Black Country Mild from Holdens Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at GBBF: Poured an orange with white. Aroma is light. Taste is nice malty.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Black Country Bitter from Holdens Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
8/8/2019. Cask at the 2019 Great British Beer Festival. Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, fruit, flowers and citrus. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. Sweet finish. Fair.