Scopey (25115) reviewed Battersea Rye (5.8%) from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Keg at Draft House Charlotte. It pours deep reddish-brown with a medium beige head. The nose is bitter-sweet, pine, brown bread, dried berry, varnish and leather. The taste is earthy, malt-driven, brown bread, good deal of bitterness, spice, leather, wood and dried fruits with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty nice all in all. Good deal of bitterness which carries the beer.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Battersea Rye (5.8%) from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. Pours clear, rich amber with a creamy, light tan head. The aroma holds a fair bit of ripe berries, brown bread, touches of toffee. Medium sweet flavor with wholegrain bread, some further ripe fruits, berries, plums, cherries, raisins, a bit of bitter pine and earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sweet and sticky on the finish with some bitter toasted grains, light grass, gooey pine, more berries, plums, toffee. There seems to be some disconnect between the sweetness and the bitterness - which is at times fairly pronounced - but otherwise it’s an easy going, malty affair.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Battersea IPA from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up at Kris Wines. Pours clear, rich copper-gold with, fairly effervescent, with a lasting, off-white froth head. Easygoing aroma with licks of orange, some bready malts, perhaps some crystal, hints of pine. Medium sweet flavor with understated bitterness, some further pine, slight caramel, bread, orange, melon. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Reasonably well balanced to finish, though not especially exciting. Some further bready, lightly toasted pale malts, hints of caramel, pine, orange. It’s a very safe IPA with a sturdy, up-front malt character. I definitely enjoy it, even it’s it isn’t terribly dynamic. Nice to see Sambrooks dipping their toes in the craft waters.
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Archer Mild Ale from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Leighton (34941) reviewed Archer Mild Ale from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Angel, JDW - London. Pours clear, deep copper with a creamy, tan head. The nose has brown read, mellow toffee, some fruit. Light sweet flavor with mildly soapy fruits, some leaves and wood, boring toffee, bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation amd creamy texture. Lightly sweet to finish with basic brown bread sugars, lightly ripened berries, faint toffee. Extremely simplistic, even for a mild.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Powerhouse Porter from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Grovesnor. Pours clear brown, minuscule bubbly white head. Aromas of light chocolate, toffee and nuts. Taste is more of the same. Smooth, light chocolate and toffee sweet. Clean finish. A refreshing porter!
McCash (16021) reviewed Powerhouse Porter from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On cask at the Grosvenor. Appearance - more of a toffee than the expected opaque black. Some head. Nose - dark chocolate and some nuts. Taste - praline and dark chocolate. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy and silky texture with a fairly elegant and long finish. Tastes bigger than regular porter. Overall - this one lies somewhere between a Scotch Ale and a Porter for me. It’s very good.
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Wandle from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein orangegoldenes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, fruchtig, leicht hopfig. Geschmack leicht röstmalzig, fruchtig, hopfig, Karamell.
pivnizub (12821) reviewed Pumphouse from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Distinctive lemony-hoppy nose with subdued medical traces and backed by clean pale malt; golden coloured, visible carbonation, medium sized persistent White head; spicy bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied - not watery - and relatively soft; a slight tartness is detectable in the dry lingering citrussy-hoppy finish. Very pleasant stuff...
Olut (21769) reviewed Archer Mild Ale from Sambrooks Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Dark red with a thick frothy head. Has a light roasted malt aroma with some sweetness evident, although as it’s fairly thin the flavours are struggling to get noticed. But it is supposed to be mild!