BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Pumphouse from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle: best before 20 Aug 2013. Poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 2 Apr 2013. Light amber to dull golden body with carbonisation bubbles rising towards a swiftly reducing head of white foam. Yet another golden brew with citrus notes running straight through it, were my first thoughts: they however changed as I drank the beer. Crisp, refreshing and fairly bitter, the citrus feel getting less and less, with the bittering hops taking over from the aromatic ones once you get into the pint. This is a complexed brew and although I’m tiring of citrus based golden beers this is a lot better than most. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pumphouse Pale Ale on 05 Jan 2019 at 11:51 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 3rd Jan 2019; cask, hand-pulled half-pint at The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Shropshire. Golden bodied ale with a white, lasting head. Floral aroma with a spice twist, the taste appeared to have a cinnamon flavour, a strange one all round, but I enjoyed it.
Hermod (17967) reviewed Junction from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50cl bottle, BBE 23.10.13. Poured copper color with a thin, creamy white head. Aroma is light spicy, yeasty with citrus, biscuit and bready notes. Flavor has the same spicyness, biscuit and caramel, light hoppyness. Light bodied, short light bitter finish. Refreshing, easy, decent bitter.
Hermod (17967) reviewed Pumphouse from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
50cl bottle from Citymarket, Vantaa. BBE 11/13. Clear golden, thin bubbly white head. Biscuit malty , nutty, fruity aroma. Flavor has biscuit, malt and citrus. Unfortunately quite harsh finish. watery. Easy to drink though.
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Powerhouse Porter from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap (keg) at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Opaque very dark brown to black colour, large beige head. Fruity and roasty aroma, notes of roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate. Smooth and pleasant flavour, moderately roasty with notes of dark chocolate, also some dark fruits in the background, not too sweet. A nice and very drinkable porter.
Olut (21769) reviewed Wandle from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Fairly smooth golden coloured ale. It has a medium bitterness for its taste. Crisp with a small head.
Olut (21769) reviewed Junction from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Slightly clouded lighter copper coloured ale, no head. Has a malty character and little flavour.
Olut (21769) reviewed Powerhouse Porter from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at Spoons in New Malden. Almost black (slight red tint) with a frothy head. Small roasted aroma, but not that pleasant, slightly toothpaste like. It’s relatively thin in its texture and not a huge amount of flavour.
Convair880 (6926) reviewed Powerhouse Porter from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at The Metropolitan Bar (Wetherspoons), Baker Street, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a healthy off white head on top. Roasty, malty aroma. Tastes malty, dark fruit, licqourice, bitter/sweet. Pretty reasonable porter.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Pumphouse from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Sambrooks Pumphouse Pale Ale ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, plastic, spicy, ginger notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sharp, spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120807]
mjs (11994) reviewed Powerhouse Porter from Sambrooks Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Draught at Hilpeä Hauki, 20130309) The beer poured very dark brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had roasted malts and creaminess. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, chocolate, grass, sweetness, coffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was very mild and had a hint of sweetness and burnt malts. The taste vanished surprisingly quickly but was decent enough.