jjsint (8631) reviewed Hoskins Brothers Supreme from Tower Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Handpull cask at the Ale Wagon's 20th Birthday Beer Festival, Leicester. Mid- to dark gold with a reddish hue and a tiny white ring of head. Aroma of raw grain with grassy hop. A good dollop of sulphur in the otherwise nicely balanced taste. Long bitter (but not overly so) finish with the sulphur continuing. Ok, I'm not keen on these sorts of beers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Gravity cask at the Ale Wagon's 20th Birthday Beer Festival, Leicester. Reddish brown, flat and clear. Not much aroma, a bit of wood and turpentine with resinous malts. Sweet taste with the sweet malt challanged by the astringent hops. Long bitter finish.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Burton Strong Ale from Tower Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Morrison’s Lincoln. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Aroma malty and hints of caramel. Taste light sweet. Smooth body.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Hoskins Brothers 3 Cs from Tower Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Handpull cask at the Ale Wagon, Leicester. Farm cider orange, clear and flat. Not a lot of hop in the aroma, but there's a hay, stale bread malt and a sulphurous character. Taste is pretty good: malty up front with a bitter, almost savoury, hoppy tang mid-sip and more astringency in the finish. It may have American hops but this beer is as English as it gets.enough character to remain interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Handpull cask from the Ale Wagon, Leicester. Dark gold, very ckear with a tiny bit of loose white head. Massive sulphur hit on the aroma, with some bready yeast and a hint of sweet spice. Bittersweet taste, quite medicinal with a light spicy character to the dry finish. Sourdough and lemongrass notes in the afteratste. Ok.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at the Ale Wagon, Leicester. Very dark brown, translucent with an uneven film of off-white head. Sweet malty aroma with milk chocolate, with a bit of soy sauce. Well-balanced taste: it's not too sweet, but the roasted malt doesn't assault the tongue either. Long finish with notes of charcoal and dark chocolate. Medium to heavy carbonation. Decent but flawed and not all that memorable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Handpull cask at the Ale Wagon, Leicester. Dark brown bordering on black with an off-white head. Aroma with liquorice and earthy malt. Sweet taste with blackberry notes, more liquorice, a bit of sulphur. Thin body buoyed up by some natural carbonation. Pretty damn good.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Hoskins Brothers Little Matty from Tower Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival, 2018. Pours mahogany brown with a very small bubbly beige head. Aroma of chocolate, nut, moderate roasted malt. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
saxo (29721) reviewed Imperial IPA from Tower Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are yeast, banana, fruits, flowers and malt. Sweet finish.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Imperial IPA from Tower Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. Feels more like a mediocre German Hefeweizen than an Imperial IPA. 280717