Windermere Brewing (Prev Watermill Brewing)
in Ings,
Cumbria,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Watermill Inn
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours light, clear brown with a small head. Wood and toast in the nose. Light sweet flavor, faint toast and fruit. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry finish, more toast. OK stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark amber black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration, dark malt, sugary. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110802]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask@GBBF2011. More or less black colour, small brown head. Aroma is fruits, raisins, toasted and toffeeish notes as well as some mild berries. Flavour is plum, raisins, slight spices, mild toasted notes as well as some slight toffeeish notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours dark ruby brown with a small head on top. Toffee, fruit and caramel. A bit thin. Ok tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Dark brown/red with medium tan head. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, little bitter, little hops and dark fruits.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Cockermouth tasting Cockney Pub. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Very dark red-amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Not too roasted. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Fruit and roast in nice balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Cockney pub tasting. Nice creamy head with good duration. Color is close to black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, dark fruits and hops. Nice and smooth
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask, gravity, at The Marquis of Exeter, Lyddington, Rutland. This was pub No:4 on the excellent Welland Valley Beer Festival tour with ten pubs in total and about ~200 beers on offer, 11th June 2011 Pours light gold with a white head. This is really quite refreshing, some citrus and nice gentle hoppiness throughout, simple but tasty. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (@ Watermill, Ings): Black coloured with ruby spots, loose off-white head; liquorice and dried fruits in the nose, gentle toasty aromas in the background; mild to moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied, soft; increasing bitterness in the mild fruity-toasty finish. Good brew.....
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask: Almost black, smaller lacy tanned head; moderate sweetish-fruity nose (dried berries) with a light port-vinous touch, a dash of roasted malt in the backyard; moderate sweet bitter flavour, medium bodied; a faint tinge of liquorice shows up in the moderate bitter-sweet finish. Well balanced, tasty brew.....
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.47 |
| Beers | 21 |
| Ticks | 155 |
Top Reviewers (Not including batches)
|
|
McCash | 15 |
|
cagarvie | 14 |
|
|
fonefan | 11 |
|
|
jerseyislandbeer | 9 |
|
allmyvinyl | 8 |
|
Grumbo | 7 |
|
simontomlinson | 7 |
|
SHIG | 6 |
|
Olut | 6 |
|
Fergus | 6 |