daniele (14510) reviewed Beechwood Bitter from Chiltern Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
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yespr (55501) reviewed Beechwood Bitter from Chiltern Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From cask. Pours cloudy orange with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty, light fruity. Bitter, toasted malty and breadish. Bitter and dry, light herbal hoppy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at home as the battle of Britain ale. Chestnut copper colour thin short lived cream head. Nutty raisin aroma. Flavour is crisp apple, nutty malt. Slight dry tart a little staleness. Quite high carbonation and chalky mouth feel. Decent but a little bland.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Nut Brown Mild from Chiltern Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Reading Beer Festival 2012. Pours clear, pure gold with a foamy white head. Mostly dark berries in the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with some dark toast, light chocolate, mellow leafy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweetness to finish with dark toast, mild berries, leaves. Basic stuff. Fairly bland (even for a mild) but not offensive.
fonefan (84534) reviewed WheelPower from Chiltern Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp, pilsner bitter, paper notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120807]
fonefan (84534) reviewed Jubilee from Chiltern Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy to frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light hoppy, light grass, dry grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]
Svesse (15730) reviewed Bodgers Barley Wine from Chiltern Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Gravity cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 23 Nov 2012) Chestnut colour with almost no head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of apple, caramel and vinous aromas of dry sherry. Malty, fruity taste with dried fruit, apple juice, dry sherry and a slight rancio character in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness and a generous bitterness with slightly leafy hops. Quite complex, but a really tasty barley wine. Nice one.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Winter's Tail from Chiltern Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ King’s Head, King’s Head Passage, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England HP20 2RW.Clear medium to dark brown red colour with a average, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, spicy, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, creamy smooth, sweet nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111204]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
[500ml bottle from the brewer’s own stand at the Thame Food Festival] Pours deep gold with a mdeium white head and a moderate fizz. Rather lager-y in flavour up front, then some florals and citrus - and unfortunately a hint of vomit. Dry from the off, but as always from Chiltern there’s a good, rich, malty mouthfeel. More florals in the long, slightly bitter finish. One of those golden ales which are crafted to try & tempt in lager drinkers, who will no doubt ignore it entirely & stick to their tasteless megabrands. Unfortunately, the light flavours and hint of lager will mean that it’s also shunned by ale drinkers. So it’s a bit pointless really, plus thehint of vomit put me off. Very disappointing from one of my favourite local brewers.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Bodgers Barley Wine from Chiltern Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Gravity Dispense at the White horse Parsons Green. It pours clear golden amber with no head. The nose is rather bland... syrupy sweet, honey and tinned fruit. The taste is rather sweet, raisin, golden syrup, wood, leaf and melon. Medium body, flat, syrupy and cloying. A challenge to drink.