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Hush Heath Estate, Five Oak Lane, Hush Heath, Staplehurst, TN12 0HT, England
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Hush Heath Estate is the home to Balfour Winery. At Balfour Winery we believe craft should know no boundaries. That’s why our winemakers have extended their expertise beyond the vineyard and into the orchard and brewhouse, developing cider, lager and IPA with the same attention to terroir, fermentation and flavour.
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml can poured at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon - Slightly hazy yellow with no head. Grainy, a bit of cereal, some metallic hops. Drinkable, and an easy go to when you're the driver.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2025
at 19:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
330ml can poured at RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon - clear yellow, foaming white top. Interesting combination in this one, quite a lot of malty flavours with plenty of cereal in there too.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2025
at 20:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml can poured at Royal Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon - clear gold, no head. Rather lacklustre effort, some citrus quality but that's it.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2025
at 17:29
5.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Tried
on 11 Jun 2025
at 18:18
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
11/6/2025. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Pours hazy amber bronze with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is malty, herbal, butterscotch, grainy. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, quite lively. Drying finish. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2025
at 18:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 7
Overall 5
Bottle on the 1045 KX-NCL lumo, thanks to Dave, 14/05/2025.
Deep amber to copper topped with a beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is stewed fruits, orange peel, caramel, biscuit.
Taste comprises biscuit, herb, dull fruits, brown bread, hint of green apple.
Medium body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with little in the way of any hop presence.
Best stick to wine making chaps ... perhaps you're goos at that... you're clearly useless at brewing an IPA in 2025!
Deep amber to copper topped with a beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is stewed fruits, orange peel, caramel, biscuit.
Taste comprises biscuit, herb, dull fruits, brown bread, hint of green apple.
Medium body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with little in the way of any hop presence.
Best stick to wine making chaps ... perhaps you're goos at that... you're clearly useless at brewing an IPA in 2025!
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 11:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2025
at 11:26
Tried at Wine Monkey, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2025
at 15:41
Tried at Wine Monkey, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2025
at 15:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at home in Hackney - cheers to Andre who sourced from Majestic. Pours clear pale yellow-gold with a small, foamy white head. Lightly sweet with simple pale biscuits, very faint apple notes, cereal, dry hay. Light bodied with average carjornion. Lightly drying finish, cereal grains. Quite basic but drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2022
at 17:25