madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Point of No Return from Bearwood Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
1st November 2025
Can. A mild to medium haze on this orange gold beer, small but tidy pale cream colour head. Light palate, getting on for semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light bodied pale malts, a fairly forward creamy sweetness, reminds me of Phantom. Crisp cooling pine hops into pleasant tangerine, slightly tangy and a little Nelson grape. Back end bring a little savoury green hop and a light touch of Riwaka exotics. Crisp finish. Pleasant, clean and pretty quaffable.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Tabula Rasa from Bearwood Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
23rd October 2025
Keg at CBJ. Opaque dark brown beer, small dark tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation on the back end. Rich if, for the style, fairly light bodied dark malts. Estery sweetness, a little dark malt cream. Mellow chocolate. A little spice on the semi dry finish. Alright. Won't live long in the memory.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Tabula Rasa from Bearwood Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Craft Beer Junction. Pours nearly black with a tan head. Toasted dark bread and booze on the nose. Flavour has toasted bread, caramel, and a thick chewy toffee character. Very rough and unbalanced; needs a lot of work.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Zorin from Bearwood Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can ordered from Left Field Beer. Hazy pale orange. Thick fluffy foamy white head. Aroma had stone fruit with a bitter edge. Herbal. Resinous. Slightly vinous. Flavourwise it has soft sweet fruit - sugary but with a touch of sourness. Underlying resinous, more so into the finish. Also sherbert and spice. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Buoyant soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Enjoyable easy drinking NEIPA.
LazyPyro (9998) reviewed Point of No Return from Bearwood Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
440ml can. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma of ripe pineapple, orange, piney resin. Taste or ripe orange, resinous, piney, pineapple, sweet malts, some pithy hop bitterness. Medium bodied. Alright, didn't get anything from the NZ hops though.
eurosoba (18570) ticked Black Bear from Bearwood Brewing 5 months ago
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Black Bear from Bearwood Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy dull gold with a frothy white head and a juicy fruit aroma. Soft and smooth with a juicy fruit flavour, a little kick of citrus bitterness and a dry bittersweet finish.
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BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Tabula Rasa from Bearwood Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can from Bottle & Stoat in Southampton. Dark and glossy. Foamy beige head shrinks away. Flavourwise it has dark chocolate and a chocolate liqour type thing. Some dark fruit sweetness. As does aroma. Medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Soft-fizzy carbonation.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Tabula Rasa from Bearwood Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Tabula Rasa from Bearwood Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can on the 1930 Southampton - Waterloo, thanks to The Bearded Avenger, South Coast Jolly Boys Day Out 20/09/2025.
Black topped with a khaki covering that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, coffee, molasses, spice.
Taste comprises roasted tones, toasted brown sugar, mellow coffee, toffee fudge, cocoa powder.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol.
Decent.