Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle from the Solihull Turtle Bay venue. Clear gold, small white head with nice lacing, A rather dull grainy, light corn and veg aroma. Certainly not clean or crisp - just a very grainy claggy lager with long bitterness. Mid bodied. Poor.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Half Bore from Hunter's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Melbecks Garden Centre, Coleshill. Pours a clear mahogany with small off white head. Aroma of light toast and toffee malts with a grassy and spicy hops. Taste of toasted grain, caramel, somewhat sweet but offset nicely with a grassy and herbal bitterness, some spice. Smooth body with the help of some golden syrup but not overdone. Excellent bitter.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Devon Dreamer from Hunter's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle conditioned beer from Melbecks Garden Centre, Coleshill. Pours cloudy amber with moderate sized white head. Aroma of floral and zesty hop notes. Taste is floral and grassy, somewhat resinous, zesty notes and some spice, moderate bitterness and malt in the finish. Light to medium bodied, semi-dry. Solid bitter.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Black Jack from Hunter's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Bottle from Melbecks Garden Centre, Coleshill. Pours a ruby brown with virtually no head. Aroma of malts, berries, caramel, citrus, funk. Taste of funky yeast, lemon, malts, light coffee, very tangy. Medium bodied with a low carbonation, almost flat. Not very nice. Something is very wrong with this one from appearance to taste. Probably infected.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from lowcostbeer, 11 months in date. Maybe not a popular beverage at the restaurant chain, hence ending up here; who knows. Pours a dark brown, looks watery, thin head, minor retention. Roasty aroma, some dark chocolate and a faint tanginess. Body is indeed a little thin for 5%, there is a roastiness, and some chocolate, nice sweetness and a yeasty tanginess. Overall though its below average. I have now tried 4 beers from Hunters, 2 bitters and 2 stouts. The bitters are far superior which is slightly unusual. Normally with traditional breweries, the darker the beer the better in terms of quality I find.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Mary Rose 1545 from Hunter's Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 04/02/24. Almost clear light chestnut brown to amber with a just off white head that veers edgewards. Nose is biscuit, toffee, dried fruit rinds, herb, brown bread. Taste comprises earthy fruits, toffee, vinous, hedgerow, nutty, brown bread, malty bite. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Tidy enough bitter. Nailed on this is a re-badge of Half Bore.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Mary Rose 1545 from Hunter's Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
25/12/2023. Bottle courtesy of Painy's visit to the museum. Pours clear dark amber with a frothy off-white head. Attractive pour, though had to keep lots of bits in the bottle. Aroma is malty, caramel, toasted, fruity, hoppy, floral, chalky. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, a little foamy carbonation. It's not bad.
Borresteijn (12407) reviewed Pheasant Plucker from Hunter's Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
50cl Fles bij Brownscombe. Roest, ijzer, dun, wat caramel, vrij smaakloos verder. Niet best.
Borresteijn (12407) reviewed Devon Dreamer from Hunter's Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl Fkes op Brownscombe Glamping (jaja). Mistig goudamber kleur, witte kraag. Lichtzure geur, hint van Brettanomyces, duidelijk geïnfecteerd, appels, licht kazig. Deze saaie Bitter is zojuist geupgrade naar Orval-light. Daardoor best een aangenaam bier geworden.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Mary Rose 1545 from Hunter's Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - great label, thanks a lot!]. Clear, redd-ish, dark amber colour with average to huge, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Mellow, slightly toasty, caramel malty and floral, slightly fruity, minimally leafy, hoppy aroma, hints of red berries, petals, a touch of tea; ephemeral fruitiness, the leafy flavours gain weight after a while. Taste is floral and slightly fruity, minimally leafy hoppy, minimally toasty, caramel malty basis with a biscuity touch, low residual sweetness, hints of petals, a touch of red berries, tea; minimally chalky finish. Minimally oily, watery texture, dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation. Well hopped, slightly overcarbonated - nice.