fiulijn (28383) reviewed Christmas Ale from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Vintage 2005
Hazy dark amber color; thin head. Spicy aroma of cardamom, some raisins, light alcohol perception. Quite thin, light malt, a touch of vegetables, dry liquorice, spices, caramel… The final is just a dry mix of light liquorice and burnt sugar. Wrong.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed 1850 London Porter from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Dark brown color, beige head. Malt aroma and taste, some rosted malt taste; yeast. Maybe it’s ok as a Porter, anyway not impressive.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Trafalgar from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy amber color; creamy head. Nice herbal hop aroma. Some malt taste, medium caramel, strong bitterness and some hop aroma. Quite good, almost like an English IPA with the addiction of caramel.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed 1890 Stock Ale from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dark amber color, small head. Some vegetables aroma (seems to be a constant in Pitfield’s beers). Some malt, still a bit dry when too cold, but vegetable (celery), that is not really pleasant; a bith grassy and herbal. If not for the celery, it is quite good, but we don’t feel the need for it.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed 1837 India Pale Ale from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Dark amber color. Strange smell: compost (?). Full malt taste, quite high bitterness, an impression of composting grass, no hop aroma. The ending bitterness is very long.
It loses the unpleasant compost touch after a few minutes, but keeps a vegetables touch.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed 1830 Amber Ale from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy dark amber color. Soma malt aroma and caramel. Malty, good structure, a lot of caramel, strong caramel finish, very bitter.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed 1837 India Pale Ale from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
50cl bottle from Pitfield beer shop. Orange colour with thin lasting white head. Intense earthy hop nose with some citrus. Malt in mouth is sweetish but too dominated by hops which are acidic, astringent and overly aggressive. Bottle says you can mature the beer and I would suggest it as hops need to soften.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy golden, almost without any head and very low in carbonation. Huge, solid yeast sediment. Light aroma of caramel. Lightly malty with weak notes of caramel and nuts. Light hoppy finish without being more than moderately bitter. Very drinkable. 111005
CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed 1830 Amber Ale from Pitfield's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 50 cl) Lovely, clear chestnut brown beer with a small, off-white head. Slightly roasted aromas. Lots of roasted malt in the flavour - even burnt perhaps? Lots of caramel with a somewhat burnt, dry, bitter finish. 250705
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, beautiful amber with a small off-white head. low carbonation. Light caramel and fruit in both aroma and flavours. A touch of tartness. 250705