fonefan (85107) reviewed Phoenix from Ledbury Real Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ 31th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2014, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Ledbury Phoenix ].Light unclear dark brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, sweet malt, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, roasted, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141205]
fonefan (85107) reviewed Dark from Ledbury Real Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ 31th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2014, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Ledbury Dark ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted maybe it is chocolate - coffee, dark malt, light nutty, light earthy. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, wood - nutty, sweet malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141204]
Fergus (31537) reviewed Dark from Ledbury Real Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2016 10/08/2016. A clear reddy brown coloured pour with a halo of beige head aroma is toasted nuts, black malts, earthy fruit, dried apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty malts vanilla, green apple, raisin, little nutty. Palate is semi sweet lowish cask condition. Decent
Fin (18516) reviewed Dark from Ledbury Real Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask handpump at The Prince of Wales, Ledbury Herefordshire, Saturday 31st October 2015. Dark brown in colour with an off-white head. Fruity and nutty with a touch of cocoa powder and a good tingly hoppy bitterness, in good nick and pretty impressive especially considering the low abv. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Kings Arms, Wasserloo, thanks to Wingmanwillis for the tip off 27/03/15. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent khaki covering that retains well. Nose is earthy roast, light pine, dusty hop presence, red berry linger, blackcurrant, trace of cocoa powder. Taste comprises dark malts, earthy hop, liquorice, charr, mineral strokes, pine needle. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a spattering of hop bitterness. Decent enough CDA, packs in plenty of flavour for a sub 4% number.
WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Dark from Ledbury Real Ales 11 years ago
Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Phoenix from Ledbury Real Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Kings Arms, Waterloo, 20/01/15. Rich amber with reddish hues and a decent beige covering. Good full glass lacing ensues. Nose is light roast, cardboar, toffee, a little thin. Taste picks up a little, cocoa rub, toffee, light charr, spice, biscuit, dark fruit peel. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Phoenix from Ledbury Real Ales 11 years ago
BlackHaddock (17491) reviewed Bitter from Ledbury Real Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
hand-pulled half-pint at the 24th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 6th Nob 2014. Copper hue to the amber body, thin white topping. Nose is light caramel/toffee and slightly fruity. Taste was again malty with toffee and caramel flavours tempered with some bittering hoppiness. Mini fruitiness mid taste with a bittering finish. Nice brew, but overshaddowed by stronger brews either side of it at the festival: a good session ale for the future, but not when on a mission like the day I tried it.