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The Potato Shed, Symondshyde Farm,, Symondshyde Lane,, Hatfield, AL10 9BB, England
Description
Let’s raise a glass and toast the way it should be - local beer brewed by local beer lovers using local ingredients, including fresh water from our very own Hertfordshire borehole.
No fuss, no pretension - just passion and a year’s hard work at our nearby farm to brew ales we, and hopefully the people of St. Albans, can be proud of.
Here’s to radically better beer!
No fuss, no pretension - just passion and a year’s hard work at our nearby farm to brew ales we, and hopefully the people of St. Albans, can be proud of.
Here’s to radically better beer!
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rocky white head left a creamy top on a golden coloured body.
Bitter & malt - 1970's beer aroma.
Medium bodied, lightly carbonated sticky & cloying.
Malt, biscuit, grain & stone fruit tastes with a bitter lightly hopped finish.
Standard.
Bitter & malt - 1970's beer aroma.
Medium bodied, lightly carbonated sticky & cloying.
Malt, biscuit, grain & stone fruit tastes with a bitter lightly hopped finish.
Standard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2026
at 19:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rocky white head on a chill hazed golden coloured body.
Fruity, berry & citrus aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp dry & clean.
Malt, grain, grapefruit & pithy tastes with a long bitter finish.
Tastes like a Yorkshire Ale - Refreshing.
Fruity, berry & citrus aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp dry & clean.
Malt, grain, grapefruit & pithy tastes with a long bitter finish.
Tastes like a Yorkshire Ale - Refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2026
at 17:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2025. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty twiggy malts, apple, stewed fruit, dusty grains. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light tangy, grass hop, lemon rind, earthy grains. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, decent cask condition. Hint of vanilla in the finish. Not bad.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2025
at 13:45
Tried
from Cask
at
Verulam
on 01 Sep 2025
at 23:00
Tried
from Cask
at
Olde Fighting Cocks
on 01 Sep 2025
at 23:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Bury St. Edmunds Beer Festival with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is floral, citrus, grassy and hoppy. Decent body and oily texture. Moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask st the joiners inn Lincoln. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty fruity and slight bitter. Light body.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Dec 2024
at 14:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Bedford CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Pours deep gold to amber with white foam. Aroma: cereal, light citrus, earthy hop. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, more citrus, mild caramel, earthy hop. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Oct 2024
at 21:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2024. A hazed nutty brown coloured pour with a lasting dirty khaki head. Aroma is big earthy coffee green pepper. Ash, tangy coffee. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy, nutty roast, big coffee, green pepper, ashy coffee. Big coffee roast. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, milky light tang, ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2024
at 16:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Park Tavern, Eltham. Gold pour with a white head. Sulphury, citrusy aromas. Nutty bitter taste. Quite a bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2024
at 21:36