Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
21st March 2026
Bottle. A mild haze on this amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy smooth palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft creamy malts. Abundant esters. Caramel and very mild wood. Touch of ripe citrus. Airy light finish. Not for the first time, I appreciate Torrside's devotion to this style but, I just wish they were more consistent at it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is smoked meat, roasted, caramel, funk, taste is similar, light sweetness. 8
Olut (22183) reviewed Hidden Depths from Torrside Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Wigan Beer Festival 2026, Beer#31. Hazy deeper golden coloured ale. This one is hoppy but has a smoked aroma and taste, although this doesn't linger long. Fruits then start to take over.
gave a cheers!
Olut (22183) reviewed Better Things Aren't Possible from Torrside Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Wigan Beer Festival 2026, Beer#16. Hazy paler golden coloured brew. Hopped with crisp-cum-watery tropical fruit evident, in both aroma and taste. Good and bad! More on the side of good though.
Olut (22183) reviewed Embers Fire from Torrside Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7
Wigan Beer Festival 2026, Beer#6. Hazy brown coloured mild, which has a mildly smoked character, with this most notable in aroma, next best in aftertaste. A little thin given the strength but as it's a mild...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home shared with James, 15th February 2026. Pours an amber clearish beer, aroma is carmalied oranges, burnt sugar, taste is bittersweet, caramel, caramelised fruits, decent and balanced
Svesse (15876) reviewed I'm Spartacus from Torrside Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
(Cask at Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak, London, 20 Nov 2025) Golden colour with frothy, off-white head. Hoppy, fruity nose with citrus, grapefruit, resin and pine needles. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, grapefruit, peaches, resin, tropical fruit, some toffee and a generous citric/resiny bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Lots of Simcoe character here. Fresh and hoppy. Very nice.
JuanMartin (287) ticked Best Intentions from Torrside Brewing 2 months ago
Lovely stout. Bottle at home.
LordAlwold1970 (9933) reviewed Franconia from Torrside Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard.
Nose is toffee, nuts, smoke. Smoky sweet with a toffee & sweet tobacco backdrop. Very nice.
CraftBeerNick (11220) reviewed Grendel from Torrside Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home, 25th January 2026. Pours black and fairly thick. Aroma is chocolate and roasted malts, cocoa. Taste is dusty cocoa, roasted malts, mellow, bitter, delicious and well made classic porter