6.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
RERATE – at request of brewer !
Cask at Tom’s Tap, Crewe. Pours a bright light chestnut with a small frothy off-white head and some lacing. Aroma is mainly floral hops but with some nutty hints. In the mouth it is quite bitter with just a trace of underlying sweetness. Flavours are floral hops, fruits, tannin and herbs with hints of peanut butter coming later. Finish is dry and bitter. I’m still not too keen on it, but much better than the previous tasting.
ORIGINAL REVIEW
Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a murky golden brown with a small foamy off-white head. There’s a floral aroma with added biscuits and pastry. In the mouth it is slightly bitter with floral hops, nuts and bergamot prominent. Later there are traces of vinegar, treacle, tannins and peanut butter (most of which are flavour I don’t like at all). Finish is bitter and sticky. This is definitely not for me !
2:5:4:4:3.5 = 3.9
Cask at Tom’s Tap, Crewe. Pours a bright light chestnut with a small frothy off-white head and some lacing. Aroma is mainly floral hops but with some nutty hints. In the mouth it is quite bitter with just a trace of underlying sweetness. Flavours are floral hops, fruits, tannin and herbs with hints of peanut butter coming later. Finish is dry and bitter. I’m still not too keen on it, but much better than the previous tasting.
ORIGINAL REVIEW
Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a murky golden brown with a small foamy off-white head. There’s a floral aroma with added biscuits and pastry. In the mouth it is slightly bitter with floral hops, nuts and bergamot prominent. Later there are traces of vinegar, treacle, tannins and peanut butter (most of which are flavour I don’t like at all). Finish is bitter and sticky. This is definitely not for me !
2:5:4:4:3.5 = 3.9
Tried
from Cask
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 24 Jan 2026
at 14:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Toms Tap, Crewe. Pours almost black with a sizable tan head and good lacing. There’s a really strong aroma of coffee but there’s roast malts and cocoa in there as well. In the mouth it is somewhere between sweet and bitter – a foot in both camps. Smooth and creamy with flavour of roasted malts and coffee grounds plus traces of honey and biscuits. This is quite nice – though not as much coffee in the flavour as I was expecting.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 09 Dec 2025
at 16:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 9.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On Tap at Tom’s Tap, Crewe. Pours a cloudy golden brown with minimal off-white head, good lacing and fairly high carbonation. The aroma has ginger, oranges and bubblegum. In the mouth both sweetness and bitterness compete strongly for attention. Plenty of yeast in the flavour alongside floral hops, banana and spice plus hints or oranges and marmalade. Finish is quite bitter and somewhat dry and sticky. This is rather nice – though more suited to a warm summers day than cold November !
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 01 Nov 2025
at 14:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Deadication beer to chemist Tom Price, a VP of the Chemical Society, died on this day in 1949. He"d appreciate the chemical mix here. Hazy golden in colour. A stated wheat beer, but more ale in design with a very hoppy nose, although not surprising when you peruse the ingredients. In terms of taste though the yeast and banana notes dominate. Sold at a very competitive price at Tom's.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 29 Oct 2025
at 05:41
7/10
Nice warming ginger, chocolate and smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2025
at 22:18
8/10
Very enjoyable. Nice banana & clove aroma, which make their way to the flavour before a citrus finish. Smooth and full-bodied.
Tried
from Crowler
on 24 Oct 2025
at 20:01
8/10
Good stuff. Orangey aroma, citrus flavours and a little bitterness in the crisp finish.
Tried
from Crowler
on 24 Oct 2025
at 17:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tom Cruise controls most of what happens in his Mission Impossible series these days. Very hazy golden in colour and very hoppy with underlying fruity notes, as such it's dryish bland tasting.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 24 Oct 2025
at 04:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
I've missed the first 19 examples of this session beer, but the Strata and Nelson Sauvin hops in here (I'm naming them so I can remember them if I need to get around to adding the beer) provide good tropical fruit and pine notes combined, both in aroma and taste.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 24 Oct 2025
at 04:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
My German didn't fail me before this one so the expected honey was immediately evident in aroma, better in taste, and best in aftertaste - also hoppiest in the first instance. It does detract from the weizen style though, which becomes an afterthought with this brew. Pretty decent regardless, especially when you include the smooth texture.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 24 Oct 2025
at 04:30