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Established in 2016 in Elsdon, the heart of Northumberland. The First & Last is an award winning, family-run, microbrewery. We brew small batch cask-conditioned and bottled beer. Our beers are inspired by the wild, untamed landscape and starry skies of Northumberland.
7/10
Caramel malty. A decent bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 May 2026
at 13:31
6.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 21 May 2026
at 12:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Lesbury Post Office and Store. Which is a very nice stop off should you find yourself in that part of Northumberland. Anyhoo. Mostly clear ruby tinged dark brown. Slim but lasting off white foam. Nose is chocolate malt forward. Light caramel. Earthy mulch like hop. Taste is semi sweet with some dryness and a fair bitterness especially for style. Decent body and depth of flavour overall. Earthy slightly nutty bitterness to finish. Nice bold mild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2026
at 17:39
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
bottle at home ...deep brown black ..soft Caramel toffee malts nose ...soft sweet dusty caramel
Tried
on 01 May 2026
at 13:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from the Old Post Office in Ledsbury. Pale crystal clear straw gold. Slim dense lasting white foam. Decent blueberry mosaic. Some citrus. Light buttery malts. Taste has a slight sweetness but a moderate citrus bitterness. Light and breezy and in good nick. Light bitter finish. Solid chugger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2026
at 18:03
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Eaglescliffe Beer Festival 2026. Gluten Free. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, fruity, tangy, citrus, with hop bitterness. Medium.bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Apr 2026
at 11:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Draft
at
Free Trade Inn
on 20 Feb 2026
at 21:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Draft
at
Free Trade Inn
on 20 Feb 2026
at 21:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
19th July 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. Near clear orange gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Thin and semi dry palate, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light bodied pale malts, pretty thin, grainy. Watery citrus hops, a light cooling pine. Light dry finish. Thin, dry and watery flavours. Lame.
Panda thanks to Wingman. Near clear orange gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Thin and semi dry palate, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light bodied pale malts, pretty thin, grainy. Watery citrus hops, a light cooling pine. Light dry finish. Thin, dry and watery flavours. Lame.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2025
at 18:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 30/06/2025.
Hazed orange with a just off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, grass, melon, papaya, mandarin.
Taste comprises tangerine, citric tinged straw, grass, grapefruit, melon, papaya, light mineral bite.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Okay IPA if a little stuck in 3rd gear.
Hazed orange with a just off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, grass, melon, papaya, mandarin.
Taste comprises tangerine, citric tinged straw, grass, grapefruit, melon, papaya, light mineral bite.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Okay IPA if a little stuck in 3rd gear.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2025
at 17:08