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Sunbeam Ales is a Leeds based microbrewery run by Nigel Poustie. It was established in 2012 and has developed a reputation for multi award-winning cask ales. The brewery is only 2BBL so limited amounts of the sort after cask ales are distributed around Yorkshire.
Nigel mostly brews once a week, occasionally twice, rotating through a range of beers. Periodically he will brew a seasonal special, often incorporating foraged ingredients. The brewery doesn’t hold much stock, so it is a good idea to place pre-orders.
Nigel mostly brews once a week, occasionally twice, rotating through a range of beers. Periodically he will brew a seasonal special, often incorporating foraged ingredients. The brewery doesn’t hold much stock, so it is a good idea to place pre-orders.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Golden with a small head. Has a gritty raw malt taste that lingers in the palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2016
at 16:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Grove Hudderfield. Clear ruby brown color, beige head. Chocolate milk aroma. Taste is sweet chocolate. Like a light bodied stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2016
at 15:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2016. Should be tried with ’The Storm’ from Sunbeam given this is a duel brewed beer in the ’parti-gyle’ style. This one is very impressive with its sweet toffee flavours and has an hazed dirty amber appearance. It certainly feels heavier than its strength.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2016
at 14:55
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2016. Cloudy brown coloured ale. Strong and sweet tasting, which is its dominant feature. There’s a few dark malts to be found in here. This was tried after its little brother beer ’Calm Before’.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2016
at 14:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2016. Cloudy pale yellow beer. Has a healthy wheat beer character in an ale styled texture.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2016
at 16:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Dark reddy-brown with hardly any head. Has sweet dark malts in its taste, with a potent aroma in this respect in its nose. There’s strong chocolate flavours in here too.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Feb 2016
at 04:16
6/10
Tried
on 05 Jan 2016
at 08:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Wakefield Beer Festival 2015. Very dark. Has a chocolate-orange aroma and taste that’s neither under or overbearing. Tasty.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2016
at 16:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Reliance, Leeds. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light tropical fruit. Taste is light sweet, orange and grapefruit, slightly thin finish. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2015
at 09:25
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask from handpump at Fighting Cock, kindly shared by ManVsBeer. Low white head, spotty lacing, bright golden body. Dusty hops on the nose. Mid-sweet fruity taste, hints of oily hops. Short-lived ending. Thin to medium bodied. Okay, rather anonymous though (Bradford 8.07.2015).
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2015
at 03:42