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.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Chocolate Mild from Sunbeam Ales 9 years ago
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.
Olut (22183) reviewed Sunbeam Calm Before from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
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.
Olut (22183) reviewed The Storm Barley Wine from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
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’.
Olut (22183) reviewed Foggy Morning from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
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.
Olut (22183) reviewed Thunder Road from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
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.
wyzzywyz22 (5998) ticked Born In LS11 (mk1) from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
Olut (22183) reviewed Chocolate Mild from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
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.
allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Changeable - El Dorado from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
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.
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).
RuneBlix (26478) reviewed Honey and Lavender from Sunbeam Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Cask, half pint at The Old Bar, Leeds University. Lacing to the upper level of the glass. Hazy golden body. The aroma is dominated by lavender. Perfumed taste of lavender with honey sweetness beneath. Carries some interests and is possible to drink, not my kind of beer though (05.07.2015).