Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from an off licence in Kew. Poured a very hazy yellow with a big foamy head and aggressive carbonation. Aroma of melon, peach and orange sweets. Lemon zest, grain and oats in the flavour. Leaves with grassy hops, pine and a salty hint.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Thames Surfer from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle. Cloudy orangey dark golden to copper colour colour with huge, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Fruity, citrusy hop aroma has an intense grapefruit note, some blood orange, tangerine. Taste is bitter and fruity hoppy, minimally tart, some blood orange, cautious caramel malty basis with hints of bitter almond; light, slightly watery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle. Cloudy dark golden to amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Fruity and minimally strawy aroma, a touch of hay, hints of pear and gooseberry, a touch of green wood. Taste is minimally tart fruity, minimally astringent, hints of gooseberry, rhubarb, a touch of grass, hay, and green wood.
Hermod (17967) reviewed Battersea Brownstone from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle, bb Oct -2013. Brown colored, almost no head, nearly flat... Aroma is weak with bready malt and coffee notes. Flavor has bread, roastedness, coffee. Short, bitter finish with coffee notes. Watery. Probably not in best shape, betting this would be really good fresh.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Spring Break from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle. Clear golden colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, head. Somewhat strange aroma, herbal hoppy, green pepper. Taste is dry, herbal hoppy, hints of mixed pickles, especially pickled green and red pepper, a general peppery touch, chillies, elderflower. I’m not sure if everthing’s OK with this.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Thames Surfer from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Half pint poured from cask at Elm Park Tavern in Brixton. Clear, dark amber coloured body. Sparse fawn-coloured head. Malt-fruity nose with a touch of anise. Joint taste of dark grapefruit and caramel malts, again with hints of anise. Rather Jam-like. Resin-like bitter endnotes. Fine bodied. Pretty nice brew (London 12.08.2013).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at EBF ’15, 09/08/13. Hazed golden blonde with a decent sized white head. Nose is orange sherbet, light hops, yeast notes, citrus, grass. Taste comprises orange, grass, citrus notes, toasted malts. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry finish. Solid enough GB.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle. Clear dark copper colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, off-white head. Nice hoppy note, cautious malty basis with a nuttily touch, fruity hints of red berries. Taste is malty with a nuttily touch, biscuit, very cautious hints of coffee, mild, dry, slightly grassy, hoppy overtones, very cautious hints of red berries. Mild, gentle, clean - very nice.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Spring Break from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity @ Egham BF XV. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy elderflower aroma. Fruity malty dry hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle. Cloudy red glowing mahagony colour with average, firm, frothy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, off-white head. Toasted malt aroma with a nuttily touch, hints of toffee, slightly grassy and herbal hoppy overtones. Taste is minimally sweet malty with a nuttily touch, hints of toffee, dry hoppy overtones; a nice taste of roasted hazelnut remains in the finish. Resembles concerning colour, malt body, hopping and resulting taste more a Brown Ale than a Porter.