berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Hop Press from Aylesbury Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at The Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. A bright copper colour with a loose beige head; toffee malt taste with an earthy bitterness; and a lasting, biscuity, finish. A solid bitter.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Sink or Swim from Aylesbury Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Oddbins London Bridge. Clear gold, pale brown with lasting white head. Quite a hoppy beer. Clean in mouth, hops are ok, quite bitter on finish. Not overly aromatic or fruity. Yes quite bitter.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed The Whip Hand from Aylesbury Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
cask at Egham festival ... goldren amber ... thin white lacing ... soft sweet roast ... ligth sherbert nose ... soft custardy fruits ... ligth sherbet ... soft eay fruits
Leighton (34941) reviewed The Third Switch from Aylesbury Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Reading Beer Festival 2012. Pours red-brown with a foamy, beige head. Big dry, dark bread nose, some toast, light coffee and chocolate. Medium sweet flavor, some nice character here, moderate roast, plenty of minerals, light char, faint tang, tar. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Somewhat dry and chalky to finish with light plastic notes, minerals, mild cocoa, faint rubber. Great start, weak finish. Alright overall.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Rocket Science from Aylesbury Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, open and frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light to moderate nutty, light earthy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, acrdi hops - old hops, tobacco. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20120504]
Leighton (34941) reviewed Sink or Swim from Aylesbury Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home in London with Chris. Pours perfectly clear gold, effervescent, big white foam head. Nose holds ripe lemon, orange, hay, pale malts. Medium sweet flavor, lightly boozy, some lightly dry citrus fruits, stone fruits, pale biscuits. Medium bodied with high carbonation. Lightly warming finish, some sticky citrus fruits, light apple, hints of straw, dry biscuity pale malts. I guess you could call this a ’British IPA’ or something. So so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the 2013 Grape and Grain Spring beer festival, Crystal Palace. Amber pour with a white head. Malts and caramel aroma. Malty, citrus flavour. Fruity-bitter finish.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Sink or Swim from Aylesbury Brewhouse 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
[330ml bottle from Millets Farm Shop, Frilford, nr Abingdon] Copper with a moderate off-white head and a light fizz. Very dry and moderately bitter at first - that English hop bitterness that can be a little dirty and unpleasant if too many English hops are used. Fortunately there’s then lots of sweet malt and raisins to save the day (reading the label afterwards, Roger Protz’s description of "malt loaf" is bang on!"). Juicy marmalade comes through, with a little caramel in the finish. The alcohol is well hidden; it’s very drinkable and moreish. It’s nothing like the modern American IPAs, of course, but I can believe this is a reasonable recreational of a true IPA (bar effect of the ocean journey!). It’s mellow and relaxing, although the flavours could be souped up just a little. I can’t imagine drinking it in the heat of India though, but as a winter warmer in the UK it’s pretty decent.
Fin (18365) reviewed Illumination Porter from Aylesbury Brewhouse 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Stopped regular rating 22nd Oct 2012 but had this on handpump at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, 3rd January 2013 Pours dark brown with light beige head. A little bit of coffee, tangy, fruity but it is jolly decent. A bit of a grainy sedimenty feel, roasty, enjoyed this. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
fonefan (84534) reviewed The Third Switch from Aylesbury Brewhouse 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, burnt malt bitter, malt sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]