Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Hop Shed Frizzle British IPA ]. ABV: 5.0%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, cookie, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity hops, fruity malt, light earthy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171011] 6-3-6-3-13
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
7th Sep 2017: cask pint at the brewhouse. As the name suggests, this is a golden coloured beer, light gold in fact; the head a wispy white affair. Hop centric brew, as you'd expect from a hop farm brewery I suppose. Light floral and fruity hops in both the nose and flavour. Easy drinking session ale that is not going to test your senses too greatly, nice in the sun though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
7th Sep 2017: cask pint in the brewhouse. Golden pour, white head that lasted. Floral hops in the nose on a malty base, taste also hop forward and again on a malty backbone, finish more bitter than the initial taste.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Pekin from Hop Shed (prev Unity Brewhouse) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
7th Sep 2017. Gravity poured half-pint in a huge marque close to the brewhouse during a presentation and hop walk around 'Stocks Farm'. This is brewed with a new hop variety grown exclusively on the farm (apparently quadruple hopped). Clear golden pour, white topping. Tropical fruit in the nose and taste, slightly perfumed aroma within the fruits. Nice, easy drinking beer and the first firkin to run out of the ten (free, pour your own) beers on offer to me and about 400 brewers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask pint at the brewery tap on 7th Sep 2017. More golden than 'copper', but clean and clear, decent white crown that lasted. Light fruity hop aroma, taste also slightly fruity (no coconut for me, unlike Rasmus40) in nature. Very pleasant for a 3.4% ABV bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Bull Baiters Inn, Worcester. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and coconut! Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. Watery. I’m not sure what’s up with the coconut aroma, but it’s there. 290717
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Bull Baiters Inn, Worcester. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are grass, straw, fruits, flowers and malt. Light bitter finish.
saxo (29721) reviewed Pekin from Hop Shed (prev Unity Brewhouse) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ The Salmon (Black country ales), Leicester. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt and hops. Light bitter finish.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Pekin from Hop Shed (prev Unity Brewhouse) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ The Salmon, Leicester. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 260717
Downender (11275) reviewed Sebright from Hop Shed (prev Unity Brewhouse) 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bell, St John’s Worcester 17/2/2017. Golden in colour, with a moderately-sized, off-white, head. Stone fruits, sweetish malts and a touch of leafy hop, before a moderately bitter finish. Pleasant drinking.