Isca Ales / Gargoyles

Microbrewery in Dawlish, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2005

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Court Farm Barn, Holcombe Village, Dawlish, EX7 0JT, England
Description
Gargoyles brewery was started in a former cowshed in November 2005 by Roger Strudwick. In 2009, it was taken over by Andy Oakes and renamed Isca Ales.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Fra cask/gravity på NWAF i Derby 18 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Mørk brun. Skum langs glasset. Aroma av røstet malt. Smaken vassen. Tørr etter hvert.
Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2016 at 04:36

4.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
500ml bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Pours clear golden yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of light sour malt, faint rotten fruit. Taste is more of the same, kind of a sour honey thing going on. Tangy sour finish. Not great.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2016 at 10:14

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Wakefield Beer Festival 2015. Golden coloured. The honey is fair tasting, although a little too dense to fully please.
Tried on 01 Jan 2016 at 17:51

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Wakefield Beer Festival 2015. Dark ruby-red. Dark malty-floral with its nose, it has an easy-drinking texture, some darker malts, but it has a thinnish texture so nothing gets that stated.
Tried on 01 Jan 2016 at 16:51

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle from Darts Farm. Deep brown, almost black, with a small brown head, quite fluffy. Dry start, very low sweetness, dark malts, roasty with some coffee, shy but pleasant hoppy flavours in the finish. More dry-stout-like than Black IPA, quite nice nevertheless.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2015 at 05:12

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
14th October 2015
Bottle on holiday in Lyme Regis. Lightly hazy gold beer, good bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is light with very mild carbonation. Light malts. Decent orange and orange pith. Mild floralness. Light finish. Pleasant flavour but it’s a bit flat!
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2015 at 14:39

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Golden colour with a thin white head. Citrus hop aroma taste slightly sweet, to a light bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2015 at 10:31

6/10
Tried on 06 Nov 2014 at 13:21

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Cask at Birmingham Beer Festival; clear golden yellow pour with a thin white head, grapefruit aroma, taste has zesty citrus, pale malts and a light bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2014 at 01:35

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at The Anchor, Birmingham. Poured a clear light to medium amber with a thin broken white head. The aroma is malt hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a big malt weak hop bitter palate and a short bitter finish. A superb English style bitter. Maybe a few more brewers need to experiment with Chinook in traditional English ales.
Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2013 at 15:10