berkshirejohn (10300) reviewed Barnsey from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.Wow! A lustrous dark ale with an off-white head; a spicy, malty aroma; creamy, smooth and dry in the mouth with lots of chocolate malt, and pleasantly sour fruity edge; the finish is dry, clean, and genty bitter. Could almost be described as a porter - a marvellous pint whatever you call it though. (6/4/7/3/16=3.6)
Cask, gravity dispensed, at Marlow Donkey, Marlow. Reddish copper with a loose off-white head; earthy aroma; soft, with an earthy malt flavour and a touch of fruity carmael; then a gentle bitterness with some spicy English hops and a dry finish. Very good, again. (6/4/7/3/13=3.3)
Fin (18516) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle picked up whilst in Devon recently. Poured dark amber coloured nose was malty with just a hint of vanilla, taste was quite fruity but with good maltiness and vanilla detected again, and all this sweetened with a soft toffeeiness. Very nice beer but not as good as some of theirs.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Barnsey from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at The Guildhall, Folkestone. Very deep ruby colour with thick lasting beige head. Maybe getting towards the end of the barrel as it took a bit of pumping to get the pint, which killed some of the carbonation in the glass. Very nice dark ale though. Juicy dark fruits, plums, but not sour and good choc flavours. Finish is really quite drying. Extremely drinkable. Lovely finish. Choc and ark fruit aroam. Some sweet blackberry. Brilliant pint. Full and rich with a bit of puckering of the mouth on the finish.
Fin (18516) reviewed Festivity from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, Tuckers Maltings online store, pours dark in colour, aroma was of burnt molasses and some wonderful subtle spiciness this was replicated in the taste. Once again another very good beer from this brewery.
berkshirejohn (10300) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle: the commercial description is spot on - a golden beer, traces of white head;hoppy aroma; citrus taste; bitter finish. My favorite style, and an excellent example.
Fin (18516) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle picked up at Darts Farm, Topsham, Nr Exeter, Devon 12-11-06 had the same evening. Poured golden in colour, lovely fresh nose with aroma vanilla notes this is a crisp, fresh hoppy beer, with great fruity citrus flavours particularly grapefruit zinginess Loz chose this purely for the hare on the front, but she chose one of my favourite beers of the week. Cask conditioned gravity dispense at Merton Winter Beer Festival 17-02-07. Also great in cask format as one would expect nice light golden colour, plenty of flavour in this fresh fruity bitter excellent. also 3.9 in cask
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle from Asda. Old gold/copper colour with lasting rocky off white head. Attractive hop aroma. Quite intense for a UK beer, bit of sherbert, woody grapefruit. Malts are pretty good, some juicyness, but this beer is all about the grapefruit hops. Really rather nice. Something like an APA. On of the best aromas of any UK bottle beer IMO. I can see why others have rated it so highly. I like the intense hops and balancing malts.
Fin (18516) reviewed Special Pale Ale (SPA) from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at The Regal, (Wetherspoons pub) Gloucester 02-09-06. Golden beer with hoppy aroma, tasted both fruity and hoppy, slightly dry but pretty good beer.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Gem (Cask) from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask handpull at Thomas Ingoldsby, JDW, Canterbury. Amber colour, lasting beige head. Caramel/toffee bitter with earthy citric finish. Fine, but not exceptional
Svesse (15876) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm 25 Apr 2006) Pale amber colour, with nice frothy head. Nose is fruity, with some sweet citrus and lemon or grapefruit aromas. Lots of nice hops. Fruity and hoppy taste with hints of grapefruit. Long, bitter and dry finish with loads of hops. A lovely little gem.