omhper (45152) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear golden. Orangey nose with estery peach and marmelade. Sweet with firm, rounded mouthfeel. Sugary, lightly fruity and very hoppy with intense resiny bitter finish. Very flavourful and solid.
Svesse (15876) reviewed Gem (Cask) from Bath Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Copper colour with firm, foamy head. Nose is malty, fruity with a bitter-sweet hoppiness and hints of sewage (in a weird but nice way). Taste is fruity (hints of dried apricots) and malty with a metallic, earthy, bitter and dry finish. Complex.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Festivity from Bath Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at The County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Black beer, beige head. Deep ruby in fact on colour. Thick in mouth. Toffee maybe diacetyl on the aroma? Certainly the barman thought it was toffee when he tasted it. But then better in mouth. Hints of dark rum maybe with black treacle. Not overly sure that this is how it is supposed to be.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Festivity from Bath Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Small, dwindling beige head over dark brown beer. Chocolate and caramelmalt, even toffee, quite aromatic nose, with a point of British hops in the finish. Dry combination of bitter chocolate, coffee dregs and cigarette ash (this description should turn off the most hardy, yet it is true, and it’s quite nice - the beer, not the description) in the taste. Just a fleeting hint of malty sweetness, bit quite some stout-like acidity. I can find some liquorice, but I’m struggling with the notion of saltiness (not my forte). Dry cookies. Very dry porter, not exactly rich texture. More than decent porter, however not really Christmassy, IMO. Txs, MattW.
pivnizub (12822) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Amber orangey coloured, hazy, thin stable white foam; malty, fruity to vinous (sherry) nose, touches of hops and sulphur; taste is malty and fruity too with a faint herbal hoppiness, becomes drier and more bitter at the end, light bodied; quite complex ale, well rounded.
Anders37 (30297) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Deep copper colour with no head. A balanced aroma between malt and hops. Has a malty taste and then you get the bitter hops in your mouth, leaving you with a nice bitterness in the aftertaste.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Fine best bitter, good hoppy aroma balanced by tasty slightly fruity malts leading to a hoppy end. Does exactly what you would expect a best bitter to do
thegreenrooster (7317) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pour is a nice red with a small white head. Aroma is fruity with a touch of malt. Flavor is roasted malts,slight fruit with a woody backbone. Finishes very dry. Nothing really great but worth the $1.99 a pint I paid for it.
omhper (45152) reviewed Special Pale Ale (SPA) from Bath Ales 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Pale golden. Dryish and grassy with light body and lots of herbal spices. Pilsnerish malt character. Medium bitterness.
omhper (45152) reviewed Gem (Cask) from Bath Ales 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Reddish brown. Nutty and lightly roasty. Sweet and light bodied with clean mouthfeel. Short finish with slight saltiness. Very mild. Understated.