Sigmund (14673) reviewed Barnsey from Bath Ales 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask conditioned at the Ipswich Beer Festival 2004. Deep copper coloured. Roasted malts, fruit and chocolate. Flavourwise if fits in the gap between a premium bitter and a porter, proving that "styles" are not an accurate science. Good beer.
notalush (7362) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled - an unimpressive looking copper ale pours, headless from the bottle - the aroma isn't much more encouraging, faint hints of yeast and dough - body is thin, but the flavor slowly reveals notes of bread, biscuits, a touch of gingerbread and a subdued sweetness - toasty hop finish - not all that complex, but it is a decent bitter
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
4.8% ABV
Amber color. Smooth, also since it's undercarbonated (which is a good thing…), but the light malt nose and the caramel flavor, the light sweetness, the low hopping are not enough convincing.
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A light nutbrown or amber beer with no head. The aroma is weird with notes of hops, anise and pretty fresh. The flavor is carbonated, flat and pretty sweet of an OK maltblend containing münchner and caramel malt - the aftertaste is somewhat dry with a good bitterness. A pretty light beer.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Barnsey from Bath Ales 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
2010 rating, on cask @ Salamander. Nutty brown colour. Malty-earthy aroma with lots of butter, which sadly is standard for this brewery nowadays. Taste is buttery, with some dark malts and light, vague fruitiness.
2002 rating: Very dark amber; resiny, malty, molasses aroma; bursting cherry, earth, wood on the palate - both complex and quenching. 6-4-8-4-15 = 3.7
omhper (45152) reviewed Barnsey from Bath Ales 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled cask conditioned. Dark brown. Sweet and fruity with nice soft maltiness and a roasty burnt aroma.
omhper (45152) reviewed Festivity from Bath Ales 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Sampled cask conditioned. Very dark brown. Fruity aroma with hints of coffee and, yes - rum. Medium body, rather sweet and slighly roasty. rather complex with licorice and salt in the finish.