pivnizub (12821) 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 (30296) 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 (26233) 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 (7275) 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 (44752) reviewed 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 (44752) 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.
Sigmund (14587) 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 (7339) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 21 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 (28382) 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 (52110) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 22 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.