Ferris (26026) reviewed Mud from Mersea Island Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask - Dark sugars and toffee. Clear dark amber. Toast, toffee and some burnt notes. Interesting and light.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Mud from Mersea Island Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at a food festival at the brewery. Deep brown with a thick beige head. Roasty notes up front then some sourness and smoke. And, don’t know if it was auto-suggestion or what, but definitely some mud. Very thin, watery mud though. Grew on me as the smoke came through more, but definitely not my favourite mild.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Mud from Mersea Island Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
9th July 2013
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Clear dark red beer. Small bubbly tan head. Palate is light and dry with modest fine carbonation. Dry malt, some dark character. Subtle but bitter toffee. Pinch of dry spice. Little dark fruit. Dry finish. Okay if a bit dry.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Oyster from Mersea Island Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask gravity at 4th Chappel Winter Beer Festival. Black, with a big head. Quite a tang to it, rich and full bodied.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Oyster from Mersea Island Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours brown-black with a dense, foamy, light tan head. Faint roast aroma with some lactic sugar notes. Light sweet flavor, some tangy malts, light roast, faint brine. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Tangy finish, faint sourness, mild roast. Not bad.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Oyster from Mersea Island Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
One-third pint, cask, at the Vane Bar, GBBF’11. Good looking appearance that’s consists of a fawn-coloured head on a near-black body content. Anise and malts to the nose. Salty liquorice in flavour added by dark malts. Roasted bitter endnotes. Tasty and well bodied (London, 04.08.2011).
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Oyster from Mersea Island Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask@GBBF2011. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some toffee, mild ashes, freshly cut wood and mild floral notes. Flavour is liquorice, mild fruits and some wooden and floral notes as well.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Yo Boy from Mersea Island Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
28th May 2009
Bottle. Clear amber beer with an odd looking head that dies away quickly leaving something that looks like detergent. suds. Low carbonation. Tired ale, flat and uninteresting. Some insipid hop. Boring and unpalatable.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Yo Boy from Mersea Island Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Clear gold pour with a medium, foamy white head. Faint aroma of toasted malts and grass. Flavor is lightly sweet with a big smoke character. Not dark and roasty, more like burning dry wood or something. Some nice, bitter notesd of earth and grass. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Nice duration smoke finish, toasty malts, lingering earth hops. Solid stuff here.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Oyster from Mersea Island Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottled. A deep red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt, as well as caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of sweet and roasted malt as well as nuts, leading to a dry bitter finish. The body is light.