jjsint
Leicester, England 🏴 Member SupporterOptions
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Escaped from Ratebeer, I'm here now and liking what I see very much!
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
400ml can at Tønne, Leicester, 4.2%. Light gold and clear with a good-sized white head. Light grapefruit aroma, a little vegetal. Taste is much more enticing: very well attenuated with notes of pink grapefruit, and a nice bitter finish. Light to medium body with decent tight carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
at
Tønne
on 09 Jun 2026
at 20:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at Tønne, Leicester. Light amber brown, clear with a ring of off-white head and good lacing. Metallic aroma, some caramel and soft sweet spice. Sweet taste with a quick turn to a more balanced character. More caramel, some brown sugar. Bitter astringency just at the end. Body holds up well with good carbonation. Not terrible but of course there are better Belgian pales to be had.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tønne
on 09 Jun 2026
at 19:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg draught at Tønne, Leicester. LIght cream/yellow, hazy with a small tight white head. Light spicy aroma, some bitter orange. Balanced taste, not too sweet, gentle cooking spice with a surprising bitterness in the finish. Watery body with not quite enough carbonation to mask this. Good enough, but too dialled back.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tønne
on 09 Jun 2026
at 19:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at Tønne, Leicester. Light gold and a bit muddy-hazy with an uneven white head. Smells of lemon and sweet pastry crust. Yum. Taste is more sweet than sour but more muddled with a light vegetal element. More pastry crust. Alys thinks it tastes of shampoo you might get at Lush. I am kinder. Light body with spritzy carbonation. Overall good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tønne
on 09 Jun 2026
at 19:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 ounce can taken away from the Needle and Pin, Loughborough. Dark amber/gold, clear with a good dollop of beige head. Bit hit of pine, bready malts, pomelo. There's a sweetness toothed initial taste just at first, emphasising the malt bill. An intense bitterness follows, more astringent piney resin. Man, the way these beers used to be. Intense bitter finish. Fairly full body with medium (or not quite medium) carbonation. Blown away.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jun 2026
at 16:29
7.2/10
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Setting 8
Selection 7
Service 8
Food
Value 6
Overall 7
This is all nice little rustic unit, lots of plants out front, hence the name I guess. The main inside area seats loads more than originally lets on. The main seating area inside has bare wooden floors and lively decoration. Advertisements for Kelham Pride next weekend. Speaking of which, there are two special beers for the weekend on keg by Duality Brewing (collabs with Neepsend) as well as 5 cask and several other keg, mostly macro but including a Basque cider. So, a mixed bag but there's gold to be found in them there hills. Competition is fierce in this area but the Alder is worth checking out.
Visited on 05 Jun 2026
at 13:34
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Triple Point Brewing
located in Sheffield, England
1 month ago
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught keg at the Triple Point Brewery & Bar, Sheffield. Light gold, a little hazy with a pillowy white head. Light malty aroma, a little spicy. Taste is a revelation: sweet and spicy with a deep doughy malt flavour, followed by a clean lemony bitterness. The sweetness comes back, a bit, with a finish that keeps you going. Light body, medium carbonation. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
at
Triple Point Brewing
on 05 Jun 2026
at 15:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Handpull cask at the Shakespeare, Kelham Island. Unfortunately Queer Brewing will be winding down, so get their beer while you can. Dark brown and just a little bit translucent with a small uneven ring of tan head. Gentle malty aroma with light chocolate notes. Now this stout tastes wonderful. Sweet at first with all sorts of the typical notes bouncing around: chocolate, liquorice, ashy flavours. Turns fruity and bitter with lots of blackberry and plum with liquorice still hanging on the edge. Now, I struggle with stouts that have too much liquorice but this is great. Light to medium body with little carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shakespeare’s Ale & Cider House
on 05 Jun 2026
at 14:51