jjsint
Leicester, England 🏴 Member SupporterOptions
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Escaped from Ratebeer, I'm here now and liking what I see very much!
Activity
6.8/10
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Setting 8
Selection 5
Service 7
Food
Value 7
Overall 7
Decent old-fashioned pub, on CAMRA's National Register of Historical Interiors. Its friendly and convivial enough, with plenty of space despite the reasonable footfall on Tuesday afternoon. The beer, while decent, shows this isn't a ticking pub. Three Wensleydale beers plus the Northern Monk/Tim Taylor collab stout. A few things on keg that can be ignored. A pretty good, basic functional pub in a pretty building,but I personally love those especially with well-kept beer (like here).
Visited on 31 Mar 2026
at 17:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Handpull cask at the Royal Oak, Halifax. Dark brown and translucent with a fairly tight khaki head. Light aroma of roast malt, some coffee. Sweet taste with creamy chocolate, coffee and and an almost umami-like Marmite twist. Body is light with soft carbonation. It's not bad, and has an intriguing complexity to it.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Royal Oak (Formerly Dirty Dicks Food & Ale Emporium)
on 31 Mar 2026
at 17:06
7.2/10
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Setting 8
Selection 6
Service 8
Food
Value 6
Overall 8
Bohemian and well-loved music-oriented pub in the town centre. The main bar area kind of feel like your eccentric aunt's living room which is not in any way a bad thing. Concert venue downstairs. The beer has five cask and about six keg. The keg is reasonably reductase but the cask, while sessionable and trailditiinal, has some breweries I see less often such as Old Mill, Blackedge and Goose Eye. A good place to wile away a half hour or an afternoon.
Visited on 31 Mar 2026
at 16:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Grayston Unity, Halifax. Mid-gold and clear with a small soapy white head and a lot of lacing. Stone fruits and citrus in the aroma: it is remarkably subtle but worth putting your nose to work for this one! Sweet taste, some tropical fruit, a little vegetal, followed by a surprise bitterness in the finish. Silky body, soft to no carbonation. Not a perfect beer but I enjoyed it for sure.
Tried
from Cask
at
Grayston Unity
on 31 Mar 2026
at 16:43
jjsint
added a new beer
Cashmere
by
Blackedge Brewing
4 months ago
7.8/10
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Setting 7
Selection 9
Service 8
Food
Value 7
Overall 8
Another great craft beer bar in Halifax. København is deceptively large with functional Scandi decor. The beer selection is superb, with 6 cask and 18 keg. Some of the keg won't be ticks for you, but there's lots of decent stuff to fins from Phoenix to Deya, Yonder and Brew York. The beers are priced at pints and halves on the menu but 1/3 and 2/3 also possible. It's a wonderful bar.
Visited on 31 Mar 2026
at 16:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg draught at Købernhavn, Halifax. Mid- to dark gold and muddily hazy with an uneven swirl of white head. Insane hop aroma. A lot of grapefruit, lemon, pineapple along with a touch of pine. Wow. Taste is bittersweet with resinous, astringent and fruity hop notes plus quite a lot of mint. Bitter, medicinal and quite dry in the finish. Medium body with the carbonation dialled back. A very good Beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
København
on 31 Mar 2026
at 16:14
7.8/10
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Setting 8
Selection 8
Service 8
Food
Value 7
Overall 8
Trendy and friendly microbar in a city centre arcade. It's bright and airy and appealing to the young, but this middle aged codger is pretty fond of the decor too. And the beer. Four cask and 15 keg, not all of them are worth trying (e.g. Früli) but there are some bangers from Anthology, New Bristol, Bullhouse... you get the idea. Prices are more than fair. Really worth checking out. It's my first Halifax pub so can't compare it to the rest of the town but it's a good start for me.
Visited on 31 Mar 2026
at 15:50