jjsint
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
355ml can purchased from Beers of America and drunk at home. Golden and clear with an uneven and slightly foamy white head. Light aroma, a bit grainy, bready, buttery. Taste is sweet, light butter notes, fleeting touch of sweet spice, some bitterness near the finish. Thin body but the carbonation hides it. It’s competent and inoffensive, but doesn’t have anything to excite the palate.
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updated a venue:
Sommar Harborne
located in Birmingham, Harborne, England
7 months ago
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updated a venue:
Lamp Tavern
located in Birmingham, Highgate, England
7 months ago
jjsint (8631) reviewed Atten-Bitter from Mill Hill Brew Co 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can bought at Mill Hill Cask and Coffee, Enderby. Drunk at home. Golden brown, maybe a little bit thin-looking, clear with a fine beige head. Woody aroma, slightly floral, with a little caramel. Taste isbsweet at first, a little soapy, with some nice bitterness closer to the end. More woody notes, little Irn Bru. Light body with perfectly judged carbonation. Not perfect but well-made, enjoyable, and a little different than your standard bitter
jjsint (8631) reviewed Pale Ale - Chinook from The Kernel Brewery 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle purchased from the Offie, Leicester and drunk at home. Light yellow gold, a little hazy with a slightly loose white head. Lighter aroma than many Kernel pales, this beer gives white grapefruit, light pineapple, a background woody character. Bright, sweet, fruity taste, acidic grapefruit again. Very gentle bitterness on the finish. Simple and refreshing.
jjsint has a new beer style achievement
Level 8 for Pale Ale - New England / Hazy ticks with a total of 150 ticks of this sub style.
Meet Ya at the Clock Tower from Mill Hill Brew Co was the one that did it!
7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
440ml can bought from Mill Hill Cask and Coffee, Enderby and drunk at home. Light yellow gold, pretty hazy with a tight white head. Light aroma of oranges, maybe a little bit of mango, some grassy notes. Sweet taste, some citrus hop, some vanilla. Nicely balanced finish. Medium body with carbonation on the heavy side. White grapefruit pith on the finish. Fairly basic stuff but Hangs together nicely.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Eh Up Me Duck from Mill Hill Brew Co 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
440ml can bought from Mill Hill Cask & Coffee, Enderby. Drunk at home. Very light yellow, hazy with a big loose white head. Light notes of pineapple and pink grapefruit with some vanilla wafer malty notes. Sweet taste, a little bit herbal, a little bit acidic. Hoppy bitterness. Light to medium body with good carbonation. I mean, it's fine, but not as satisfying as many similar IPAs.
Setting - 8 | Selection - 7 | Service - 7 | Food - | Value - 6 | Overall - 7
Wilfred Pinsent & Grandson is in Google as a beer shop but the main function seems to be drink in. It is a lovely little cafe bar at the North end of Mountsorrel. It really does exude a French cafe feel, and indeed much of the beers along the walls (for sale, I think, although some of them have faded labels and are gathering dust) are French and Belgian. It's crowded as hell, with yummy mummies and daddies and their pedigree dogs and children Sebastian and Arabella (this is Mountsorrel after all) but there is an absolutely gorgeous garden as well. The draft choice is decent for its size: Four keg beers (Polly's, Pressure Drop, Two by Two) and a handpull cider, plus about half a fridge full of craft goodies. It's not exactly my vibe but it's friendly and perhaps I shouldn't complain about crowds when the hospitality industry is in such peril. Worth trying if only for the fact it is unlike anywhere else in Leicestershire that I'm aware of anyway.