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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from the brewer's own stall at Farnham Farmers' Market. Hazy deep gold with a large white head. Nice bright aroma and flavour - pineapple, juicy oranges and over-ripe grapes. The finish isn't quite as good, with some leafy floral notes not quite working with the juice. Nevertheless it's still an enjoyable NEIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2025
at 12:24
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Can from the brewer's own stall at Farnham Farmers' Market. Dark brown with a beige head. Sweetish, presumably from the maple syrup although I didn't get the maple flavour itself. Chocolate hints, a light roasty note and then pine in the gently drying finish. The pine doesn't really go with the sweetness, and it's a tad on the thin side. Pretty average overall.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2025
at 12:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can from the Cheese and Wine Company, Bakewell. Clear pale amber with a light fizz and a lasting white head. Earthy and piney with a little grapefruit behind. Average body - maybe a tad thin but ok. Hadn't looked at the ABV, but it felt like a session IPA and I was quite surprised to find out after that it was IPA strength. All in all a bit disappointing compared to Thornbridge's normal standards.
Tried
from Can
from
Cheese & Wine Emporium
on 13 Dec 2025
at 18:37
wheresthepath has a new country beer tick achievement
Level 3 for Italy ticks with a total of 15 from this country.
Thomas Hardy's Ale Special Reserve 2025 Armagnac Barrel Aged from Interbrau was the one that did it!
5 months ago
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Rake, Borough Market, London. Clear brown colour with a tiny ring of beige atop it. Intense, boozy aroma and taste - fruity port is the main thing here with some wood. As you drink more (slowly does it now!) other flavours emerge - chocolate, leather, strawberries, blackcurrants and raisins. Port remains to the fore throughout though, although as I like port that's just fine by me! Just a touch of bitterness in the tail of what is otherwise a sweetish beer. A lovely, heady, indulgent brew that I thoroughly enjoyed, but it's maybe a tad young at the moment and could do with some time to mellow out that raw alcohol hit.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Rake
on 11 Dec 2025
at 14:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at The Rake, Borough Market, London. Opaque yellow with a lasting white head. Lovely juiciness up front - mango and clementine maybe. Fresh cut grass and a touch of pine kick in at the end. Really fresh hops in this. Very tasty and drinkable, a great NEIPA - but nevertheless I reserve the right to be cynical (clichéd though it may be) about "Christmas" beers like this that taste of summer!
Tried
from Draft
at
The Rake
on 11 Dec 2025
at 14:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Sainsbury's, Wycombe. Purpley red with a pale pink head and an obvious fizz. Blackcurrants, cream and blackcurrant leaves. Moderate sourness. Bit too fizzy for my liking, and certainly one-dimensional, but very enjoyable nevertheless.
Tried
from Can
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 05 Dec 2025
at 13:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Hanley Farm Shop, near Chepstow. A dull pale gold brew with a light to middling fizz. The fresh and vibrant elderflower up front is lovely, but the honey behind is too sweet to go with it. With a drier mead this may have been really rather good; as it was I still enjoyed the elderflower but the underlying sweetness did feel like it was dissolving my teeth by the end. Nevertheless, the low ABV keeps it very drinkable. Overall quite ok.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2025
at 13:12
5/10
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Setting 4
Selection 5
Service 5
Food
Value 7
Overall 4
Came here on a Monday evening in November before seeing Dea Matrona at The Garage (great gig, especially considering that I didn't really know much of their stuff). It seemed quite a grubby and raucous 'Spoons (especially for a Monday night); ugly both inside and out. Eight cask pumps (4 with their regular beers, 4 off their seasonal range, no local brews) plus the usual macro kegs, craft cans etc. Service was fast albeit slightly surly; we did get our drinks quickly and my beer was in reasonable nick. Didn't have any food. The place generally felt like it needed a bit of TLC, but I guess it did the job of providing a bit of warmth whilst we waited for the gig venue to open.
Visited on 17 Nov 2025
at 18:59