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Keg at Beaconsfield Taps. New brewery for me. Hazy yellow with a large white head. Ooh, this is nice. Lovely fruitiness here - peach, mango and orange. The bitterness is well balanced against the sweet, juicy fruits. Good body too. Tasty stuff, enjoyed this.

Tried from Draft at The Taps @ Beaconsfield on 21 Nov 2025 at 18:20

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Helles from Bluntrock Brewery (Rock, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

9 months ago

6.5/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7

Keg at Beaconsfield Taps. Lightly hazed pale gold with a white head. Crisp, clean, grassy. Simple but oh so refreshing and drinkable. Good first beer of the evening.

Tried from Draft at The Taps @ Beaconsfield on 21 Nov 2025 at 18:15

wheresthepath added a new beer Helles by Bluntrock Brewery
9 months ago

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Dark Fruit Porter from Batemans (Wainfleet All Saints, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

9 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Cask at the White Swan (JDW), London before going to see Dea Matrona at the Garage in Highbury. Dark brown with a creamy head. Chocolate cherries up front. Really quite chocolately actually. Lots of Ribena and cranberry juice. Really quite fruity actually! But then soot and burnt, bitter malt - really quite sooty actually - which does clash a bit with all the sweet chocolatey fruitiness. It's certainly full-flavoured and interesting, and I did quite enjoy it - but they definitely need a chimney sweep in to deal with some of that soot. Dea Matrona were excellent by the way.

Tried from Cask at White Swan (JDW) on 17 Nov 2025 at 19:03

wheresthepath updated a beer: Dark Fruit Porter brewed by Batemans
9 months ago

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Christmas Stocking from Coach House (Warrington, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

9 months ago

7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7

Cask at the Crosse Keys (JDW), London. Crystal clear golden-amber with a lasting white head. Woody cinnamon to the fore, balancing the sweetish biscuitty malts and light caramel. Quite liked this. My 20th Cheshire brew, leaving just 5 English counties below the 20 mark.

Tried from Cask at Crosse Keys (JDW) on 17 Nov 2025 at 16:59

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American Amber from Bragdy Conwy Brewery (Colwyn Bay, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿)

9 months ago

5.8/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6

Cask at the Crosse Keys (JDW), London. Murky amber with an off-white head. Citrus dominates here - sharp lemon, with marmalade following and a little brown bread in the background. Middling bitterness to finish. It's just about ok; it grew on me and went surprisingly and unexpectedly well with my hunters chicken.

Tried from Cask at Crosse Keys (JDW) on 17 Nov 2025 at 16:57

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Dark Tides from Mad Squirrel (Hemel Hempstead, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

9 months ago

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7

Keg from the Mad Squirrel, Wycombe, during the town's Christmas light switch on event. Black with a beige head. Rich sweetish chocolate up front, a little toffee, and a roasted malt bitterness to finish that becomes slightly more charred in the aftertaste. A little simple maybe, but certainly effective and well balanced. Decent stuff.

Tried from Draft at Brewery Shop Emporium High Wycombe (Mad Squirrel) on 15 Nov 2025 at 18:30

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Belgica from Salcombe Brewery Co. (Kingsbridge, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

9 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Cask at the Falcon (JDW), Wycombe. Amber with an off white head. Up front this is definitely Belgian in character; banana-ey yeast, a hint of honey roast ham, and a white bread and banana cake body. The finish is more British - a twiggy, earthy bitterness. Nice to have something a little bit different on cask.

Tried from Cask at Falcon (JDW) on 12 Nov 2025 at 18:29

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Pineapple & Pepper Crumble from UnBarred Brewery (Brighton, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

9 months ago

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

Keg at The Permit Room, Oxford. Lightly hazed yellowy-gold with a white head. Pineapple, sweet lemon and a little creamy custard. Couldn't get any hint of pepper though which was a shame. Good balance of sweet and sour with a touch of dryness in the finish. A lovely and rather unusual brew which I thoroughly enjoyed as an aperitif. Unfortunately when I had the remainder of it part way through my curry, it not only clashed badly with the food but somehow activated the spice and set my mouth on fire! Maybe not one to serve in a Indian restaurant then, but that aside a great brew.

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2025 at 16:14