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Bottle from local Home Bargains store, drank at home. [Actually brewed by Brand Direct at 4.8% in the Netherlands !] Pours golden yellow with a small transient frothy off-white head. There’s malts and syrup in the aroma. In the mouth it quite sharp with metallic undertones. Flavour is mainly corn and rice with hints of lucozade and a bitter sickly dry finish. This is a typical industrial macro beer – yuck !

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2025 at 20:51

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Whispering Wheat from Peak Ales

5 months ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Cask at Sun, Stafford. Pours a hazy golden yellow with a small foamy off-white head. There’s malts, banana and caramel in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sweet with oranges and banana to the fore. Some floral hops as well plus hints og bubble gum, spice and ginger. Finish is slightly dry. This is decent.

Tried from Cask at Sun Inn (Titanic) on 13 Dec 2025 at 14:50

Martinsh added a new beer Whispering Wheat by Peak Ales
5 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Naughty & Nice - Chocolate Orange Stout (Cask Edition) from Vocation Brewery

5 months ago

6.9/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7

Cask at Ship Aground, Stafford. Pours almost black with a sizable frothy cream / straw head and good lacing. As expected the aroma has oranges, malts, and chocolate. Pretty much the same again in the mouth where it is sweet, smooth and creamy. Later on there are hints of peel, caramel and alcoholic strength. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is decent – but somewhat predictable.

Tried from Cask at Ship Aground on 13 Dec 2025 at 14:20

Martinsh updated a beer: Stout brewed by Mobberley Brewhouse (MBH)
5 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Montezuma's Triple Choc from Saltaire Brewery

5 months ago

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 6 Overall 7

Cask at Lych Gate, Wolverhampton. Pours almost black with a small foamy tan head and some lacing. The aroma is powerfully chocolate, but with hints of ginger and malts as well. In the mouth it is smooth, sweet and creamy. Dark chocolate is easily the main flavour but ith traces too of malts, honeycomb and spice. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is nice but the excess of chocolate cancels out any real beery characteristics.

Tried from Cask at Lych Gate Tavern (Black Country Inns) on 11 Dec 2025 at 15:20

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

The Snowrat from Rat Brewery

5 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Cask at PACK, Wolverhampton. Pours a pale gold with a small frothy almost white head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma just hints of spices and lemon. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth with a creamy texture. Main flavours are floral hops and a strong but light citrus. Some bitterness comes through later on plus traces of spice, grapefruit and lemon. Finish is slightly dry. This is Ok. A bit bland to start with but gets better as it progresses.

Tried from Cask at PACK (Perfect Ale Cask & Keg) on 11 Dec 2025 at 14:45

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Razorback (Cask) from Ringwood Brewery

5 months ago

5.8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5

Cask at Goose, Wolverhampton (at 3.6%). Pours “bitter brown” with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. Mainly malts in the aroma but also some hints of red berries. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth with a creamy texture, but also some bitterness involved. Flavour has malts, some floral hops, hints of autumn fruits and (later) nuts and caramel. Bitterness creeps into the slightly dry finish as well. This is reasonable but somewhat bland.

Tried from Cask at Goose (Craft Union) on 11 Dec 2025 at 14:15

Martinsh updated a beer: Razor Back brewed by Ringwood Brewery
5 months ago

Martinsh added a new venue PACK (Perfect Ale Cask & Keg) located in Wolverhampton, England
5 months ago