Martinsh Profile

Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours almost black with a small tan head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly roasted malts plus some biscuits, cake and shortbread. Roasted malts to the fore again in the mouth where it is sweet with a creamy texture and depth. Plenty of ginger and chocolate too together with alcoholic strength. Some liquorice strands come through later leading to a quite boozy finish. This is excellent ! Plenty of flavour but retains the stout base beautifully.

Tried from Cask at Smithfield on 27 Nov 2025 at 14:15

Martinsh added a new beer For The Brave by RBA Brewery (prev Richard Burton Ales)
5 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Gouden Carolus Tripel from Brouwerij Het Anker

6 months ago

8/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle at Hops, Crewe. Pours a bright golden amber with medium sized frothy almost white head soft carbonation. The aroma is mainly spices with hints of banana and bread rolls. In the mouth it varies between sweet and sharp but with the latter increasing. Flavour is wonderfully complex with Belgian yeast, cloves, spices, alcoholic strength and hints of citrus. Later on there are traces of corn, crackers and oranges as well. Sweetness lasts into a boozy finish. This is nice – a top class tripel.

Tried from Bottle at Hops on 22 Nov 2025 at 15:15

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Ratsputin from Rat Brewery

6 months ago

7.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a small foamy tan head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly malts and alcohol but with some hints of spicy and chocolate also. In the mouth it is basically sweet and remains so, but with a hint of underlying bitterness. Flavour is roasted malts, alcoholic strength, liquorice and chocolate with hints of coffee, spice and treacle coming later. Finish is slightly dry and quite boozy. This is decent.

Tried from Cask at Crewe Dog on 22 Nov 2025 at 14:05

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Crema Al Caffè from Silent Brew Co

6 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7

Cask at Tap & Can, Shrewsbury. Pours almost black with minimal scummy tan head and some lacing. There’s malts and chocolate in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy with malts, coffee, grapes, lactose and alcoholic strength. Some hints of strawberries and cherries later on as well. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is decent.

Tried from Cask at Tap and Can on 21 Nov 2025 at 17:05

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Double Drip from Tiny Rebel

6 months ago

7.3/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 8.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5

Cask at Hogshead, Wolverhampton. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s coffee, malts and vanilla in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet with a slight tang to it. Malts and coffee again to the fore plus berry fruits and chocolate, with some darker fruits being detectable later. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is rather nice.

Tried from Cask at Hogshead (Stonegate) on 21 Nov 2025 at 15:05

Martinsh updated a beer: Double Drip brewed by Tiny Rebel
6 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Winter Lightning from Hop Back Brewery

6 months ago

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5

Cask at PACK, Wolverhampton (not yet listed on Brewver). Pours a solid gold with a small scummy almost white head and excellent lacing. Tge aroma has malts, biscuits and hedgerow fruits. In the mouth it is sweets and creamy but with a little underlying bitterness. Flavour is malts, corn, alcoholic strength and hints of citrus with some floral hops coming through later. Bitterness lasts into the dry finish. This is decent – plenty of depth to the flavour.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2025 at 14:15

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Citra from Nottingham Brewery

6 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours pale straw with a small almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops in the aroma alongside biscuits and lemongrass. In the mouth it starts off basically sweet but quickly some sharpness becomes evident too. Flavour is mainly citrus incorporating lemon, grapefruit and floral hops. Hints of corn and mango come later too leading to a rather dry and sticky finish. This is reasonable.

Tried from Cask at Picture House (JDW) on 20 Nov 2025 at 15:50

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Stimulus from Mad Squirrel

6 months ago

6.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6

Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a yellow straw with minimal scummy off-white head. The aroma is basically malts and citrus. In the mouth it is sweet with s tangy feel to it. Malts to the fore again in the flavour alongside tropic fruits, lychee and hints of berry fruits. Floral hops come through strongly later plus some mango leading to a slightly bitter finish. This isn’t bad at all.

Tried from Cask at Picture House (JDW) on 20 Nov 2025 at 15:25