Martinsh Profile

Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a sizable foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s malts and chocolate in the aroma. In the mouth it is basically sweet, but with a little added bitterness. Main flavours are a deep rich maltiness and some dark fruits and lactose. Plenty of other tastes come through eventually to some degree – coffee, gingerbread, spice and plums. Finish is somewhat sweet and slightly fruity. This is rather nice !

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury Arms on 20 Nov 2025 at 14:20

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

XPA from Davenports Beer

6 months ago

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

Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours pale straw with minimal almost white head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly citrus with hints of tangerine. In the mouth it is very briefly slightly sweet before a wave of bitterness sweeps through. Flavour is mainly citrus and mixed hops plus hints of corn and (later) biscuits, lemon and mango. Finish is quite dry. This is reasonable but there’s a bit too much citrus for my liking.

Tried from Cask at Butler's Bell (Davenports) on 20 Nov 2025 at 13:50

Martinsh added a new beer XPA by Davenports Beer
6 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Premium Bohemian from Cēsu Alus

6 months ago

6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Can from local European shop. Drank at home – in celebration of 107 years of Latvian independence ! Pours a slightly hazy dark chocolate with a small frothy tan head and some lacing. There’s a sense of boiled cabbage in the aroma – but in a good way ! In the mouth it is quite sweet but has an overpowering flavour of caramel. Slightly watery texture with flavour too of malts and chocolate. Some bitterness (and plenty of caramel) in the finish. This is quite decent – but also a bit of a mess.

Tried from Can on 18 Nov 2025 at 21:23

Martinsh updated a brewery: Cēsu Alus located in Latvia
6 months ago

Martinsh updated a beer: Wrath brewed by Little Tales Beer Co
6 months ago

Martinsh updated a beer: Ripley brewed by Little Tales Beer Co
6 months ago

Martinsh updated a beer: Eternity brewed by Little Tales Beer Co
6 months ago

Martinsh added a new brewery: Little Tales Beer Co located in England
6 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Filly Close Blonde from Reedley Hallows Brewing Co.

6 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Cask at Old Vic, Preston. Pours golden yellow with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s malts and dried fruit in the aroma plus some hints of butter. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy but with a little underlying bitterness. There’s lemongrass and malts in the flavour with traces of spice and caramel coming later. Finish is slightly dry. This is distinctly reasonable – and a grower.

Tried from Cask at Old Vic on 17 Nov 2025 at 14:45