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Bottle from local Home Bargains shop, drank at home. Pours golden yellow with minimal transient off-white head. There’s grains, mushy rice and citrus in the aroma. In the mouth there is a brief burst of juicy sweetness before metallic bitterness comes through to dominate. Flavour has grains, sweet malts, lemon and some hoppy hints leading to a dry metallic finish. Definitely in the middle of macro territory – but I’ve had worse.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2025 at 17:00

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Layer Theory - Chocolate Gateaux Edition from Atom Beers

6 months ago

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

On tap at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours almost black with minimal beige head and medium carbonation. There’s roasted malts and chocolate in the aroma plus hints of biscuits. In the mouth it is decidedly sweet. Initial flavours are roasted malts, chocolate, cake and dark fruits. Later on traces of bitterness, spice and cola come through leading to a slightly fruity finish. This is reasonable – but not very exciting.

Tried from Draft at Ebenezers, Crewe on 13 Nov 2025 at 17:25

Martinsh added a new beer Layer Theory - Chocolate Gateaux Edition by Atom Beers
6 months ago

Martinsh has a new beer style achievement

Level 1 for Belgian Style - Tripel ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this sub style.
Agnus Tripel / Abbey Pale Ale from Brouwerij Corsendonk was the one that did it!
6 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Agnus Tripel / Abbey Pale Ale from Brouwerij Corsendonk

6 months ago

7.9/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 9.5 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle at Hops, Crewe. Pours a lively, frothy golden amber, before settling down to a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s a flowery nose with Belgian yeast and hints of spice. In the mouth it has characteristics of sweet, sharp and bitter, but the sweetness does win out eventually. There are many layers to the flavour, malts, yeast, pine, grains, spice and coriander with even a little banana coming through after a while. Finish is dry with a little sweetness. This isn’t in the top rank of tripels but it’s still rather nice.

Tried from Bottle at Hops on 13 Nov 2025 at 16:30

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Quill from Thornbridge Brewery

6 months ago

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

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours an amberish red with minimal off-white head. There’s malts, caramel and a hint of butter in the aroma. In the mouth it starts off sweet and creamy with a slightly watery texture, but bitterness comes through very quickly. Flavour starts with Belgian hops, yeast and caramel, but a lot of extra layers come through later. Cake and marzipan plus hints of biscuits and apricots leading to a dry and slightly sharp finish. This is decent but not really an ESB, more a best bitter.

Tried from Cask at Hops on 13 Nov 2025 at 16:00

Martinsh updated a beer: Quill brewed by Thornbridge Brewery
6 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Rat To The Future from Rat Brewery

6 months ago

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

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy golden brown with a small scummy cream head and good lacing. There’s malts and ginger in the aroma plus a hint of chestnuts. In the mouth it starts off sweet and creamy with malts, butterscotch and caramel. However after a while it spices up with cloves and cinnamon coming through leading to a quite bitter finish. This is reasonable. Bland at the start but the spicing up improves it no end.

Tried from Cask at Crewe Dog on 13 Nov 2025 at 15:30

Martinsh updated a beer: Rat To The Future brewed by Rat Brewery
6 months ago