Martinsh Profile

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a dark (almost very dark) reddish-brown with minimal cream head and good lacing. Malts to the fore in the aroma, plus traces of honey and herbs. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with a little underlying bitterness and a decidedly watery texture. Flavour is smokey malts and dark fruits with hints of humbug sweets and hops coming through later. Slight dryness in the finish. This is reasonable – if a bit thin.

Tried from Cask at Hops on 13 Jul 2025 at 13:41

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Barbãr from Brasserie Lefebvre

10 months ago

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 9.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

Bottle at Hops, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with a small foamy almost white head. There’s a sweet boozy aroma of honey, coriander and yeast. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with a little underlying sharpness, and a creamy almost cloying texture. Flavour has malts, honey, orange peel and hints of pear with traces of banana bread and herbs coming later leading to a quite spicy finish. This is pretty d*mn good – and dangerously drinkable !

Tried from Bottle at Hops on 13 Jul 2025 at 13:00

Martinsh has a new beer style achievement

Level 8 for IPA - Session ticks with a total of 150 ticks of this sub style.
Sunrise IPA from Tigertops Brewery was the one that did it!
10 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Sunrise IPA from Tigertops Brewery

10 months ago

7/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours golden yellow with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops and oranges in the aroma. In the mouth it is somewhat bitter from the start, but this increases to dominate. A little underlying sweetness at the start as well, with flavour of floral hops, marmalade and tangerine, plus a hint of grapefruit later on. Finish is decidedly bitter. This is a decent IPA.

Tried from Cask at Hops on 12 Jul 2025 at 15:00

Martinsh added a new beer Sunrise IPA by Tigertops Brewery
10 months ago

Martinsh updated a brewery: Merlins Micro Brewery (Cheshire) located in England
10 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Elixir from Merlins Micro Brewery (Cheshire)

10 months ago

5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 4

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a hazy golden yellow with minimal off-white head and excellent lacing. There’s malts and oranges in the aroma, with just a hint of floral hops. In the mouth t is divided between sweet top and bitter underneath and a creamy texture. Flavour has floral hops, a mountain of citrus and grapefruit. Finish is bitter and dreadfully sticky – I needed to drink a different beer to wash my mouth out ! Reasonable enough until the dreadful finish.

Tried from Cask at Crewe Dog on 10 Jul 2025 at 14:25

Martinsh has a new country beer tick achievement

Level 33 for England ticks with a total of 2600 from this country.
Dawn Chorus from Ideal Day Family Brewery was the one that did it!
10 months ago

Martinsh (3678) reviewed

Dawn Chorus from Ideal Day Family Brewery

10 months ago

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

On tap at That Beer Place, Chester. Pours a hazy pale straw with a sizable frothy white head, excellent lacing and fairly high carbonation. The aroma has continental hops and citrus. In the mouth it is sweet and somewhat tart with a slightly creamy texture. Citrus to the fore in the flavour assisted by melon, lemon and traces of lime and tangerine later. Tartness lasts into a slightly dry finish. This is quite nice – certainly refreshing on a hot summer day.

Tried from Draft at That Beer Place (Foregate St) on 09 Jul 2025 at 13:37

Martinsh added a new beer Dawn Chorus by Ideal Day Family Brewery
10 months ago