Garrold Profile

Can. Adnams at Holkham. Clear deep copper. Slim white foam. Nutty and bready. Nice red IPA like hoppage. Taste is semi sweet with decent bitterness. Drinks easy overall without any particular festive-ness. Light bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2026 at 21:18

Garrold added a new beer Today XO - Blend Five by Mills Brewing
2 months ago

5.5

Garrold (11502) reviewed I'm Already Here from Moon Gazer (Norfolk Brewhouse) 2 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Ringstead Stores. Clear deep chestnut brown. Slim sticky tan bubbles. Nose has a bit of burnt rubber. Some soap. Whiff of actual malts and hop in there too. Taste is dry and lightly bitter. Soapy slick mouthfeel. Not got too many redeeming features this one. That soapy thing is grim.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2026 at 19:29

Garrold has a new beer style achievement

Level 5 for Pale Ale - Classic English ticks with a total of 50 ticks of this sub style.
Lighthouse from Adnams was the one that did it!
2 months ago

6.6

Garrold (11502) reviewed Lighthouse from Adnams 2 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, for which there’s a separate entry but sod that. Picked up at the Adnams shop in Holkham. One of those you’re surprised you never ticked yet. Anyhoo. Malty with light citrus peel. Drinks fine.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2026 at 19:10

4.8

Garrold (11502) reviewed Oak from Grain Brewery 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle probably from Drove Orchards. Clear pale copper colour. Suds of sticky off white foam. Nose has buttery malts. Wort. Some leaf mulch. Taste is semi sweet with a moderate bitterness. Slick and mostly flat. Dry thin watery finish. Crap.

Tried from Bottle from Drove Orchards Farm Shop on 26 Jan 2026 at 18:50

Garrold (11502) reviewed ThreeOneSix from Grain Brewery 2 months ago

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3

Bottle. Probably from Drove Orchards. Looks like bin juice. Smells and tastes like buttery shite. Off you pop down the sink you manky fucker.

Tried from Bottle from Drove Orchards Farm Shop on 26 Jan 2026 at 18:40

5.9

Garrold (11502) reviewed Supernova from Brewpoint (UK) 2 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can picked up at the Adnams shop in Holt. There’s some tie-in or something, according to the chap serving in there. Dunno. This is pretty pedestrian overall. Not too clean and barely a whiff of hop. Drinkable. Just.

Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2026 at 18:13

Garrold (11502) reviewed Geuze 125 from Brasserie Cantillon 2 months ago

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle at the Loon Factory. Loads of depth here. Lovely minerality and plenty of floral herbal bitterness. Fantastic condition too. Ace.

Tried from Bottle at Brasserie Cantillon on 25 Nov 2025 at 17:36

8.9

Garrold (11502) reviewed Big from Mills Brewing 2 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle via the online shop. Pale amber with a good lasting white foam. Nose is all on the hops here, first off. Sorachi comes through with lemongrass and light coconut. Restrained citrus. Back of that there’s Mills funk and clean oak with semi sweet malt throughout. Taste is juicy semi tart and nicely bitter. As per your best Mills it drinks like pop. Juicy semi tart lightly bitter finish. Top tier.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2026 at 19:36