Garrold
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Half a Stones and a Gold Label off shelf.
Activity
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
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
5 months ago
5.5/10
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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!
5 months ago
6.6/10
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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
4.8/10
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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
3/10
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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
5.9/10
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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
9/10
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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
8.9/10
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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