Garrold Profile

Bottle. Waitrose. Nearly black. Magnificent Kernel swede looks like it’s a nitro pour job. Easy 10. Nose has dark chocolate maple caramel chocolate. Some hefty char. Scorched sugared grapefruit. Taste is fruity ashy woody bitter. Some dryness. Good body with very fine carbonation which also gives a nod toward a nitro pour. It’s pretty silky and a tad unusual for it. There’s a juicy grapefruit bitterness that builds throughout and lingers on the finish. Outstanding beer despite the fine carbonation and one I will be filling a basket with very soon.

Tried from Bottle from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 06 Jan 2026 at 18:30

Garrold (11626) reviewed

Table Beer - Cascade from The Kernel Brewery

6 months ago

8.1/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle. Waitrose. 3%. Hazed gold. Lovely Kernel swede. Light pineapple tinged hop. Mineral. Bit of peach stone. Light bitterness. Very refreshing and super easy drinking. Lots of flavour for the minuscule ABV. Dry-ish finish. Good gear.

Tried from Bottle from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 06 Jan 2026 at 18:00

Garrold added a new beer Export India Porter - Eclipse Summit by The Kernel Brewery
6 months ago

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Garrold (11626) reviewed

Ectôpläsmic Schwilly Stix from Brasserie Fantôme

6 months ago

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

Bottle. RAD Beer. Nice to see some Fantome back over here. Behaved itself on opening. Sits hazed gold. Solid white swede. Unmistakably Fantome on the nose. Soft spice. Pepper and maybe some lime leaf. Who knows. Taste is semi sweet with a light dryness and a light bitterness. Spicy yeasty finish. Easy drinking affair in really good nick.

Tried from Bottle from RAD Beer on 05 Jan 2026 at 20:43

Garrold (11626) reviewed

Waiting Game from Burning Sky Brewery

6 months ago

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

Can. RAD Beer. Hazed orange. Decent sticky white foam. Looks well. Nose has rye. Brett. Unripe oranges. Oak. Taste is dry tart and moderately bitter. Good depth with lots of flavour. Fine crisp fizz. Tart dry finish with a nicely zippy hop bitterness. Good gear. Very smashable.

Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 05 Jan 2026 at 18:32

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Garrold (11626) reviewed

Meet Me On the Beacon from DEYA Brewing Company

6 months ago

5.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5

Bottle. Xmas gift from the missus. Hazed gold. Slim off white foam. Nose has generic saison yeast characteristics. Taste is dry and verges on vinegary. Thin and pretty lifeless. Tart almost vinegar finish. I’d be embarrassed if I were Mills having my name on this shite.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2026 at 19:12

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Garrold (11626) reviewed

Salvation - Irish Cream Stout from Abbeydale Brewery

6 months ago

5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5

Can. Mitchell’s Wines. Looks well. Nearly black. Solid beige foam. Smells like shit cake. Taste is dry bitter and acrid. Thin and dry. Thin dry finish. Shite. Sumptuous, my arse.

Tried from Can on 04 Jan 2026 at 18:57

Garrold added a new beer Salvation - Irish Cream Stout by Abbeydale Brewery
6 months ago

Garrold has a new country beer tick achievement

Level 55 for England ticks with a total of 7500 from this country.
Dry Stout - Summit from The Kernel Brewery was the one that did it!
6 months ago

Garrold (11626) reviewed

Dry Stout - Summit from The Kernel Brewery

6 months ago

8.1/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle. Advent box. Almost black. God tier swede. Good earthy leafy spicy hoppage and dark roast malt with a whiff of ashy coffee. Turkish kind of thing. Dry and bitter with a bare flicker of malt sweetness. Clean and almost puckering on the palate. Dry bitter finish. Delivers the goods.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2026 at 18:24