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Level 24 for Pale Ale ticks with a total of 1400 ticks of this master style.
Nectaron IPA from Love Lane Brewery was the one that did it!
9 months ago

Garrold (11502) reviewed Nectaron IPA from Love Lane Brewery 9 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Home Bargains. £1.49 my dang. Mostly clear orangey gold. Slim sticky just off white swede. Big Nectaron hoppage here. No shortage for sure. Sweet malt backdrop. Smells sweet. Further notes of spicy biscuit and well ripe citrus. Taste is similarly sweet with a fair pithy bitterness. Decent body overall. A tad sticky maybe. Bitter finish with some welcome dryness. Can’t complain really. Not same league as the Kiwi job though.

Tried from Can from Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide on 10 Jul 2025 at 17:56

Garrold added a new beer Nectaron IPA by Love Lane Brewery
9 months ago

7.6

Garrold (11502) reviewed Kiwi Pale from Love Lane Brewery 9 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can. Home Bargains. Looks like it was packaged 3 weeks ago. Hazed pale gold. Decent white suds stay the course. Nose has a pissy grapey twang. Pale grain. Some oats. Some pithy citrus. Taste has a moderate sweetness with pithy bitterness. Light and fairly clean overall. Dries out toward the finish. Nice and fresh and at £1.49 a pop it’s a bit of a winner.

Tried from Can from Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide on 10 Jul 2025 at 17:35

Garrold added a new beer Kiwi Pale by Love Lane Brewery
9 months ago

Garrold's photo of Jabłko i Trawa Żubrowa

4.5

Garrold (11502) reviewed Jabłko i Trawa Żubrowa from Browar Łomża 9 months ago

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

Bottle. Bee, Darnall. Looks like healthy piss. Apple ice pop and some faint grassy notes. Syrup. Sweetener. Some dung, bizarrely. Thin and sweet. Good burps though. Did a few chugs and it went down the sink.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2025 at 16:46

Garrold's photo of Northern Wild 006 - Beer & Cider Hybrid Fermentation

Garrold (11502) reviewed Northern Wild 006 - Beer & Cider Hybrid Fermentation from Northern Monk Brew Co. 9 months ago

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

Bottle. Bier Huis Ossett. Birthday gift from the missus. Thin and acidic with notes of acetone throughout. Shame because others in this series have been mostly top tier.

Tried from Bottle from Bier Huis on 05 Jul 2025 at 18:06

Garrold's photo of Terroir Boerenerf - Schaarbeekse Kriek

6.8

Garrold (11502) reviewed Terroir Boerenerf - Schaarbeekse Kriek from Het Boerenerf 9 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle, I’m guessing picked up at the brewery at some point pre Rich’s 50th. Clear deep cherry red. Slim pink foam. Nose has earthy sour cherry. Cherry liqueur. Lots of oak and must. Taste is dry tart and bitter. Fairly acidic overall. Pretty thin and harshly acidic on the palate. Dry and acidic finish. Nope. Not nearly drinkable as it stands.

Tried from Bottle at Het Boerenerf Eylenbosch on 04 Jul 2025 at 19:52

4.8

Garrold (11502) reviewed Grand Duke from Welbeck Abbey Brewery 9 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle. Welbeck Farm Shop. Nearly black. Thin sticky beige foam. Nose has antiseptic. Bit of cardboard. Literally nothing suggests there’s a barrel aged stout in the glass. Taste is savoury and sweet. Some acidity. Some burnt bitterness. Oily and cloying. Nasty bitter finish. Shite.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2025 at 22:17