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Scopey

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5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at The Market Porter. It pours ever so slightly hazy with a bubbly white head. The aroma is soft, floury bread, orchard fruits, candied lemon, grass and leaf. The taste is firm and dry, touch green, leafy, floral, lemon rinse, cracker, floury bread and slight chalkiness. Finish is drying and floury. Average body and light carbonation. It drinks fine, but nothing to write home about.
Tried from Cask at Market Porter (Fuller's) on 14 May 2026 at 10:52

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from Utobeer. It pours clear golden with a fluffy white head. The aroma is sticky, sappy, pine, tangy citrus, grapefruit, pomelo and candied lemon. The taste is firmly dry, punchy bitterness which lingers throughout, green, grassy, pine needles, nip of booze, pithy, zesty, waxy lemon peel, grapefruit, pomelo, peppery spice and a pretty clean malt base. Finish is dry and bitter. Classic west coast. Straightforward but rewarding.
Tried from Can from Utobeer Market Stall on 14 May 2026 at 09:33


7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Royal Oak. It pours amber with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is soft, fragrant, floral, dried fruits, brown bread, toffee, caramel and fruit cake. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, toasty grains, earthy, woody, leather, some pucker, light tannin, leather and some chewiness with a drying finish. Light+ body and moderate carbonation. Really well done.
Tried from Draft on 13 May 2026 at 21:18

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Royal Oak. It pours clear golden with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is soft, bitter - sweet, sweetish, bready malt, biscuit, snappy, oatcakes and egg & cress sandwich. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, chewy, biscuit, drying, toasty oatcakes, toasty grains, pleasing fruity character, dried fruits, berry and orchard fruits and earth with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, supportive carbonation. Lovely carbonation. Subtle complexity.
Tried from Cask on 13 May 2026 at 20:56

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to Bunce. It pours clear deep red with a small white cap. The aroma is sweet, oily, sticky, sappy, resin, raisin, sultana, cola cubes and wood. The taste is smooth, slick sappy, oily, resin, bitter - sweet, woody, raisin, sultana, toasted fruit cake, cola cubes and muted alcohol presence with smooth finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Has aged well
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2026 at 18:53

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Bottle at Naroon Marylebone. It pours hazy golden - blonde with a medium, fluffy white head. The aroma is soft, fresh, bready, grassy, leafy, floral and some toasty grains. The taste has a similar profile to the aroma... dry, quite crisp, some bitterness, grassy, leafy, floral and a nip of spice with a dry finish. Average body moderate carbonation. Like it's unfiltered nature. Certainly went well with the Persian food.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2026 at 16:07

Scopey added a new beer Shiraz Lager by Bucks Star
2 months ago


7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Bottle at JB's. It pours clear rich amber with with a thick,.fluffy white head. The aroma is rich, sticky, sappy, oily, work, resin, fruit cake, booze, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, marzipan and panettone. The taste is soft, smooth, bitter - sweet, raisin, sultana, fruit cake, warming booze, wood, leather, honey cake, candied orange, tangerine, marzipan, custard, leather and cognac with a smooth, warming finish. Fulsome body and high, foamy carbonation. Has aged gracefully. Really enjoyed it.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2026 at 17:47

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Keg at MK Vauxhall. It pours cloudy yellow with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, green, ripe stone fruits, apricot, peach cobbler, mango, citrus peel, floury bread and lemon drizzle cake. The taste is crisp, snappy, then smoothes out, floury bread, touch green, ripe stone fruits and citrus, apricot, persimmon and pomelo. Smooth finish. Average body and moderate carbonation. Decent session hazy. Gold name, but needs more boost.
Tried from Draft at Mother Kelly’s Tap Room Vauxhall (SE1) on 12 May 2026 at 16:14