Botanist Brewery & Kitchen Reviews

oh6gdx	3.2 The Botanist Maximus Cask@Botanist Brewery & Kitchen. Hazy orange colour with a small white head. Aroma is grains, toasted malts, some mild floral tones. Flavour is toasted, some grassy and earthy bitterness along with some mild grainy notes. Tuesday, October 24, 2023
oh6gdx	3 The Botanist Q Gold Cask@Botanist Brewery & Kitchen. Orangeish golden colour with a mediumsized white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is malts, some grains, mild floral tones with some zesty and nectary tones too. Flavour is floral, fruity, some mild bitterness along with some herbal tones. Tuesday, October 24, 2023
DJMonarch	3.2 The Botanist Sixty Five (65) Cask Handpump at Botanist, Kew Green 06/08/2012 Malty aroma. Bronze mid brown coloured hoppy floral and fruity with a hint of bitterness in a slightly peppery malt finish. Thursday, February 24, 2022
DJMonarch	3.8 The Botanist Humulus Lupulus Cask Handpump at Botanist, Kew Green 06/08/2012 Big hop aroma. Golden coloured hazy in appearance and very hoppy with a hint of creaminess in a crisp dry and bitter finish. Thursday, February 24, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 The Botanist Three Nine One (391) Cask Handpump at Botanist, Kew Green 06/08/2012 Roast and fruit aromas. White laced head. Mid brown red coloured fruity and a little dry with a bitter toffee roast finish. Thursday, February 24, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 The Botanist OK Bitter Cask Handpump at Botanist, Kew Green 06/08/2012 Hoppy malt aroma. Bronze coloured fruity and a little sour with a slightly pale bitter and dry malt finish. Thursday, February 24, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 The Botanist Night Porter Cask Stillage at Nottingham Castle 14/10/2011 Fruit and some roast aromas. Mid brown coloured a little rich on the palate fruity and sweet with a hint of bitterness in a treacle roast finish. Friday, January 28, 2022
Beese	3.5 The Botanist Sixty Five (65) Cask at the Le Gothique Wandsworth Beer Festival on 29 March 2012. Poured a very dark ruby, with a rocky off white head. Aroma of caramel, dried fruit and dark malt. Grainy flavour, with brown bread and raisins. Finish was roasted malt, caramel and walnuts. Friday, October 31, 2014
chriso	1 The Botanist Sixty Five (65) Monday, September 8, 2014
chriso	1 The Botanist Queen Charlotte Monday, September 8, 2014
chriso	1 The Botanist Organic Pumpkin Ale Monday, September 8, 2014
chriso	3 The Botanist OK Bitter Monday, September 8, 2014
chriso	1 The Botanist Maximus Monday, September 8, 2014
chriso	1 The Botanist Gone Pacific Monday, September 8, 2014
chriso	3 The Botanist Three Nine One (391) Monday, September 8, 2014
chriso	3 The Botanist Night Porter Monday, September 8, 2014
fonefan	3.2 The Botanist Q Gold Cask (handpump) @ Botanist Brewery and Kitchen, 3-5 Kew Green, Richmond, Greater London, England TW9 3AA. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity, moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, sharp hops, zesty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130811] Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Oakes	3.7 The Botanist Nemophila Dark brown. Toffeeish but hoppy. Earthy and slightly berryish tartness. Good, kind of like a mild. Interesting pocket of beer exploring the gap between mild and porter. Thursday, January 23, 2014
Oakes	3.1 The Botanist Humulus Lupulus Orangey-brown colour. Frothy head. Quite bitter, earthy and lingering. Juicy character, refreshing with lots of hop bitterness but hardly any hop flavour. Thursday, January 23, 2014
fonefan	2.5 The Botanist Maximus Cask (handpump) @ Botanist, 3-5 Kew Green, Richmond, Greater London, England TW9 3AA. Clear medium to dark red - amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fruity, plastic. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, plastic, fruity, smoke notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130328] Sunday, January 19, 2014
sschwab	3.5 The Botanist Night Porter Looks and smells like the business - A lovely dark creamy-chocolate consistency and colour with a swirling horlicks-like head. Nice smooth flavour which lacks any punch, and it’s very slightly too acidic. Moderately long and pleasant finish with a good balance between nuts and chocolate. I think it could stand up to a higher ABV to give it a better taste/aroma, but it’s a decent porter that could definitely stand up to a chocolate brownie. Sunday, December 1, 2013
sschwab	3 The Botanist Pumpkin Ale Personally I wasn’t a fan of this, but it’s fair to say it had a great pumpkin flavour whilst remaining light and spicy. Lovely orange appearance with minimal head. Fairly light aroma which is earthy and herby. The taste and palate were too light, and not malty enough to evoke autumn, and there was a sweetness which I feel it could have done without. Pumpkin Pie Ale would be a more appropriate title, and I think the sweetness makes it too overpowering to have more than a pint. Sunday, December 1, 2013
sschwab	2.8 The Botanist Maximus Tasted on cask at the Brewpub in Kew. Pours a cloudy dark, greeny red with minimum head in a schooner pint glass. Not very appealing to look at. The aroma is herby hops and woody. Both smell and taste are a bit of a mishmash of a red and pale ale - plenty of bitterness mixed with plant and herb - maybe even some vanilla on the finish. Quaffable and a smooth finish given the chaos within the glass. Curious. Sunday, December 1, 2013
sschwab	2.9 The Botanist OK Bitter Tasted on cask at the Kew Brewpub. Pours with a small foamy head and a deliciously dark malty colour. Smells like butter toffee, lighter than it looks. Alongside the traditional bitter malty mouthful it tastes moderately floral and olive oily - not particularly pleasant, and leaves a slightly odd aftertaste. Perfectly drinkable bitter but not one I’d return to. Sunday, December 1, 2013
Theydon_Bois	2.5 The Botanist Maximus Cask at the Botanist, Kew, 15/11/13. Lightly hazed reddish amber with a good sized light beige head that retains well - a handsome looking beer. Nose is dark fruit, lightly acidic qualities, sharp apple skins, bready malt, spice. Taste comprises sharp orchard fruits, toffee apple, spicey biscuit crumble, slightly acetic. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry soured fruit finale. As per Brians review the day before there was something not quite right with this one. Saturday, November 16, 2013
BeerViking	2.4 The Botanist Maximus Cask at the Botanist, odd tart and vegetal-acrid nose, flavour is a not pleasant mix of acid sourness, fruity malt and sharp acrid bitterness. Something wrong, methinks. Shame, as there won’t be any more. Thursday, November 14, 2013
BeerViking	3.4 The Botanist Pumpkin Ale Cask at the Botanist, probably the last beer brewed here. Pours a deep honey-brown with a fine white ring, distinctive aroma of pumpkin pie filling - vegetal and spicy. Well balanced honey-malt, pumpkin and spice body, sweet yet dry, very nice. Thursday, November 14, 2013
BeerViking	2.8 The Botanist Chocolat Cask at the Botanist, dark reddish black with a thin crema, chocolate and old wine nose, faint tartness on the palate along with more wine and red fruit notes and a bit more choc. Dry musty and burnt-bitter finish. Rather interesting, but doesn’t quite hang together somehow. Thursday, October 24, 2013
Beese	2.7 The Botanist Q Gold Cask at the Botanist brewpub, Kew on 7 September 2013. Poured a hazy golden colour with a thin halo of white head. Aroma of straw, floral hops and mild sulphur. Sweet flavours of white grapes and tropical fruits with some bitter grapefruit in the mix. Finishes with cereal, grass and golden syrup. Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Beese	2.8 The Botanist OK Bitter Cask at The Botanist brewpub on 7 September 2013. Poured a cloudy pale amber colour with a halo of white head. Aroma of light floral hops, ripe berries and wholemeal bread. Flavours grass, biscuit malt and caramel sweetness. Leaves with dry grain, hay and some brown sugar. Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Beese	3.8 The Botanist Nemophila Cask at The Botanist brewpub on 7 September 2013. Poured a very dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate and Christmas pudding. Dark fruit flavours with assertive coffee and treacle. Lingering espresso, cocoa nibs and dates. Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Beese	3 The Botanist Three Nine One (391) Cask at The Botanist brewpub on 7 September. Poured a slightly hazy chestnut brown colour with a thin beige head. Aroma of dried fruit, orange peal and christmas cake. Nutty flavour with caramel and some spice. Finishes with light coffee, cereal and some molasses sweetness. Tuesday, October 1, 2013
berkshirejohn	2.9 The Botanist Nemophila Cask at The Botanist, Kew. An opaque black pour with a ring of cream head; aroma of heavily roasted chocolate malt; thin and watery with a chocolate malt taste; then a dry finish with lingering coffee grounds. A rather basic stout. Sunday, September 29, 2013
berkshirejohn	3.1 The Botanist Three Nine One (391) Cask at The Botanist, Kew. Copper in colour with a thin cream head; aroma of sour grains; taste of sour grains too, but with a toudh of cinder toffee, and a smooth grainy body; the finish is dry with some roasted nuts and hint of spice. Sunday, September 29, 2013
berkshirejohn	3.1 The Botanist Q Gold Cask at The Botanist, Kew. Amber with a thin white head; honey aroma; some fresh leafy hops give an immediate nettley bitterness, but it’s very sweet, so not to my taste. Sunday, September 29, 2013
mR_fr0g	2.9 The Botanist Q Gold Cask at the earl of Essex. Pale golden yellow. Slight haze. Thin persistent white head. Aroma is hay and sileage. Some freshly cut wet grass. Thin and light in the palate. Standard bitter. Saturday, September 14, 2013
yespr	2.5 The Botanist Humulus Lupulus From cask at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is mild butterish, fruity too. Bitter, herbal, light fruity and mild butterish. Dry, bitterand light fruity finish. Sunday, August 11, 2013
yespr	3 The Botanist OK Bitter From cask at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small whitehead. Aroma is toasted malty and herbal. Bitter, toffee malty, biscuity. Dry malty.light bitter finish. Dry and slight herbal finish. Sunday, August 11, 2013
yespr	3.5 The Botanist Nemophila From cask at the brewpub. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, chocolate to mild liqourice. Bitter, toffee, liqourice and dark roasted malty. Dry and roasted finish. Sunday, August 11, 2013
yespr	3 The Botanist Maximus From cask at the brewpub. Pours hazy orange with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty, light breadish. Bitter, toasted and light breadish malty. Dry and bitter finish. Sunday, August 11, 2013
yespr	3 The Botanist Q Gold From cask at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small whitehead. Aroma is toasted malty and light breadish. Light fruity, mild herbal, medium dry finish. Sunday, August 11, 2013
yespr	3 The Botanist Kew Green From cask at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white and creamy head. Aroma is floral, fruity and berry fruity. Sweet, berry fruity. Mild estery. Medium dry, sweetfruity impression.light bitter to herbal finish. Sunday, August 11, 2013
Beese	3.7 The Botanist Humulus Lupulus Cask at Wandsworth London Beer Festival on 6 July 2013. Big aroma of citrus fruit, orange peal and pine. Initial fruity malt sweetness gives way to floral and light resiny hop bitterness. Lots of flavour for the ABV. Friday, August 2, 2013
evergreen0199	2.9 The Botanist Queen Charlotte Cask at Maidenhead Beer Festival 2013, Maidenhead FC, Berkshire. A golden coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Malty, fruity aroma. Tastes malty, hoppy, slightly yeasty. Rather bland to be honest. Sunday, July 21, 2013
jackl	2.9 The Botanist Nemophila Gravity @ Wandsworth Common BF 2013. The pour’s brown with a small head. The nose is lactose, cream, some earthy dark chocolate and general roasted grain aromas. The taste is toasted brown bread. Mild chocolate, swiss miss mix. Burnt brown sugar, some dark fruits. Light body, fine carbonation. Friday, July 12, 2013
HenrikSoegaard	3.6 The Botanist Maximus Draught. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter nice flavor. Dry and woody. Heavy bitter long finish. Creamy palate. Regarding ABV and description at the brewery I would think this was an Irish Ale not a bitter. Thursday, July 11, 2013
HenrikSoegaard	3 The Botanist Queen Charlotte Draught- Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice flavor. Some dryness. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Nice. Thursday, July 11, 2013
fonefan	2.6 The Botanist Kew Green Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England. Unclear matt medium amber orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, bread - danish, riped fruit, moderate yeasty, riped artificial fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, fruity, tart, sweet candy, sweet fruit, artificial. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120504] Sunday, June 30, 2013
evergreen0199	3 The Botanist Maximus Cask at The Botanist, Kew Green. A dark brown/red coloured pour with a thin off white head on top. Slight fruity, caramel aroma. Tastes fruity, caramel, malty. Rather thin and lacking complexity. Sunday, June 16, 2013
evergreen0199	3.3 The Botanist Nemophila Cask at The Botanist, Kew Green. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, hint of chocolate and a little dark fruit. Sunday, June 16, 2013