Cotswold Lion Brewery Reviews

BlackHaddock	3.7 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return 500ml bottle drank at my parents house on 28th December 2023. Mahogany body, off-white crown. Malty molasses with an earthy twist in both the aroma and taste, semi-sweet with a roadside berry like finish. Thursday, December 28, 2023
BlackHaddock	3.2 Cotswold Lion Best in Show 500ml bottle conditioned, drank at my parents on 27th December 2023. No sediment left the bottle, so I got a lovely clear amber bodied beer with an off-white crown that stayed around. Nice malty, gritty and earthy taste, some far off fruitiness from the hops. Wednesday, December 27, 2023
danwho9	4.5 Cotswold Lion Best in Show Friday, October 6, 2023
SaintMatty	3.7 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return 500ml Bottle - Dark brown with red tinges. Berries, raisins and hints of fruitcake in the aroma. Blackcurrant, raisins, caramel, fruitcake and toasted malt in the taste. A tasty mild. Thursday, May 4, 2023
mike_77	3.5 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return Mahogany brown colour with soapy head. Aroma and flavour have nice dark malts and malt cake. Nice bittersweet taste. Touch of cocoa in the finish. Saturday, March 18, 2023
BlackHaddock	3.1 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight Hand-pulled half-pint in 'The Dog Hangs Well' Ludlow on 10th February 2023. Light golden pour, white head. Mild citrus aroma and taste, refreshing and slightly bitter in nature. Saturday, February 11, 2023
MaltyVonHop	3.6 Cotswold Lion Best in Show Cotswold Lion Best in Show 4.2%. Amber, caramel malt aroma, medium bodied, caramel malt, biscuit, earthy, bitter finish. Pleasant Bitter from Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Monday, September 19, 2022
SamVimes21	3.3 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return Monday, September 19, 2022
SamVimes21	3.5 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight Monday, September 19, 2022
MaltyVonHop	4.2 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return Cotswold Lion Drover’s Return 5.0%. Dark ruby, dark caramel malt aroma, full bodied, toasted malt, burnt caramel, toffee, dark fruit, spices, complex flavours. Stunning strong Mild from Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Friday, September 16, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Cotswold Lion Best in Show Cask Handpump at GBBF 2014, Kensington Olympia 14/08/2014 Malt and floral aromas. Golden coloured fruity and a little dry with a lasting malt finish. Friday, July 1, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece Cask Handpump at GBBF 2013, Kensington Olympia 14/08/2013 Fruit and hop aromas. Golden coloured floral and hoppy with a hint of dryness in a crisp and creamy malt finish. Monday, May 16, 2022
Cheeseboard	3.1 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight Bottle from Gloucester Services. Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: pale malts, citrus fruits, grapefruit, lemon. The taste follows. Light sweet with citrus pith bitterness. Thin to medium body with moderate carbonation Thursday, March 3, 2022
MaltyVonHop	3.6 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight Cotswold Lion Shepherd’s Delight 3.6%. Golden, citrus and caramel malt aroma, medium bodied, caramel malt, citrus, grapefruit, biscuit finish. Pleasant Golden Ale from Coberly, Gloucestershire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sunday, September 12, 2021
Jerseyislandbeer	3.4 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return 500ml bottle from Bath Road Beers, Cheltenham. Pours a very dark brown with a white creamy crown. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, dried fruits, caramel, herbs, toffee, hints of spice & toasted malt. Medium body. Long finish Sunday, July 18, 2021
edward78	3.8 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return Bottle from The Farm Shop, M5 Gloucester Services. Pours a murky deep mahogany colour with a medium sized creamy beige head. Aromas of caramel, dark fruits, plums and berries. Taste is fruity with toasty bread and a touch of roasted malts. Long bittersweet finish. Medium to full bodied with fair carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Flavourful. Nice. The few beers i have tried from this brewery have all been very good. Friday, May 28, 2021
edward78	3.5 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight Bottle from The Farm Shop, M5 Gloucester Services. Pours a clear golden colour with a one finger white throthy head. Aromas of citrus fruits, grapefruit, lemon and floral hops. Taste has the same notes again with a pithy bitterness on the finish. Thin to medium body, fair carbonation and slightly oily mouthfeel. Fresh hoppy tasting summer beer. Nice. Saturday, May 15, 2021
edward78	3.8 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece Bottle from The Farm Shop, Gloucester Services. Pours a slightly hazy light golden colour with a one finger throthy white head. Subtle aromas of citrus fruits, biscuits and floral hops. Taste has citrus and floral notes with a nice hoppy bitterness on the finish. Medium body and smooth mouthfeel. Fresh and flavourful. Very good. Wednesday, May 5, 2021
edward78	3.6 Cotswold Lion Best in Show Bottle from Gloucester Services Farm Shop. Pours a murky caramel brown colour with a large foamy off-white head. Aromas of light caramel, bread and a little fruity. Taste has a bit more caramel and fruit, some leafy hop, toasty, biscuity with a nice earthy bitterness. Medium to full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Nice best bitter. Wednesday, April 28, 2021
beerwithus	3.4 Cotswold Lion Best in Show Despite the poor head retention, lacing, and the separate unpleasant yeast sediment (if you are a fan of sampling that gunky nutrition), this is actually a really good classic Bitter. With an earthy, fresh, fruity character and a smooth malt bitterness, this really is a good session-able taste of old school Britain. Read the full review here: https://beerwithus2.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/best-in-show/ Friday, February 5, 2021
Garrold	3.8 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece Bottle. Favourite Beers, Cheltenham. Ooh, this is like ticking. Light haze on a burnished gold. Nicely thick and dense, lasting white foam. Nose has semi sweet grain. Some eggy yeasty notes. Muted citrus. Smells like a freshly pulled pint, impressively. Taste has a distinctive bitterness with a touch of biscuit sweetness. Light to medium body, with high carbonation. Lingering light bitterness to finish. Nice one, albeit massively burp inducing! Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Rune	3.3 Cotswold Lion Winter Roast Barley Third by cask at GBBF Winter, Jewellert's Bar. Shared with Finn. Coal black body. Dotted spots on the glass, covering beige head. Roasted nose with a scent of liquorice. More prominent liquorice to the flavour profile, hints of chocolate malts, as well. Dry ending, lightly roasted. Pretty nice. (Birmingham 04.02.2020). Friday, March 6, 2020
downender	3.3 Cotswold Lion Winter Roast Barley Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/1/2020. Near black in colour, with a frothy, off-white, head. Toasty malts, liquorice, some chocolate sweetness. leading to a dryish finish. Friday, February 7, 2020
Finn	3.2 Cotswold Lion Winter Roast Barley På GBBF Winter 2020 i Birmingham. Delt med Rune. Svart. Mokkafarget skumring. Lakrisaroma. Smaken røyk & sjokolade. Tørr avslutning. Tuesday, February 4, 2020
jarvo	3 Cotswold Lion Hogget Brown in colour with a white head. Aroma malty with a hint of grass. Nutty flavour. OK. Friday, January 24, 2020
Iznogud	3.1 Cotswold Lion Autumn Rye Cask at the Little George, Stroud. Cloudy orange, white head. Malty, some caramel, light fruity notes, soft texture. Sweetish. Light bodied. Friday, January 10, 2020
imdownthepub	3 Cotswold Lion Autumn Rye Cask conditioned at The Strand, Cheltenham, Gloucs. Amber with white head. This proved to be quite a biscuity malt lead beer, cereals, bready but also a hint of pipe cleaner. Just okay really. Sunday, October 13, 2019
ManVsBeer	2.9 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece Bottle from Gloucester Services, Gloucestershire. Golden-amber with a decent hop-malt balance, but a little more of the former with a hint of pale ale in both texture and taste. Has a late bitterness. Sunday, September 8, 2019
leaparsons	3.3 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return Bottle, Gloucester Services. Dark brown with a bubbly cream foam. Burnt toffee with chocolate. Bready with weetabix. Herbal and woody with dark berries. Hints of smoke. Roast malt finish. Nice. Friday, July 12, 2019
leaparsons	3.1 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece Bottle, Gloucester Services. Golden with an off white head. Bready sweet malts with lemon. Hints of peach. Sweet with zesty citrus. Decent. Friday, July 12, 2019
DruncanVeasey	3.1 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece 500ml from Gloucester Services. Burnished gold with a dense white top. Lemon drizzle and spruce nose with juicy biscuit malt. Soft lingering oat and pale biscuit; lemon sponge and honey, sap. Toffee popcorn afters. Bitter finish, if little in the way of hop flavour. A touch buttery. Alright. Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Grumbo	3.2 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight 28/9/2018. Bottle from the St.Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2018. Pours bright golden in colour with a small white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, light malt, caramel and biscuit. Medium sweetness with light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average carbonation. Citrusy finish with some dryness and a little more bitterness developing. Decent summer session ale. Friday, September 28, 2018
ladnewton	4.8 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece Bottle at Cowley Manor, Cheltenham on 9th December 2017. Pours hazy amber with almost white foam. Intense fruity aroma with grassy notes. Exquisite, rich and intense grassy hoppiness in-mouth with grapefruit and tart peel. A rich grassy finish. Zingy mouthfeel and a fair amount of body. Absolutely superb, and one of the best UK bottled ales I have enjoyed in a very long time. Saturday, December 9, 2017
LazyPyro	3.4 Cotswold Lion Best in Show 500ml bottle. Pours clear amber with a beige head, nice lacing. Aroma is malty, caramel, berry fruits. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, toffee, biscuity malt, berries, slightly earthy, bitter finish. Medium body and carbonation. Friday, October 27, 2017
BeerViking	3 Cotswold Lion Hogget Cask at the Five Bells Wickham, brown bitter with aromas of malt and a little fresh cut grass. Tangy sweet and nutty-estery. Saturday, June 24, 2017
imdownthepub	3.4 Cotswold Lion Best in Show Bottled, 500ml from Gloucester Motorway Services, M6 Southbound, Gloucs. Amber to brown with white head. There is a light, smooth maltiness to this, quite fruity with a woodland berry note, easy on the palate with a light caramelisation. Some biscuity hints. Pretty decent bottled session bitter. Friday, June 23, 2017
downender	3.2 Cotswold Lion Black Sheep Cask-conditioned at the Draper’s Arms, Bristol 3/3/2017. Dark brown with a frothy, off-white, head. Toasty malts, some berry fruits, and sweetish chocolate notes, leading to a moderately dry finish. Fine. Monday, March 6, 2017
imdownthepub	3.3 Cotswold Lion Drover's Return Cask conditioned at The Cheltenham Beer Festival ’16. Brown with cream head. There is a drying, dark roast malt with a bitterish fruity, prune like character to this, dry caramel powder, toffee perhaps. It’s fuller on the palate. Reasonable. Tuesday, August 30, 2016
downender	3.1 Cotswold Lion Golden Fleece Cask-conditioned at the Fleece, Hillesley 14/5/2016. Golden in colour, with a decent, off-white, head. Stone fruits, cereal maltiness, leafy hops and a gentle finish. Fine. Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Fin	3 Cotswold Lion Hogget *Cask handpump at The Horseshoes, Witney, Oxon, Tuesday 22nd December 2015* Amber in colour, a little hazy with a white head atop. Traditional bitter but, refreshing and with a light bittersweet bite. Some maltiness with caramel showing. A little bitterness on tongue but generally quite safe, not bad at all just safe. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.0 Tuesday, December 22, 2015
downender	3.3 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight Cask-conditioned at the Postal Order (JDW), Worcester, 9/12/2015. Gold in colour with a slight, white, head. Tangerine and grapefruits, grassy hops, a touch of cereal malts and moderately bitter finish. Good. Sunday, December 20, 2015
fonefan	2.7 Cotswold Lion Hogget Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Cotswold Lion Hogget ]. Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet fruit - butter, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, butterscotch - toffee, light sweet fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150811] Friday, November 20, 2015
The_Kendall	4 Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight Wednesday, November 18, 2015
MrTipple	3.2 Cotswold Lion Hogget Aroma: intense malts, grain, caramel, straw. Appearance: light brown, small, creamy, white head. Taste: light bitter. Palate: grain malts again, bread, light grass and citrus. Overall: OK Bitter, nothing too special though. Pint at GBBF 2015, Kensington Olympia. Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Leighton	3.7 Cotswold Lion Hogget Cask at GBBF 2015, day 1 - London. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. The nose holds simple pale grains, bread. Light sweet flavor with more pale, grainy bread, mellow citrus notes, hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Nicely balanced to finish, with yet more pale grain, rindy citrus, fine bitter hay. Lovely stuff. Shame a classically styled session beer like this doesn’t get much love. Sunday, August 30, 2015
WingmanWillis	3 Cotswold Lion Old Restoration Saturday, August 29, 2015
KansaiBeerLvrs	2.9 Cotswold Lion Hogget Cask at GBBF 2015, was kind of hazy in appearance with a not very impressive aroma that is skunky hops with some spice. Medium bodied with a silky mouthfeel. So so. Friday, August 21, 2015
rlgk	2.8 Cotswold Lion Hogget At Great British Beer Festival 2015, Day 1. Clear copper beer with a small head. Malty grassy aroma, fruity, hay, caramel, some raisins. Fruity grassy flavor, caramel, toffee, some raisins. Friday, August 21, 2015
chriso	2 Cotswold Lion Hogget Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Theydon_Bois	3.1 Cotswold Lion Hogget Cask at GBBF ’15, day 1, 11/08/15. Golden with a well appointed off white cap. Nose is pale malt, straw, light citric trail. Taste comprises sweetish tones, citric sherbets, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok. Monday, August 17, 2015