Three Friends Brewery Reviews

ManVsBeer	2.9 Three Friends Bandito Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Hazy lighter golden with a creamy head. It's a high hoppy ale with a fairly high bitterness attached. There's a subdued fruitiness behind this. Saturday, January 18, 2020
Rune	2.8 Three Friends Bandito Half-pint, cask ale at The Orchard in Preston. Shared with Finn. Hazy golden body under a covering white head leaving spotty lacing on the glass. Restrained aroma of peaches and wheat. Peachy juice to the taste buds on a backbone of dough. Mid-sweet juicy ending. Satisfying. (09.02.2019). Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Finn	2.2 Three Friends Bandito På The Orchard Craft Beer Bar, Preston. Delt med Rune. Gusjegråbrun. Filmskum. Metallisk plommearoma. Smaken tørket aprikos. Syrlig bitter ettersmak. Saturday, February 9, 2019
chriso	3 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Saturday, August 22, 2015
chriso	3 Three Friends Pale (Motueka, Columbus, Cascade) Saturday, August 22, 2015
Leighton	3.6 Three Friends Pale (Motueka, Columbus, Cascade) Cask at CBC Claphap during Craft 100. Nice beer. Good and pithy, with plenty of citrus fruits, pale malts, lemon, hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Finishes with mild dried grass and lemon rind. Good stuff. Sunday, February 8, 2015
teorn88	3.2 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Backlog rating. Cask at the Cock Tavern, London. It pours a pale straw color with a small white head. Aroma is sweet and fruity with notes of mango and ripe peaches, Taste is a bit bland with notes of grains, toffee, biscuit, some milder tropical fruit hops and resin notes. Light in body with soft carbonation. Overall, ok pale, refreshing Monday, November 24, 2014
fonefan	3.2 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask (gravity) @ EBF17 2014, 17th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Three Friends Pale (Motueka) ]. Unclear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity, tropical fruit, peach. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, pale malt, fruity, hoppy, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140417] Sunday, October 26, 2014
imdownthepub	3.5 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask conditioned at Egham Beer Festival #17. Cloudy gold with slight white head. Nicely hopped beer with light grapefruit like note, kiwi fruit, some orange, citrus notes. Simple enough but decent because of it. Saturday, April 19, 2014
BeerViking	3.1 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Gravity at Egham beer festival, hazy pale blond, hoppy lightly spicy nose, sharply bitter. Thursday, April 17, 2014
cgarvieuk	3.4 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask at the egham festival... Light hazy yellow amber... Thin white head... Soft floral orange nose... Soft sweet orange fruit.. Soapy citrus fruits Thursday, April 17, 2014
anders37	3.2 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask @ Craft100. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty dry citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty dry hoppy bitter citrus finish. Sunday, April 13, 2014
jackl	3.2 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask @ The Cock. Gold with a small white head. Nice funky underarm on the nose. Dank south pacific brusqueness. Light herbs and lemon sheet cake. Slight buttery croissant. Icing. Light body, soft carbonation. Solid, simple. Sunday, March 30, 2014
harrisoni	2.5 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask handpull at The Craft Islington. Diacetyl. If you are going to brew a light golden ale what you can’t afford is diacetyl. On the aroma its butter. Decent bitter hop on the finish. It’s ok if you get rid of the butter Saturday, March 8, 2014
madmitch76	3.6 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) 28th February 2014 Cock Tavern. Cask. Very hazy gold beer, small white head. Palate is semi dry with reasonable fine carbonation. Light dry malt base, not that sweet. Lime and lemon peel, lemony tang. Just a touch of floralness but it brings enough sweetness to keep the lemon - lime in check. Juicy fruit beer that finishes dry. Saturday, March 8, 2014
Leighton	3.3 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask at Ye Olde Tavern o’ Cock - Hackney, London. Pours light, hazy gold with a creamy white head. The nose holds dried citrus, lemon, simple dry pale malts. Light sweet flavor with some bitter hay, light grass, dried out dough. Light minerality. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Dry to finish, too, fairly clean, with more bitter hay and light grains. OK. Sunday, March 2, 2014
Theydon_Bois	3.3 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask at the Cask, Pimlico, 25/02/14. Hazed golden blonde with moderate off white pondwork. Nose is lemon, bitter fruit, bread dough, melon, grassy, peach. Taste comprises lightly skunky hoppage, lemon rind, pithy orange, bread dough, tarte fruit, straw. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Ok dank pale affair. Thursday, February 27, 2014
maneliquor	2.9 Three Friends Pale (Motueka) Cask at Cask Pimlico. Cloudy orange pour with a white rim. Nose is tangy lemon curd, touch dank, zest and quite musky. Taste is tangy lemon and passionfruit, musky lemon curd and lime juice. Ok Thursday, February 27, 2014
JorgeLee	3.5 Three Friends Amber Cask at Craft Clapham. Brownish amber colour. Deep hoppy bitterness with grapefruit and pine and slight bit of something funky. Solid toasty malts. A decent hoppy amber. Sunday, February 9, 2014
Kastytis	4 Three Friends Amber Friday, January 24, 2014
Garrold	3.5 Three Friends Amber Cask at The Grove, Huddersfield. 20.01.13. Amber, funnily enough. Bubbly, white head. Light caramel, some bitter fruitiness. Wednesday, January 22, 2014
ladnewton	4.2 Three Friends Amber Cask at CBC, London on 3rd January 2014. Amber with off-white lacing head. Herby, hoppy nose with earthy pungency. Intense grapefruit and dry hoppiness in-mouth and a touch of smoke with lasting tangy, hoppy finish. Light mouthfeel and body. Tuesday, January 14, 2014
madmitch76	3.1 Three Friends Amber 23rd December 2013 Craft Clerkenwell. Cask. Light haze on this amber beer, small off white head. Palate is light and a little dry. Mild fine carbonation. Light caramel in the malt. Nice balance of ripe orange. Whisper of grapefruit. Finishes light and semi dry. Not bad! Saturday, December 28, 2013
Theydon_Bois	3.7 Three Friends Amber Cask at Craft Clapham, 12/12/13. Clear dark amber with a good sized light beige head that retains well after thinning out. Nose is caramel, bitter hops, citric tang, bread dough, light coffee notes, orange. Taste comprises bitter citric, grapefruit, hops, light pine, toasty malts, orange pith. Great condition, this cask had just been tapped, medium bodied with soft carbonation, smooth on the palate, lingering hop bitterness in a drying conclusion. Decent hopped up amber - great feel to this one, highlights to me how catching the cask at a certain time may affect your scoring! Thursday, December 19, 2013
Joon82	4 Three Friends Amber Sunday, December 8, 2013
Scopey	3.4 Three Friends Amber Cask at CBC Clapham .It pours hazy amber with a small off-white head. The nose is earthy, toast, orange sponge cake, caramel and spice. The taste is earthy, wood, toast, light alcohol, minerals, bread and orange sponge cake with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Tasty and well-balanced. Nice amber. Sunday, December 8, 2013
Leighton	3.6 Three Friends Amber Cask at CBC Clapham - London. Pours mostly clear copper-gold with a creamy, pale khaki head. The nose has some pine, a but of bread, rioening citrus. Light-medium sweet flavor with restrained bitterness, lightly toated and bready malts, melon, minerals, orange. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Nicely balanced to finish with semi-rioe citrus fruits, hints of spicy pine, bread. Nice work. Sunday, December 8, 2013
fonefan	3.4 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale Cask @ EBF15 2013, 15th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. Clear medium orange yellow color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, pale malt. moderate hoppy, citrus, light orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, fruity, rye. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130809] Saturday, October 5, 2013
anders37	3.5 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale Cask gravity @ Egham BF XV. Pours a slightly hazy pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity grapefruit hoppy spicy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish. Saturday, September 7, 2013
Theydon_Bois	3.5 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale Gravity dispense at EBF XV, 08/08/13. Lightly hazed golden with a very thin white head. Nose is floral hops, orange sherbet, light pine, sugars. Taste comprises madarins, orange pith, light pine, floral hop notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry finish with a little hop bitterness. Decent number the Centennial hops come through well in this beer! Saturday, August 17, 2013
yespr	3.4 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale From cask at EBF15. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and light citrusy. Bitter, crisp hoppy and citrusy. Sooth fruity and citrusy finish. Friday, August 9, 2013
Joon82	4 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale Saturday, July 20, 2013
Leighton	3.5 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale Cask at the Cock Tavern - Hackney, London. Pours clear gold with a light, foamy white head. Some dried citrus in th nose with a bit of toasted hay. Light sweet flavor with plenty of minerals, bitter hay, a bit of tangy tangerine. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with ripe orange and tangerine, minerals, hay. Decent. Thursday, July 11, 2013
jackl	3.6 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale Cask @ The Cock Tavern. Pale gold with a small head. The nose is mango fruit leather, marmalade. A bit of dirt and tree bark. Earthy sweetness. The taste is toasted pine cone and marmalade. Toasted bread. Singed grass bitterness. Slightly chalky finish. Overall, quite a good start from this new brewery. Wednesday, July 3, 2013
madmitch76	3.2 Three Friends Centennial Rye Pale Ale 1st July 2013 Cock Tavern. Cask. As ’Pale - Centennial Rye’. Light haze on this gold beer, no real head. Palate is light and soft, very low carbonation. Nice orangey citrus with a light floral touch. Mild hop spice. Finishes smooth and dry. Decent flavours but the palate is weak. Tuesday, July 2, 2013