AleCraft Reviews

Beese	3.4 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask at The Mermaid, St. Albans on 04/02/2010. A nice bouquet of floral hops and some zesty citrus on the nose. Crisp and very quaffable. Monday, July 13, 2020
FatPhil	2.5 AleCraft Eurohop Gravicask (StABF2016) Very sharp apricot aroma. Tastes of floor cleaning agents. A Johnson & Johnson mess. Sunday, January 8, 2017
mR_fr0g	2.3 AleCraft Ram Jam Cask gravity at the St Albans BEER festival 2016. A hazed chocolate brown coloured pour with no head. Aroma is sour, vinegar raspberry, tart berry. Lacto. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chocolate, raspberry ripple, lacto, weird. Palate is semi sweet and sour. Moderate carbonation. Saturday, October 8, 2016
WingmanWillis	2 AleCraft Eurohop Thursday, September 29, 2016
mR_fr0g	2.7 AleCraft Eurohop Cask gravity at the St Albans BEER festival 2016. A hazed golden yellow coloured pour with a a loose white head. Aroma is tangy sharp pithy lemon, woody citrus. Flavour is composed of rough grains, sharp citrus, tangy pithy lemon, rough harsh bitter lemon. Palate is grainy, lowish carbonation. Lingering straw. Too harsh. Thursday, September 29, 2016
mR_fr0g	2.9 AleCraft Half Centennial Cask at the farmers boy st Albans. A pale golden coloured pour with a fading white whisp. Aroma is zesty lemon, tangy green apple, wheat, slightly clean product vibe on the nose. Flavour is composed of light grains, flat, green apple, grassy citrus. Pale bread, slight stale. Palate is a bit flat and lacking g condition. Lingering ditty citrus, and grains. Saturday, May 14, 2016
ManVsBeer	3.1 AleCraft Half Centennial Cask @ The Farmers Boy, St. Albans. Golden with a thin creamy head. Light in percentage but holds up very well as a golden pale ale with a mild bitterness. There’s a small fruity dryness too. Wednesday, May 11, 2016
DruncanVeasey	3.2 AleCraft South Pacific Pale Ale Hand pull, Lord Hop, Nuneaton, 02/01/16. APA but Australasian of course. Lightly veiled gold with a slender white lid. Aroma of sliced ginger, sticky buds, unspecified soft mouldering fruit- possibly melons. Soapy, floral and bitter without specific fruits emerging. Husk, ginger again, maybe grapefruit. Bitter finish. Good but a bit muddy and lacking exoticism. Sunday, January 31, 2016
tdtm82	3.8 AleCraft Summer Equinox Cask, Colchester Winter Beer Festival, 27/1/2016. Golden appearance. Hazy. Not much lacing. Perfume aroma. Lots of lemons, grapefruit, soft malts. Great drinkability. Juicy. Grand effort. Wednesday, January 27, 2016
DruncanVeasey	3.1 AleCraft Half Centennial Hand pull, Lord Hop, Nuneaton, 02/01/16. Shining gold under a loose collar. Nose of cheesy hop, Refreshers, slight limey lambic edge, monkey nut husk. Soapy and floral with low condition, a vague cream cheese, lime and light horseblanket thing, generous bitterness, melon slivers and attempts at tropical fruit. Saturday, January 23, 2016
mR_fr0g	2.8 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask at the farmers boy St Albans. Clear light yellow coloured pour with a thin white head. Aroma is tart citrus, cif, lemon cleaner, pithy. Flavour follows with light grains, sharp lemon, tangy. Not really what I would consider Nelson sauvin character. Palate us light, semi sweet and sharp, lowish carbonation. Not terrible. Saturday, August 22, 2015
47574xeCD	3.3 AleCraft High Five Racked Cask At Coventry BF 24/04/15 Poured a cloudy gold with white covering, Hoppy Pine aroma with notes of Citrus, Pine, light fruit and wheat. Pleasant. Wednesday, April 29, 2015
wheresthepath	3.3 AleCraft Sonoma I2pa Bottle from St Albans bottle shop’s stand at St Albans farmers’ market. Light copper in hue with a thin but lasting white head. On the nose I got pleasant pine and apricot; the first sip was harsh in comparison with petrol, raw alchohol and a little plastic. But then bitter marmalade gained the upper hand and I started to quite like it. Nevertheless it remains pretty rough stuff; a real tough frontier homebrew kind of beer. Friday, November 21, 2014
SamVimes21	3 AleCraft High Five Friday, November 7, 2014
oldgeezer	4 AleCraft Sonoma I2pa Bottle at home .Clear deep amber with nice head.Malty with a big hop flavour Marmalade..Stonking beer.. Thursday, October 16, 2014
Finn	2.9 AleCraft Night on the Tiles Fra gravity-cask på St Albans Beer & Cider festival 25 Sep 14. Lys gyldengul. Lavt filmskum. Rik fruktig aroma. Smaken er grapefrukt. Lite annet. Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Finn	2.6 AleCraft Simplicity Fra gravity-cask på St Albans Beer & Cider festival 25 Sep 14. Lys gyldengul. Lavt filmskum. Forsiktig fruktaroma. Smaken er tørket frukt. Blir tørrere & tørrere etter hvert. Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Finn	3.2 AleCraft High Five Fra gravity-cask på St Albans Beer & Cider festival 25 Sep 14. Gyldenbrun. Svakt uklar. Lavt luftig skum. God svakt syrlig fruktaroma. Smaken sammensatt av ulik frukt. Mest grapefrukt & banan. Avslutter syrlig & tørt. Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Rune	3.1 AleCraft Night on the Tiles Gravicask, shared with Finn at St Albans Beer Festival, Hertfordshire bar. Diminishing white head. Clear golden coloured body. Hints of grapefruit and peach on the nose. Moderate taste of fresh fruity hops leading to a prolonged fruity ending. Medium bodied. Satisfying, rather unvaried though (25.09.2014). Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Rune	2.5 AleCraft Simplicity Gravicask, shared with Finn at St Albans Beer Festival. Shiny naked surface, no lacing, clear golden body. Mid-dry aromas of lemony hops. Vague taste character, some grainy malts mixed with lemon. Mild bitter endnotes. A bit watered on the swallow. On a very average level (25.09.2014). Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Rune	3.3 AleCraft High Five Gravicask, half pint shared with Finn, from the stage bar at St Albans Beer Festival ’14. Bubbly white head to a golden coloured body. Spotty lacing. Fresh grapefruit nose. Peach, lemon and grapefruit flavours with grainy malts behind followed by a nice bitter finish. Medium bodied. Pleasing (25.09.2014). Tuesday, October 7, 2014
oldgeezer	3.6 AleCraft High Five bottle at home.Amber with a good lacing on the glass good aroma.lovely piney hop taste.Low alcohol flavour .def sessionable.liked this a lot Saturday, October 4, 2014
oldgeezer	2.9 AleCraft Bartholomew Porter bottle at home. poured black with a thin head. little aroma.slight taste of hops.decent but something missing. Saturday, October 4, 2014
Beese	3.8 AleCraft High Five Gravity at St Albans Beer Festival 2014. Poured a clear amber, with a dense white head. Aroma of citrus, dried fruit and apricots. Caramel sweetness in the flavour, with grain and grassy hop. Finish was smooth malt, bitter resin and juicy fruit. Monday, September 29, 2014
Beese	0.9 AleCraft Simplicity Gravity at St Albans Beer Festival 2014. Poured a clearish golden colour, with rocky white head. Aroma of tart fruit, lemon scented cleaning fluid and some sugar. Really unpleasant soapy flavour, with notes of unripe fruit and copper. Finish was metallic, soapy and really not nice... Monday, September 29, 2014
Beese	3.2 AleCraft Night on the Tiles Gravity at St Albans Beer Festival 2014. Poured a lightly hazy deep golden colour, with a dense white head. Aroma of grassy hop, herbal and with a slight medicinal notes. Caramel sweetness in the flavour, with some spruce and straw. Finish was tart, with zesty citrus and biscuit. Monday, September 29, 2014
mR_fr0g	3.4 AleCraft High Five Cask gravity at the St Albans beer fest 2014. Clear golden coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is nice leafy hop, some sticky citrus resin. Flavour is decent big chewy lemon citrus, some toffee and orange. Quite malty and well balanced. Assertive slightly rough green hop bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, moderate low carbonation. Decent effort. Wednesday, September 24, 2014
mR_fr0g	3.5 AleCraft Night on the Tiles Cask gravity at the St Albans beer fest 2014. Golden coloured pour with medium lasting loose white head. Aroma is big floral lemon, pollen and some peach, quite nice. Flavour is lemon surbert floral and some banana sweets. Palate is medium light body with decent cask condition. Lingering firm floral bitterness. Good stuff. Wednesday, September 24, 2014
mR_fr0g	2.8 AleCraft Simplicity Cask gravity at the St Albans beer fest 2014. Clear light golden coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is sharp zesty lemon, tang, some earthy grain. Flavour is harsh lemon, citrus acid, grain tanin, grass, slight soapy character. Hops are harsh and unbalanced. Palate is semi dry with grain tanin and citrus avid. Meh. Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Theydon_Bois	3.2 AleCraft Sonoma I2pa My bed was shit - a DIPA from Fergushire (no not Ferris!), thanks to Fergus split in Leightons hub, 02/09/14. Hazed golden amber with moderate off white spotting and edgework. Nose is bitter orange, light plastic strains, raw hoppage, straw, tangerine. Taste comprises bitter orange, citric pith, straw, tangerinedom, earthy hop rinse. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with hop bitterness raising a cheer. A little raw but drinkable. PS - did Leighton sketch out the label on his bike along with the Late Knight ones he did for the tasting at Chriso’s a few weeks earlier ? Sunday, September 14, 2014
mR_fr0g	3.2 AleCraft Sonoma I2pa Bottle shared at Leightons house. From bottle shop St Albans. Aroma is hot alcohol, jam, dirt, touch of acid. Hazed deep orange / red with a loose white head. Flavour is jammy fruits, berry, light caramel, bit rough. Palate is medium sweet and sticky with lowish carbonation. Decent beer. Lingering fruity jammy fruity hop. Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Scopey	3.2 AleCraft Sonoma I2pa Bottle big thanks to Fergus. It pours lightly hazy amber with a small white head. The nose is orange peel, kumquat, peachy, candied peel and juicy notes. The taste is bitter-sweet, oily, orange peel, raw bitterness, resinous, peach, apricot, mild residual sugar and booze with a dry finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and oily mouth-feel. A bit chewy and rough around the edges. Also good value. Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Leighton	3.3 AleCraft Sonoma I2pa Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Fergus for this H’ford whale. Pours clear gold with a bubbly-frothy white head. The nose has grainy, lightly toasted pale malts, earth, pine. Medium sweet flavor with dirty pine, minerals, grain, toasted sugars, earth, alcohol. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish with some piney resins, minerals, more grainy bread, bitter grass. Not bad. Tuesday, September 2, 2014
DruncanVeasey	3.6 AleCraft Second Coming Gravity, Nuneaton and Beduth BF, 21/06/14. Loose haloed gold. Nose a generous dose of stewed tea, curry leaf, lime, blackcurrant and orange wine gum hop. Nice. Soft stewed flavour with curry leaf, lime, celery and black tea flavour hints supported by bitter husk and pale monkey malt. Fine clean, lime-accented brew. Sunday, June 22, 2014
Beese	1.5 AleCraft Bartholomew Porter Cask at the St. Albans Beer Festival 2013. Poured a black colour with a scummy tan head. Unpleasant aroma of stewed fruit, ash and sharp acidic notes. Very, very sweet flavours; liquorice, boiled sweets, treacle, no balance. Sickly sweet on the palate as well. I admit that I don’t like sweet dark beers, but this was undrinkable... Monday, October 14, 2013
mR_fr0g	3.1 AleCraft Bartholomew Porter Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2013. Opaque balaxk caramel colour. Big loose dark tan head that fades to a halo. Aroma is berry with hints of choc. Some higher alcohols. Flavour is berry and hedgerow hop slight choc and roast in the finish. Mid light palate. Slight raspberry. Wednesday, September 25, 2013
DJMonarch	3.8 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask Handpump at the Fat Cat, Sheffield 18/04/2009 Very hoppy aroma. Small white head. Clear golden coloured smooth on the palate fruity and very hoppy with some dryness and bitterness in a crisp malt finish. Friday, October 30, 2009
hughie	2.7 AleCraft Simplicity Cask gravity at Bedford BF ’09. Pale gold, almost limey in colour. Ashy hop aroma like burnt straw. Some ashy grassiness in the taste, tending towards grapefruit. Sharp bitter finish. Full of flavour for 3.6%, but not really to my taste. Friday, October 9, 2009
downender	3.1 AleCraft Simplicity Cask-conditioned at the Mermaid, St Albans 15/06/09. Golden in colour with a billowy white head. slight aroma of butter with some redeeming spicy, citrus hops. Flavour also started with some sweet, buttery malts before a dry hoppy finish. Ok. Thursday, June 18, 2009
fonefan	3.3 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask (handpump) @ Fat Cat, 23 Alma Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S3 8SA. Clear light to medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus - lime. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090417] Thursday, June 11, 2009
bobinlondon	4 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Handpulled cask at the Mermaid, St. Albans. Pale gold with a white head. This is a seriously classy beer with an abundance of resinous hop characture. Gooseberries and grapfruit seem to dominate but balance with a fresh sweet malt profile. Thursday, March 5, 2009
downender	3.6 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask-conditioned at the Mermaid, St Albans 15/02/09. Pale gold with a slight white head. Big citrus and gooseberry hop aroma. Flavour had lots of grapefruit, lemon and a touch of sweet malt with a decent dry finish. Very enjoyable. Monday, February 16, 2009
haddonsman	3.7 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask (gravity) Coventy CAMRA BF. It’s Thornbridge Kipling lite - and that’s a compliment. Superb grapefruit nose - it really is the sauvignon blanc touch - with some lemon drop kidology backed up by a wafer thin sweet malt vein running through an aromatic body. Wednesday, May 21, 2008
maeib	3.8 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Coventry BF. A straw yellow coloured beer. A beautiful fresh aroma with lemon and grapefruit. A bit like a tropical fizzy drink nose. Fizzy and spritzy on the nose. NIce hops to the taste too. Quite lemony. Not as substantial as the nose but still nice. Thursday, April 17, 2008
harrisoni	3.3 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask handpull at Wenlock Arms, London. Lots of people using Sauvin hops now. Good citrusy beer. Bit stale and a little soapy as coming towards end of barrel Monday, January 28, 2008
anders37	3.7 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask @ Wenlock Arms. Pours a hazy pale golden color with a small white head. Has a very nice fruity hoppy grapefruit aroma. Sweet malty and very hoppy grapefruit flavor. Sweet malty fresh hoppy finish. Very nice! Monday, December 31, 2007
reakt	3.7 AleCraft Sauvin So Good Cask @ The Wenlock. Golden with a thin white head. Great conditioning, as mentioned, and I must say this batch was much better than the next time around. Right away grapefruit and orange rush up your nose with fresh cut grass and pine following shortly behind. Taste is much the same, heavy citrus, perfectly balanced bitter hops and a lovely dry finish. On par with Brewers gold imho. At this point I have a limited knowledge of hops but what I do know is that sauvin appear to be my favorite to date. Tuesday, December 18, 2007
MesandSim	4.2 AleCraft Sauvin So Good A Mes rate: Bright bottled from the Wenlock. A huge truckload of thanks to Terry Tibbs for bringing this one back. Absolutely astounding stuff. Lovely golden blonde with a slight haze. Slim white head and some lace. Instantly cloudy with a swill and a great settle. Outstanding condition. Incredible grapefruit hop aroma. Pine, spruce, grass and everything else you could ask for. Sublime bitter hop flavour. Heavy grapefruit and citrus, beautifully aromatic and floral with an incredible dryness. Makes me smack my lips and make noises of satisfaction after every sip. So dry, so bitter. This has clearly confirmed to me that Alehouse really know what they are doing. Awesome stuff. Sunday, November 4, 2007