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ITFCDan	3.2 New Buildings Treehouse Marmalade IPA Sunday, February 11, 2024
ITFCDan	2.5 New Buildings Summer House Sunday, February 11, 2024
dragnet101	3.3 New Buildings Fortress Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham. Pours black with beige to tanned head, decent lacing. This one had notes of liquorice, plum, wood although I felt like it was missing something. It had a decent smoothness to it. Not bad, Thursday, January 18, 2024
Martinsh	1.9 New Buildings Manor House Cask at Lord Burton, Burton-on-Trent. Pours a murky dark brown with minimal cream head. There’s malts and caramel in the aroma, plus some hints of chocolate. In the mouth it is briefly sweet and creamy (if somewhat watery) sour fruitiness swamps it all. Some traces of malts, caramel and blackcurrant can be detected, but overall I think this beer had gone off. REQUIRES A RERATE. Tuesday, November 14, 2023
jamesie1857	3.1 New Buildings Farmhouse Cask at Tap at No 76, Ashby-de-la-Zouch - misty brown body, no head. Strong bitter tang to this, citrus notes, piney kick at the end. Saturday, November 11, 2023
imdownthepub	3.1 New Buildings Fortress Cask conditioned at Solihull Beer Festival '23. Very dark brown with cream head. This proved to be a slightly thinnish beer for the style, some boiled vegetable hints, some woody notes. it's okay. Saturday, October 7, 2023
imdownthepub	3.2 New Buildings Windmill Best Bitter Cask conditioned at Solihull Beer Festival '23, W.Mids. Hazy copper with white head. There is an earthy dry maltiness to this, twiggy hopped notes followed by a sweeter fruitiness. It's okay. Saturday, October 7, 2023
Grumbo	2.7 New Buildings Summer House 24/8/2023. Cask at the 44th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours slightly hazy pale golden orange with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of orange, straw, caramel, mucky notes. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, tart edge. Moderate body, slightly watery, soft carbonation. Not a fan. Monday, August 28, 2023
Grumbo	3.3 New Buildings Treehouse Marmalade IPA 24/8/2023. Cask at the 44th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours hazy/cloudy orange gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of orange, marmalade, hops, straw, husky edge. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Slightly oily, soft carbonation. Quite okay. Monday, August 28, 2023
imdownthepub	3.4 New Buildings Treehouse Marmalade IPA Cask conditioned at Peterborough Beer Festival '23, Cambs. Hazy gold with white head. This proved to be a light, reasonably hoppy, crisp beer from the off. Citrusy with a hint of orange peel. It's fine. Monday, August 28, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.2 New Buildings Lighthouse Pale Ale Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is yeasty malt. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a smooth, yeasty, herbal, light floral woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation. Thursday, May 25, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.3 New Buildings Summer House Cask at the Pup & Duckling, Solihull. Poured a clear golden colour with a short-lived, frothy white head. The aroma is malt, toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, earthy, herbal, toffee, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Thursday, May 18, 2023
Taboada	3.5 New Buildings Windmill Best Bitter Cask, half pint. @"The Square Peg", Birmingham (UK). 18/02/2023 [#5.993 Global - #755 England - #1 New Buildings Brewery (My English brewery #250)] Pours amber with a creamy white head. Aroma: sweet malts, bread custard and soft honey. Taste: toffee malts, caramel and floral hops. Light dry finish. Next one please! Monday, March 20, 2023
Martinsh	3.5 New Buildings Windmill Best Bitter Cask at Standing Order, Derby. Pours “bitter brown” with a small off-white head. The aroma is sweet with malts to the fore plus hints of Nuts and autumn fruits. Pretty much the same to start with in the mouth, with mushy apple flavour and traces of orange and floral hops. Later it becomes slightly bitter with toffee and hints of caramel leading to a slightly dry finish. This is a decent old school bitter. Saturday, January 28, 2023
DJMonarch	3 Elliswood Legless Cask Handpump at GBBF 2014, Kensington Olympia 12/08/2014 Some fruit aroma. Golden coloured and a little rich on the palate with berry fruit flavours. Bitter and slightly earthy in the finish. Friday, June 24, 2022
Mr_Pink_152	3.4 New Buildings Manor House Cask at the Newark beer festival 2022. Chestnut colour with thin off white head. Aroma and taste are malty and caramel. Slight dry finish. Medium body. Thursday, May 26, 2022
Rasmus40	3.2 Elliswood Royal Standard 1485 Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Clear amber brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dark malt. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 060320 Friday, March 6, 2020
saxo	3.3 Elliswood Royal Standard 1485 Sample courtesy Grumbo. Medium head with medium duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are malt, nuts, caramel, hops and has a nice bitter finish. Friday, March 6, 2020
Grumbo	3.4 Elliswood Royal Standard 1485 28/2/2020. Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival 2020. Pours clear amber/brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, toffee, nut and fruit. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body. Earthy biscuit finish. Quite decent. Saturday, February 29, 2020
Grumbo	3 Elliswood Saturn V 14/3/2019. Cask, taster, at the Leicester Beer Festival 2019. Pours clear pale gold with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops and bitter citrus fruit. Moderate sweetness, medium plus bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, average to soft carbonation. Some bitterness to finish. Friday, March 15, 2019
Grumbo	2.9 Elliswood Hansom 14/3/2019. Cask, taster, at the Leicester Beer Festival 2019. Pours clear pale gold with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops, fruit and veg. Light sweetness, medium to heavy bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, average to soft carbonation. Very bitter finish. Friday, March 15, 2019
BeerPupil22	5 Black Galleon Drown Your Sorrows Tuesday, March 12, 2019
NobleForever21	4.6 Elliswood Royal Standard 1485 This is a very good beer. Very good mouthfeel. Well balanced. William Tyler, Birmingham, February 2019. Thursday, February 21, 2019
fonefan	3.4 Elliswood Xporter Cask (handpump) @ BeerHeadZ Grantham, 27 Watergate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England NG31 6NS. [ As Elliswood Xporter ]. Clear dark brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, chocolate, coffee, sweet malt, berry notes (blackcurrant). Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, roasted, burnt, coffee, berry notes (blackcurrant). Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181021] 7-4-7-3-13 Tuesday, January 1, 2019
mike_77	2.8 Elliswood Black Rose Black with creamy head. Aroma has a slight tartness. Perhaps this one is on the turn. Flavour does have nutty roasted malts but also bitter apple pips. Saturday, December 22, 2018
Sandro Mosque	3 Elliswood Brazil 2014 Thursday, November 15, 2018
SamVimes21	3.2 Elliswood Legless Sunday, September 9, 2018
Theydon_Bois	2.6 Elliswood Just One More Cask at GBBF '18, day 4, 10/08/18. Pale golden blonde with a decent off white head. Nose is a touch thin, mellow fruit, straw, grains. Taste carries a medicinal note ... light smoke - an infection me thinks? straw, grains and faint citric peel. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Not great. Sunday, August 12, 2018
47574xeCD	2.9 Elliswood Hansom Cask on Battlefield line buffet car behind a poorly 47640. Hazed gold no head malty bready bit bland Saturday, July 28, 2018
WingmanWillis	2.2 Elliswood Hansom Saturday, July 28, 2018
fonefan	3 Elliswood Royal Standard 1485 Cask (handpump) @ Lord Roberts, 24 Broad Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 3AN. [ As Elliswood Royal Standard 1485 ]. Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, toasted, caramel, spicy, light hoppy, pine. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long to average duration, spicy, fruity hops, fruity malt, swet malt, pale malt - toasted - caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171015] 6-3-6-3-12 Friday, July 20, 2018
tommann	3 Elliswood Black Rose Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours black with a small head. Aroma is yeasty roast and liquorice. Taste has light coffee, roast, liquorice and yeast. Sunday, July 15, 2018
Grumbo	2.4 Elliswood Black Rose Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival, 2018. Pours mahogany brown with a small bubbly tan coloured head. Aroma of roasted malt, smoked meat, chocolate and nut. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness. Light body, watery texture, soft to flat carbonation. Aroma of look is good, otherwise disappointing. Saturday, March 10, 2018
downender	3 Elliswood Barrel of Laughs Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 11/2/2018. Deep amber in colour, with a thin, off-white, head. Cereal malts, a hint of hedgerow fruits and leafy hops before a moderately bitter finish. Ok. Sunday, February 11, 2018
downender	3.1 Elliswood Just One More Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/2/2018. Golden in colour, with a thin, off-white, head. A malty pale ale, with some cereal notes, a hint of lemon fruits and leafy hops before a moderately bitter finish. Ok. Sunday, February 11, 2018
ManVsBeer	2.7 Elliswood Just One More Cask @ Baum, Rochdale. Golden with a creamy head. Has a sugary-hoppy taste with malty undertones in this respect. It has a regular malty nose. Tuesday, April 11, 2017
theprof	2.6 Elliswood Black Rose Cask. Pours dark chestnut with thin tan top. Aroma modestly toasted malts. Taste is dusty and clammy. Thursday, March 2, 2017
ManVsBeer	2.7 Elliswood Nelson's Right Arm Rochdale Beer Festival 2016. Deeper amber with a sessionable texture, although not too much in the way of flavour. Friday, January 20, 2017
redders1974	3.4 Elliswood Nelson's Right Arm Very autumnal pint bone dry finish ashy wet leaves decent half at rochdale beer festival Friday, November 11, 2016
Mr_Pink_152	2.9 Elliswood England Expects Tried at the three horseshoes, Waddington. Amber to gold colour with a big white head. Light hoppy to malty caramel aroma and taste. Ok. Sunday, April 3, 2016
leaparsons	2.6 Elliswood Barrel of Laughs Cask, The Criterion, Leicester. Golden brown with a bubbly head. Nutty black tea with mellow toffee. Melon with hedgerow berries and white grape skin. Lightly spiced with light sudsy notes. Dry, earthy palate with leafy bitterness. Some oily notes. Flat. Saturday, March 19, 2016
fonefan	2.4 Black Galleon Drown Your Sorrows Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Black Galleon Drown Your Sorrows ]. Unclear matt light to medium yellow color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, chili fruit, spicy, ginger, pale malt, fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, chili - ginger burn, fruity, sweet malt, ginger. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20141011] Sunday, February 28, 2016
fonefan	3.4 Elliswood Jolly Jack Tar Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Elliswood Jolly Jack Tar ]. Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate, soy sauce, roasted, dark fruit - berry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141011] Sunday, February 28, 2016
fonefan	3.2 Elliswood Conny Quaffer Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Elliswood Conny Quaffer ]. [ As my rating # 2500 of Style: Bitter beers on ratebeer ]. Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, open and frothy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, toasted, pale malt, marzipan malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, marzipan malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010] Wednesday, January 27, 2016
fonefan	3.2 Elliswood Nelson's Right Arm Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Elliswood Nelsons Right Arm ]. Clear medium to dark amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, fruity, nutty notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, candy, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010] Wednesday, January 27, 2016
fonefan	3.4 Elliswood Last Porter Call Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Elliswood Last Porter Call ]. Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, sweet malt, light chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet chocolate, malt bitter, roasted, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010] Tuesday, January 12, 2016
fonefan	3.1 Elliswood Shipwrecked Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Elliswood Shipwrecked ]. Clear medium orange color with a small to average, open and frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt - fruity malt - honey, caramel, pale malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt - fruity malt - honey sweet, caramel, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010] Tuesday, January 12, 2016
fonefan	3 Elliswood Just One More Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Elliswood Just One More ]. Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, toasted - caramel, pale malt, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010] Tuesday, January 12, 2016
davidtjm	3.1 Elliswood Barrel of Laughs Cask. Pour is gold with a frothy head, aroma is sweet. Taste is strongly bitter, gooseberry. Tasty Monday, December 14, 2015
Martinus	3.2 Elliswood Legless Copper colour, white head. Malty aroma, caramel, hint of dark berries. Malty flavour, light sweetness, straw. Bitter finish, light sweet, light twigs. (from draught @ GBBF ’14, London, day 2) Monday, November 9, 2015