Cottage Brewing Reviews

Theydon_Bois	3 Cottage Norman's Conquest Bottle, thanks to LKS, split at the L6 Xmas Blast, 15/12/22. Had this back in the day pre rating on here. Mahogany brown with a decent beige cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is musty, earthy fruit rinds, oxidised notes, grains. Taste comprises dusty fruit esters, light spice, nutty, umami, aged wood. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Has aged okay ... it's a bit knackered though but not as bollocksed as some of Leightons rot box. Tuesday, January 3, 2023
oh6gdx	3 Cottage High Speed Train Cask@Wenlock Arms, London. Reddish amber colour with no head. Aroma is floral, mild wood, some toasted malts as well as a bit sweet malty tones. Flavour is sweet malts, mild toast as well as some herbal, floral and wooden notes. Saturday, December 31, 2022
MrTipple	2.8 Cottage Norman's Conquest 15Dec2022 Sweet, dark roast malts, caramel, oxidised notes, bread, balsamic. Hazy, very dark brown, small, creamy, off-white head. Light bitter. Oxidised, dark malts, cacao, chocolate, burnt toast, soft carb, full bod. Oxidised old mess. Bottle at L6 Tasting, London. Friday, December 30, 2022
mR_fr0g	2.7 Cottage Norman's Conquest Bottle at the Columbus Christmas Tasting. 15/12/2022. Thanks to LKS. A hazed caramel brown coloured pour with a l=halo of beige head. soy salty, aged, brown liquorice, aged, dusty, apple liquorice. . . Flavour is composed of salt semi sweet, cola cubes, brown sugars, tooffe. liquorice, . , very thin. Ok. Some age. Thursday, December 15, 2022
WingmanWillis	2.9 Cottage Norman's Conquest Thursday, December 15, 2022
madmitch76	3.4 Cottage Norman's Conquest 15th December 2022 Xmas Boozy Bottleshare. Thanks to Leighton. Clear deep brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Papery caramel malts, touch of toffee. Mild ripe fruits. Crisp finish. In good condition and pretty tasty for such an old brew. Thursday, December 15, 2022
DJMonarch	3 Cottage Duchess Cask Handpump at GBBF 2013, Kensington Olympia 14/08/2013 Malt aroma. Amber coloured fruity and a little rich on the palate with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish. Wednesday, May 11, 2022
jarvo	2.9 Cottage Between The Posts Pint enjoyed at the Malt N'Hops, Stoke in May 2004. Beers featuring rugby players on the clips, should normally be avoided but this was a pleasant toffee flavoured sweetish bitter. Saturday, November 14, 2020
jarvo	2.6 Cottage Great Bear Pint enjoyed in November 2003. Amber colour, white head. Sweetish bitter, pretty average. Saturday, November 14, 2020
davo_bammers	5 Cottage Norman's Conquest MM (5.0%) Thursday, November 12, 2020
BeardedAvenger	3.4 Cottage Norman's Conquest Historical tick which I am adding as a rate so that I can see the impact it has on my stats. 500 Beers To Try Before You Die. PoW, Farnborough. Dawned on me that it was the beer I needed to tick having gone to the pub that lunchtime so had to take a second trip on the way home. Thursday, August 6, 2020
Beese	3 Cottage Norman's Conquest 500ml bottle from Beers of Europe and drunk on 01/10/2006. Decent stronger old ale. The booze was fairly noticeable, but not totally overpowering. Monday, January 13, 2020
drake66	4.7 Cottage Duchess Saturday, July 21, 2018
Cheeseboard	2.3 Cottage Golden Arrow Cask at The Quantock, Bridgwater Sept 2015, rating from historic tasting notes. Pours clear mid amber golden with a white head. Aroma: malts, floral, straw. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, dry, sweet biscuity malts, some citrus, herbal hop. Light to medium body, soft carb, dry bitter close. Uninspiring Sunday, July 15, 2018
Jontyboon	3 Cottage Our Ken Wednesday, January 10, 2018
jonas	3 Cottage Norman's Conquest Backlog rating from RBESG 2008, grand tasting: Brown, creamy head. Light sugary, dusty nose. Papery malt, light roast. Light body. Chocolate aftertaste. Wednesday, October 4, 2017
beerlover9993	3 Cottage You Cannot Be Serious Cantering Saturday, September 16, 2017
dogbomb	3.2 Cottage Midnight Porter Cask. Jet black pint with a thick tan head. Nose of malt, chocolate, cream. Taste is cream, milk and the inside of a maltesers. Wednesday, August 16, 2017
fonefan	2.7 Cottage Blindside Cask (handpump) @ Lincolnshire Poacher, 161-163 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 3FR. [ As Cottage Blindside ]. Clear medium to dark red amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, caramel, earthy malt, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, nutty, dusty malt, dark malt, tart malt notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151011] 5-3-6-3-10 Sunday, July 9, 2017
fonefan	2.9 Cottage Dark Cascadian Cask (handpump) @ Cask (handpump) @ Crown Inn, Church Street, Beeston, Nottingham - Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England NG9 1FY. [ As Cottage Dark Cascadian ]. Clear light dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, moderate hoppy, citrus, wood, berry - vinegar notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, woody hops, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151010] 5-3-6-3-12 Friday, June 30, 2017
ManVsBeer	2.6 Cottage Bombshell Cask @ Queens Arms, Birmingham. Golden with a creamy-frothy head. Malty, crisp bitter with a mid to high bitterness. Tuesday, June 13, 2017
ManVsBeer	3.1 Cottage Rebellion Cask @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge. Dark clear copper with a small head. Crisp with a light tasting deeper fruitiness. Monday, May 1, 2017
WaddlingPlatypus	3 Cottage Honey Bunny Pint at the Cozy Club, Bath. Pale amber with a thin white head. Lemon curd aroma, with a curious, almost metallic blood note. Flavour is mostly bland lemon curd, with coriander and some flat citrus. Sunday, April 23, 2017
ManVsBeer	2.9 Cottage Up And Under Cask @ Briton’s Protection, Manchester. Copper with a small reddish glow and a very small creamy head. It has plenty of grainy malts creating a tasty bitter with a few nut flavours involved too. Thursday, April 6, 2017
ManVsBeer	2.7 Cottage Lancelot Cask @ Britons Protection, Manchester. Pale clear golden with a small head. Has an easy-drinking texture and a malty taste. Sunday, April 2, 2017
minty99	4 Cottage Resolution Sunday, April 2, 2017
minty99	4 Cottage Norman's Conquest MM (5.0%) Sunday, April 2, 2017
FatPhil	3.1 Cottage Rebellion Draught (Turf, Oxford) Cupric, tight creamy head. Is there some aroma? Sweetish something perhaps? Full sweetish palate, soft and smooth. Simple and dullish taste, sweetish malts. Boring, but nothing actually wrong with this at all. Sunday, March 26, 2017
FatPhil	3.3 Cottage Night Train Draught (Turf, Oxford) Hazy brown, tight beige head. Sweet spicy aroma, something a bit dodgy occasionally, but overall I liked it. Full palate, sweetish, a bit heavy. Cakey taste, some barley is clear. Finish is sweet. Egginess comes out more over time. Still, a very pleasant quaff. Sunday, March 26, 2017
BeardedAvenger	3 Cottage Bombshell Cask at Swan, Farnborough. Feintvfloral aroma - but obscured by cigarette smoke. A dark tarnished gold. Good thick white head. Light bitter with caramel undertones. Stronger in to finish. Light bodied. Slick. The finish smoothes out, ie neither abrupt nor long. Pleasant enough. Just not interesting. Monday, March 13, 2017
ManVsBeer	2.8 Cottage Christmas Reserve Cask @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge. Reddish-brown with a creamy head. Fuller-bodied ale with a very mild berry-fruitiness. Quite crisp. Tuesday, March 7, 2017
FatPhil	3.1 Cottage Mosquito Gravicask (CWAF2017) Toffee, caramel and black tea aroma. Mahogany-ish. Gently sweet in the mouth, some black tea, rather pleasant. Palate is a bit flat, but not unpleasantly so. Some tarriness in the finish. Spicy, almost gingerbready. Decent beer.. Tuesday, March 7, 2017
FatPhil	3 Cottage Red & Ruth Gravicask (CWAF2017) Ruddy brown, brief head. Smells of caramel and generic UK bitter. Taste has a Greene Kingy kind of feel to it, malty. A bit sticky. Finish is dull and twiggy, maybe a bit dry. Nothing particularly wrong with it. Tuesday, March 7, 2017
FatPhil	2.7 Cottage Re-Session Wheat Ale Gravicask (CWAF2017) Nice hazy yellow. Citrussy aroma, lemony, a bit harsh, quite pungent. Popcorny sweet malty in the taste. Somewhat messy wheat ale, unbalanced hopping is harsh. Tuesday, March 7, 2017
maeib	1 Cottage E-Type Wednesday, March 1, 2017
FatPhil	3.2 Cottage Pullman Cask (Fort St. George, Cambridge) Slightly apple-skin aroma, otherwise a pretty standard malty bitter aroma. Nice roasted barley taste, again some apple skins. Dry hoppy finish. Pretty nice bitter. Friday, February 24, 2017
Jonb5	3.9 Cottage Norman's Conquest MM (5.0%) Pint at the King Charles I A: Mahogany colour, thick looking, one finger tanned head, decent retention, didn’t leave much lacing. S: Cocoa beans, dark chocolate. T: Malty raspberry gave way to dark chocolate finish with a hint of bitterness. M: Light body, reasonable amount of carbonation. O: Listed as a Bitter, but had real Porter qualities. Very nice. Thursday, February 23, 2017
john44	3.2 Cottage Norman's Conquest Cask. Dark brown in colour. Very malty; roast (even burnt) malts, caramel & toffee. Fruity; dried fruits and berries. Sweet roasty/burnt malty throughout. Dryish finish. Surprisingly thin for ABV. Warming alcohol evident. (2008) Tuesday, February 21, 2017
ThirstyBird	2.8 Cottage Pacific On cask at the Black Lion in Leighton Buzzard. The color is a slightly hazy golden color with an off-white head. The smell is simple with grain and grass. The taste is wet grain, some crispness ending dry. Light in body with mild carbonation. Tuesday, February 14, 2017
WingmanWillis	3 Cottage E-Type Saturday, February 11, 2017
thejackpacker	2.8 Cottage Christmas Reserve Cask at a pub in Mayfair. A nice bitter to pass the time but strangely intense bitterness. Thursday, February 9, 2017
ManVsBeer	2.8 Cottage Pullman Cask @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge. Dark clear red with a thick head. Strongish tasting and retains a nice texture. Its malts include a mild sweetness. Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Vladivostok	3.7 Cottage Pacific Pale amber bitter with the aroma of new mown hay and the flavour of freshly baked bread. Subtle and more-ish. Good beer. Thursday, February 2, 2017
john44	2.9 Cottage Puffing Billy Cask Pint at Priory Arms, Stockwell, London in Mar 2010 - Pale Yellowy Gold in colour. Fruity; bit citrus. Hoppy; grassy hop. Malty; buttery caramel. Mildly bitter fruity hoppy throughout. Nothing special. Drinkable. (2010-03) Sunday, January 29, 2017
maeib	1 Cottage Mosquito Saturday, January 21, 2017
ManVsBeer	2.8 Cottage Black Diamond Cask @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge. Dark clear brown with a creamy head. Fairly neutral and unadventurous in taste, but easy enough to sip. Tuesday, January 17, 2017
berkshirejohn	3 Cottage Sentimental Journey Cask at the Rose & Crown, Sandhurst. A pale amber pour with a ring of white head; biscuity aroma; biscuity malt body with a slightly sour, grassy taste and some orchard fruit; then a sweeter finish. Better than average for Cottage. Friday, January 13, 2017
BeardedAvenger	2.8 Cottage Golden Arrow Cask at Swan, Farnborough. There is a something there - a hint of a floral aroma. Pale gold - almost hazy. Good creamy head, although it does develop an sickly blotchyness. A vague umami taste. Bitterness comes through in larger mouthfulls. Nearly medium in body. Oily. Carbonation. Long finish. Bland. Friday, January 6, 2017
jjsint	3.1 Cottage Memphis Belle Handpull cask from the Eagle, Cambridge. Dark gold, clear with a thin white head. Light notes of mango, citrus, some malt, sharp bitterness to the taste but there’s a chalky stone-fruit malt note nearer the end. Soap on the finish which is not particularly welcome. It’s not fantastic but it’s nice that Cottage are attempting something beyond a mid-strength malt bomb. Thursday, January 5, 2017
jjsint	2.9 Cottage Mosquito Handpull cask at the Eagle, Cambridge. Mahogany and clear with a small khaki head. Low aroma, but there’s some dark stone fruit and caramel malt. Sweet, malty taste. Malt, malt, malt, malt, malt, malt, malt, malt, malt and malt. I don’t care for the cherry cough syrup finish at all, but fans of childhood medicines may enjoy it. Worth having a go, it’s very, very one-dimensional and the Mother of All Malt Bombs, but it’s drinkable without being actively unfortunate. Thursday, January 5, 2017