Bodicote Brewery Reviews

Christian	3.3 Bodicote No.9 BB1993 at Chris O. Clear amber with a small white head. Aroma of dried fruit, prunes and apricot. Smooth malty flavour with fruit, and a touch of tartness. Monday, July 27, 2009
fonefan	3.6 Bodicote No.9 Bottle 275ml. @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008. [ Vintage 1993 ]. Clear medium amber color with a virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, vintage, oxidised but okay, toffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat. (020808) Thursday, October 2, 2008
DonMagi	2.5 Bodicote No.9 Bottle at chris_o’s who’s next in the train tasting. Alround rating: Honey pale malts, nearly no body, oxidation is clear, stoody up well you could say, but id rather have somethign else. Thursday, September 4, 2008
cgarvieuk	3.5 Bodicote No.9 Bottle at Chris o’s…1993-copper,viney fruits, odd wattery but mellow fruit, dates. little honey Wednesday, August 20, 2008
SilkTork	3.1 Bodicote No.9 Chris_o’s GBBF Shindig 08. 275ml bottle from Shropshire. Vintage 1993. Oxidised but quite malty and toffee accented. Reasonably interesting and tasty. Sunday, August 17, 2008
Fin	3.5 Bodicote No.9 Had this at Chris O’s pre GBBF tasting, 02-08-08 cheers for a wonderful day Chris Pours very clear and almost chesnut in colour. The nose has really softened out over the years, aroma had more than a nod to diluted malt whisky with some sweetness. Some almonds in the mouth along with a touch of icing sugar. I used to drink this regularly in the late eighties and early nineties as it was my most local brewery so it was a great and welcome surprise to see Steve bring a bottle of this along , cheers Steve. This actually tasted better than in the pub, certainly in the last few years of its life as a brewpub, as in the last few years of its existence the quality and consistency of Bodicote beers slipped somewhat. Monday, August 11, 2008
MesandSim	3 Bodicote No.9 A Mes rate: Bottle at Chris O’s Pre GBBF Tasting Thanks to Steve for this 15 year old rarity. Red amber colour with the head not surviving. Kinda like an old man who has lost his hair. Sadly this has decended into the grips of petrol. Lots of caramel, the hops are totally gone but the aged flavours of the malt still work pretty well. I would never have this to have expected this long actually. Impressed. Sunday, August 10, 2008
oh6gdx	3.6 Bodicote No.9 Bottled, 1993 vintage. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is raisins, slight maltyness and caramel. Flavour is wood, sweet malts, fruity hops along with earth and raisins. Thursday, August 7, 2008
KimJohansen	3 Bodicote No.9 1993. Clear amber with tiny short lasting head. Sweet aroma with honney and prunes. Sweet flavor that disapoints a bit. Not as strong as the aroma. Sunday, August 3, 2008
StaffieBNT	3.4 Bodicote Life Sentence Tasting notes from 2004 Banbury Beer festival. Amber with off-white / beige head. Caramel and dark fruit aromas. Caramel, mild coffee, fruit...mainly sweet malt flavours. Dry finish, with hop bitter notes kicking in at the end. Saturday, June 21, 2008
DJMonarch	3.2 Bodicote Life Sentence Cask Stillage at the Marine Hall, Fleetwood 15/02/2003 Mid brown amber coloured beer with some alcohol. Slightly dry bitter finish. Sunday, January 1, 2006
imdownthepub	2.7 Bodicote Boilermaker Cask Conditioned at The Plough, Bodicote. Brown amber beer with thin head. Sweeter than expected with a heavy spicy base. Overlaid hops towards the finish with a tannin twang. A blend I think. Thursday, April 15, 2004
imdownthepub	3.1 Bodicote Golden Balls Cask Conditioned at The Plough, Bodicote. Amber to gold beer with short head. Strong peppery hop flavour comes through initially, almost like dry tea with a sweetish base. Dry, fully ferented, a pretty decent attempt. Thursday, April 15, 2004
imdownthepub	2.3 Bodicote Cherry Gosling Cask Conditioned at The Plough, Bodicote. Amber coloured with little head. Jims attempt at a fruit beer, take a standard beer, steep it with cherries, allow to brew. This is rated from his first attempt, expect the method to improve. Sunday, January 11, 2004
SilkTork	3.5 Bodicote Porter Oxford Beer Fest. Gravity. Mine was called Old English Porter with an abv of 4.4% - and I have a website which lists both the Porter and the Old English Porter, but the brewery's own website doesn't list the Old English. Waffle, waffle, waffle. It's late, and I've a belly full of beer. What am I saying? Who knows. Who cares. Who will even read this. Uhem. Murky brown. Initial hit is very pleasing - a huge rush of licorice and sasparilla - but soon fades into a mustiness of little distinction. Some sour fruit and aged oak notes. Some slightly rancid raspberry. gets more interesting. Flavours swirl around. Mmmm. A curious beer. Fruit flavours becoming stronger. Interesting. Friday, October 17, 2003
imdownthepub	3.1 Bodicote Life Sentence Cask Conditioned at The Plough, Bodicote. Another of Jim's newer beers, he is widening his scope, but this dark amber beer does retain some of the brewery's normal characteristics. A smoky dry flavour, with slightly boiled hops, but on top of this there is a sweet fruity waft of flavour. One of Jim's better brews. Monday, September 8, 2003
Nuffield	3.6 Bodicote Life Sentence My gosh, thank you for a beer at this festival other than a golden bitter. This was brewed as an anniversary ale for the Bodicote's 20 years of brewing. Deep, dark amber-brown, with hints of red. A similarly deep fruitiness comes through, with the flavor driven by a cherry vein. Sweet and silky. Not the most complex beer, but well brewed. (on gravity cask, 2003 Charlbury Beer Festival, Oxon) Saturday, July 12, 2003
imdownthepub	3 Bodicote 3 Goslings Cask Conditioned at Plough, Bodicote. Pale yellow amber beer, thin white head. Not subtle, a straight hoppy pale ale, thinnish little character. Sunday, June 8, 2003
imdownthepub	2.7 Bodicote Triple X Cask Conditioned at Plough, Bodicote. Jim's strong Winter Warmer, mid to dark brown, fluffy head. Strong alcohol flavours dominate the drinking of this beer, little subtelty, just out and out brandy like flavour. Sunday, June 8, 2003
imdownthepub	3.9 Bodicote Porter Cask Conditioned at The Plough, Bodicote. In my opinion, and many others, this is Jim's finest. Dark Ruby Red almost Black in colour with a thick malty head. A blast of fruit and nut flavour bursts into the mouth on tasting. Ignore the strength rating, this varies enormously, at Banbury Beer Festival a Cask is held back for 6 months and is really in peak condition. This a chewey dark flavoufull beer that warms the cockles. Sunday, June 8, 2003
imdownthepub	2.8 Bodicote Bitter Cask Conditioned, Plough, Bodicote. Amber brown in colour with a thin white head. Thin flavoured light bitter with gentle sweet malt and a soupcon of bitterness. Some fruit tang, but overall a gentle drinking session Ale. One of the pubs stanby's, always on and always popular. Sunday, June 8, 2003
imdownthepub	3.1 Bodicote No.9 Cask Conditioned at Plough, Bodicote. This mid brown beer is the most popular of the Bodicote Beers. Named after the house number of the Pub this is a strongly flavoured bitter with plenty of dry hop quality. Sharp malt flavours complement the overall taste. Jim has been brewing at the pub since 1982 and has a regular custom from many appreciative locals. Sunday, June 8, 2003