Potton Brewery Reviews

oh6gdx	2.6 Potton Gold Cask@Euston Tap, London. Yellowish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is citrus, some herbs, mild grass and a bit biscuity tones. Flavour is biscuity, some citrus, floral tones with a bit of herbs too. Monday, February 5, 2024
oh6gdx	3.2 Potton John Cunningham Night Fighter Cask. Amber colour with a minor head. Aroma is fruity, sweet nectary and mild wooden notes. Flavour is quite similar, but also has some mild toasted and cocoa notes to it. Bittery wooden finish. Saturday, December 31, 2022
FACambridge	2 Potton Shambles Bitter (from old notes) - Aroma : Medium toasted sweet toffee maltiness with a slightly skunky (used sock) hoppy undertone. Taste : Thinnish body. Moderately bitter hoppiness throughout, with a light malty toffee backbone. Lacks a bit of depth, but at least the slight skunky aroma doesn't transfer to the taste Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Beese	2.6 Potton The Village Bike 500ml bottle from an off licence in King’s Langley and drunk on 19/12/2008. A decent bottled bitter, with a light leafy and mild zesty hop nose. Fairly malty flavour. Light overall. Sunday, May 17, 2020
Beese	2.8 Potton Shambles Bitter 500ml bottle from an off licence in King’s Langley and drunk on 03/11/2008. A pretty nice bottled bitter, with slightly higher hoppy bitterness than your average. Lemongrass and leafy hops at the end. Sunday, May 17, 2020
john44	3.2 Potton The Village Bike Bottle. Copper-Amber in colour. Malty; biscuity malts, caramel, toffee. Fruity; citrus fruity. Hoppy; grassy hops. Well balanced. Sweet malty meets mildly bitter hoppy. Dry finish. Quite tasty. Very drinkable. (2010-11) Friday, February 3, 2017
Kastytis	2 Potton The Village Bike Wednesday, February 1, 2017
john44	3 Potton Shambles Bitter Bottle. Orangy Amber in colour. Fruity; citrus orange. Malty; sweet biscuity malts, buttery caramel. Hoppy; spicy and floral hops. Sweet fruity malty throughout. Dry and mildly bitter finish. OK. Drinkable. (2010-07) Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Grumbo	2.9 Potton Shambles Bitter Rating from bottle collection/historic notes. Supermarket purchase. Poured clear amber colour with a small white head. Aroma of light hop, and caramel malt. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness. Towards being medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Finish a little dry. An ok bitter. Wednesday, November 16, 2016
jjsint	2.9 Potton American Mistress Cask @ Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Dark gold, big foamy white head which dissipates quickly. Aroma of sour orange, tropical fruit and cinnamon. Interesting but it doesn’t really work. Taste is a full-on sour bitter with a bitter finish. Sour bitterness overstays its welcome in the aftertaste. Good to see Potton pushing the boat out, but this is too odd and unbalanced for me. Sunday, June 8, 2014
BlackHaddock	3.5 Potton Shambles Bitter 500ml Bottle: BBD end of July 2014, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 28th May, some two months before it’s life ends. Obtained from a ’Wye Vale’ garden centre some time ago. Clear mid-amber body with a full and lasting off-white head. Malts lead the way in both the aroma and taste. Light, semi-sweet molasses in the nose push out any hop aromas while in the mouth the malts give a mild caramel and toffee flavouring that hides the hoppy bitter underbelly until the finish where a mini bitterness comes to the fore. I really enjoyed my pint (well 500ml then, not the correct 568ml). Wednesday, May 28, 2014
endless14	3 Potton Shambles Bitter Friday, May 16, 2014
downender	2.5 Potton The Village Bike Bottle from ASDA. Amber with a short-lived, white, head and plenty of fizz. Sweet, caramel and berry aroma with a surprisingly strong whiff of booze. Flavour was also sweet with doughy malts, some orange and a gentle finish with slight boiled sweet edge and hint of toastiness. Didn’t work for me. Thursday, May 15, 2014
WingmanWillis	2 Potton Shambles Bitter Thursday, March 13, 2014
jjsint	3 Potton Lion Cask @ Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Golden beer, takes a white to settle. Once it does, it has a compact off-white head. The aromas are faint and confusing. Metallic and woody notes predominate, with something sweet (bubblegum?) also detectable. The taste is very unexpected: fresh at first fading to bitter. Extremely bitter, almost acrid, aftertaste. The very dry woody character takes a while to get used to. Friday, November 29, 2013
jjsint	2.8 Potton Shannon IPA Cask @ Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Mid-brown beer with a hint of red. Lively at first but clears quickly. The aroma is floral and fruity, but fairly weak so difficult to detect. The taste is bittersweet on the way down with a bitter finish. Slightly soapy. All in all it is a decent enough beer but the profile is too weak for my taste. Friday, November 29, 2013
Philym	1.9 Potton The Village Bike Appearance: Clear copper with thin loose ivory head which was quick to disappear. Aroma: Fruity, biscuit, grassy/hay and slight spice. Taste: Low sweetness and bitterness, low/medium sourness a bit watery. Palate: Thin smooth light texture and body, low carbonation, no real taste, watery, bland slightly astringent abrupt finish. Comments: Bland no real aroma or taste, so bland in fact no point in drinking it so tipped it down the sink. Friday, November 22, 2013
Philym	2.2 Potton Shambles Bitter Appearance: Clear copper with thin ivory head which was quick to disappear. Aroma: Caramel/toffee, slight pear note, biscuit, hay and grassy. Taste: Low sweetness, low/medium bitterness and sourness. Watery. Palate: Thick smooth texture, light body, astringent, low carbonation, abrupt dry malty and smoky finish. Comments: Did not seem to be balanced and was insipid. Ended up tipping it down the sink. Tuesday, November 12, 2013
jjsint	2.8 Potton Phoenix Cask @ Three Cups, Bedford. Dark gold, hazy (new barrel?). Smells of TCP and butterscotch. Taste is very, very smoked, dry like charcoal and burnt wood. Can’t get my head around this one. Sunday, September 29, 2013
imdownthepub	2.9 Potton Lion Cask conditioned at Harbury Beer Fest ’13. Cloudy gold with no head. Green, unfinished flavours, earthy, drying and fairly grainy. There is an orange like hop note rescuing the beer fortunately. Will re-rate in the future. Sunday, September 1, 2013
imdownthepub	3.3 Potton Penny Bitter Cask conditioned at Harbury Beer Fest ’13. Cloudy amber with white head. Quite a simple, dryish, earthily hopped bitter but nicely drinkable and would have come out higher if it had dropped. Some grassiness, some toast. Fair. Sunday, September 1, 2013
harrisoni	2.8 Potton Shannon IPA Cask gravity at Firkin Ale House. Clear amber colour. Touch of rubber on the flavour. It’s a little not great. Just about ok Thursday, August 1, 2013
planky84	3.2 Potton Penny Bitter Cask at the Grape and Grain, Crystal Palace. Amber pour with a white head. Roast malt, caramel and toffee aroma. Orchard fruit flavour with hints of smoke. Dry, smoky finish. Tuesday, July 30, 2013
mR_fr0g	2.5 Potton The Village Bike Bottle at home. Light amber orange colour. Thin fleeting white head. Nose is sweet toffee and grassy hop. Flavour is toffee with a hint of roast. Semi dry finish. Some metallic, and a dirty grassy bitterness. Palate is light and a little thin. Middle of the road. Friday, July 26, 2013
johndoughty	3.5 Potton The Village Wheel Bottle. Think this was bottled for the ASDA supermarket change which is where I bought it from. Bronze anf malty with an amazing amount of flavoiur for its moderate strength. Well bottled and an above average bitter. Monday, June 10, 2013
axdain	3 Potton The Village Bike Sunday, May 19, 2013
rhosddured	3 Potton Shambles Bitter Friday, March 29, 2013
Leighton	3.1 Potton Lion Cask at the Alexandra Arms, Cambridge. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a lasting, white cream head. Simple stuff, with some of that odd golden-ale-but-smokey character. Pale malts, white bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweetness on the finish with mild white sugars. I like it OK but the smokiness cannot possibly be intentional. Tuesday, March 5, 2013
garthicus	3.5 Potton Lion Cask at The Coach House, Potton. Appearance: golden yellow, small white head. Aroma: Grassy, slightly sweet, citrus too. Flavour: Big malty flavour at first, almost smokey, citrus and grassy with a lovely long toasty finish. Very flavourful. Sunday, March 3, 2013
DutchDrebus	3.4 Potton The Village Bike My bottle @ benzai. Orange to amber colour with no head. Smells slightly hoppy, malts, fresh. Tastes hops, malts, slightly barley, hay, barnyard. Easy drinkable, good tasting beer. Nice and light. Monday, February 4, 2013
olliejobbins	2.9 Potton Shambles Bitter 500ml bottle. Bought from tesco. Pours a dark orange colour. Quite a skunky smell with a pleasant smooth taste. Friday, February 1, 2013
note666	3.3 Potton The Village Bike 2013 - 01 - 25 500ml bottle. amber colour. small white head. caramel in aroma. light bitter taste. Friday, January 25, 2013
maeib	3.3 Potton Fallen Angel Cask conditioned handpump Wig & Pen Northampton 10/01/13. A classic brown coloured beer with a white head and lace. Sweet and fruity. Plummy with a bit of nail varnish in the mouth. Similar in the nose where there’s a hint of chocolate too. Quiter interesting really but not totally in harmony with itself. Monday, January 14, 2013
mr_h	3.4 Potton Fallen Angel Cask by handpump at 3 Judges, Glasgow - clear amber brown, creamy beige head, minimal malty aroma at serving temperature, toffee and fruity flavour, finish is on the sweet fruity side Saturday, December 29, 2012
Martinus	3.1 Potton The Village Bike Caramel colour, white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, biscuit, light fruity. Light sweet, light bitter flavour. Quite some caramel, light earthy. Light carbonation, medium, bitter finish with malty notes. Rather nice beer. (From 50cL bottle @ home) Monday, November 26, 2012
Benzai	3.1 Potton The Village Bike 50cl bottle @ home. Clear copper color, medium sized white to off-white head that diminishes fairly quickly. Smell malts and a light fruityness. Taste malts, a hint of raisins, a hint of chalk, slightly bitter. Low to medium body and carbonation. Saturday, November 17, 2012
meerbier	2.9 Potton Shambles Bitter Bottle@Home. Caramel, orange and light herbal aroma. Light amber, off-whtie head, good lace. Sweet, light malty, caramel, light bitter, hint of laurel. Light sticky. Just another bitter. Saturday, November 10, 2012
mr_h	2.6 Potton Shannon IPA Cask by gravity at Ayrshire Beer Festival (13 Oct 12) - hazy golden, thin bubbly white head, fruity and light malt aroma, spicy, ginger, fruity, high carbonation, oily feel, sharp bitter finish Sunday, October 14, 2012
stevoj	3.5 Potton Shambles Bitter Dry bitterness from this beer, but everything else is right target for the style. Saturday, October 13, 2012
Theydon_Bois	3.1 Potton Shannon IPA Served on Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham (Dec ’11). Dark blonde to light amber in coulour with a small frothy white head - looked in good form! Hops and citrus dominated the smell, though neither were of an overbearing nature. Tastes were of grain, straw, hops, citrus - probably lemon, perhaps a hint of grapefruit. Mouthfeel was ok, not a strong beer by ABV and little lacing on the glass perhaps a little thinner than I prefer, but this is not to detract from a decent cask ale with a good bit mroe flavour than others at 3.6% ABV! Thursday, August 9, 2012
daniele	3.3 Potton The Village Bike ambrata poca schiuma maltato iniziale bilanciata da un discreto luppolo lieve leggero caramello amaro medio Thursday, August 9, 2012
leaparsons	3 Potton The Village Bike Bottle. Amber brown with a thin foam. Aromas are toffee with brown sugar and raisins. Herbal with plummy fruit and mixed spices. Flavours are sweet weetabix and toffee with a light roast character. Raisins with peppery carbonation and a fruity, bitter finish. Not bad. Saturday, July 28, 2012
rauchbier	2.9 Potton The Village Bike Bottle, from Rhythm & Booze, Barton. Gold, thin shortlived white head and gentle condition. Fruity sweet nose with hints of melon and bubblegum, gentle grain and a slight nuttiness. Soft and sweet in the mouth with some caramel and burnt toffee, becoming slightly bitter and faintly resinous from the hops before turning fruity towards the end. Finish is foreground fruity and background hoppy with some lingering nuttiness. Monday, July 9, 2012
mr_h	3.2 Potton The Village Bike 500ml bottle from Nina’s Mini Market, Edinburgh - clear amber ale, bubbly white head, spicy caramel malt aroma, caramel / toffee flavour, bit spicy, low carbonation, bitter taste and bitter linger Sunday, July 1, 2012
JohnRMurdoch	3 Potton The Village Bike Bottle courtesy of mr_h. Orange brown colour, fast disappearing head. Strong grain caramel malt aroma. Spicy peaty malt flavour. A smooth bitter. Sunday, July 1, 2012
BlackHaddock	3.4 Potton The Village Bike 500ml Bottle: best before Jan 2013, poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard on 15th June 2012. Lovely deep copper coloured body, on top an off-white crown of bubbles which sadly turned to a wisp and collar far, far too quickly. The nose has toffee and caramel within: but not overly sweet by any means. The taste is also leaning towards a maltier feel initially, but very dry in the mouthfeel and a bitter finish smacks your cheeks together somewhat. The maltiness is just a foil for the hops to hide behind until you take a proper gulp and discover the true flavours. Just a bit too dry for my palate, but otherwise fine: would suit a hop liking drinker more than a malt person such as myself. Friday, June 15, 2012
StueyD	3 Potton A Limp Pig Gold Golden yellow coloured beer with a frothy white head. Mild citrusy hop aroma with a malty sweetness in the background. Dry mouthfeel. Slightly sour citrusy hop flavour, similar to lemon sherbet! This is followed by a malty sweetness. Cambridge B.F. 2012 Friday, May 25, 2012
thepegjett	2.9 Potton Shannon IPA A - malty caramel with light fruit A - golden with frothy head T - sweet with light bitter P - mid O - ok Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Benzai	2.8 Potton Shambles Bitter 50cl bottle @ home, shared by Joes. Clear copper to amber color, small to medium off-white head that leaves a nice lacing. Smell malts, some dusty chalk. Taste malts, some sweetness, light bitterness. Soft low carbonation, low body. Thursday, March 1, 2012
tombyars	4.1 Potton Pride of Potton First tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in April 1999. Cask, gravity dispense. This was beer of the festival for me and very popular with the high ABV crowd. Dark ruby red in colour with a thin creamy white head. Fantastic aroma of creamy butterscotch and vanilla custard, long in intensity. Thick creamy mouthfeel and good lacing despite the gravity dispense. Complex dark malts give a full whack of moist maltloaf base laden with sultanas, dates, butterscotch and banoffee pie. There is a whiff of hop resins in this, but very hard to detect. Finish is very malty with rich vinous notes of rum soaked raisins, toffee and oak cask vanilla. Simply superb stuff but very difficult to find in Scotland. Worth going out of your way seeking this English Strong Ale out, highly recommended. Thursday, February 23, 2012