Funfair Brewing Co. Reviews

DJMonarch	3.2 Funfair Big Wheel Cask Handpump at Lostock Club, Lostock Gralam 15/06/2013 Sulphur and some hop aromas. Small white head. Clear golden coloured fruity and hoppy with a hint of dryness in a malt finish. Monday, April 11, 2022
fonefan	3.3 Funfair Ghost Train Cask (handpump) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA. [ As Funfair Ghost Train ]. ABV: 5.0%. Cloudy dark brown colour with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, roasted, dark amlt, light chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181018] 6-4-7-3-13 Saturday, March 13, 2021
Grumbo	3.6 Funfair Ghost Train 18/10/2018. Cask at the Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival 2018, Nottingham. Pours black with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, fruit, caramel and hops. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight creamy texture, soft carbonation. Pretty decent. Thursday, October 18, 2018
saxo	3.4 Funfair Ghost Train Cask @ Nottingham Beer Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel, fruits and has a sweet roasty finish. Thursday, October 18, 2018
Rasmus40	3.4 Funfair Ghost Train Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Black with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 181018 Thursday, October 18, 2018
Mr_Pink_152	3.1 Funfair Rollerghoster Tried at the Nottingham beer festival. reddish colour. Big berry fruity aroma and taste. Light sweet. Medium body Saturday, October 14, 2017
Mr_Pink_152	2.5 Funfair Through The Looking Glass Tried at the Nottingham beer festival 2017. Milky white colour no real head. Big ginger aroma and taste, medium body. Saturday, October 14, 2017
Mr_Pink_152	2.6 Funfair Teacups tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2016. Pours pale yellow, with a white head. Aromas of lemon and ginger and more ginger. Taste is also ginger. Saturday, October 15, 2016
Mr_Pink_152	3 Funfair Queen Of Hearts Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2016. Amber colour with an off white head. Aroma fruity and deep malts, Well balanced taste, decent body. Saturday, October 15, 2016
Mr_Pink_152	2.8 Funfair Bonfire Toffee Tried at the Newark Beer Festival 2016. Deep ruby colour with a thin white head. Aroma has sweet roasted fruit. taste has a touch of fruity toffee. Saturday, May 28, 2016
Rune	2.6 Funfair Showman's Bitter GraviCask, half, shared with Finn at Canalhouse,. Unclear apricot coloured body. Missing head, poor lacing. Dried fruit and dough aromas. Mixed taste of dried fruits and brown malts. Restrained bitter endnotes. Accepted (Champion Beer of Nottinghamshire, Nottingham 20.02.2016) Friday, March 18, 2016
Rune	2.6 Funfair Waltzer GraviCask, half, shared with Finn at Canalhouse,. Unclear dark orange coloured body. No head Smell of dried fruits and bread. Taste of apricot, raisin and peach. Rather sweet ending. Soft in the mouth. On an average level (Champion Beer of Nottinghamshire, Nottingham 20.02.2016). Friday, March 18, 2016
Finn	2.5 Funfair Waltzer Fra cask/gravity under CBoNF på Canalhouse i Nottingham 20 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Varm rødbrun. Uklar. 0 skum. Saftpreg. Metallisk fruktaroma. Smaken har preg av bær. Litt tynn. Avslutter syrlig. Friday, March 4, 2016
Finn	2.9 Funfair Showman's Bitter Fra cask/gravity under Champion Beer of Nottinghamshire Festival (CBoNF) på Canalhouse i Nottingham 20 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Varm mørkerødbrun. Lett uklar. 0 skum. Lett søt fruktaroma. Smaken rosiner & svisker. Søt. Uvariert. Friday, March 4, 2016
imdownthepub	2.1 Funfair Steam Punk Porter Cask conditioned at The Turf Tavern, Oxford. Dark brown with no head. Tart nd sour flavours to the fore, fruity, skunky with a touch of cough medicine, which was handy as I had a little tickle. Poor stuff. Thursday, November 26, 2015
theprof	3.8 Funfair Ghost Train From the barrel. Pours like flat coke. Remarkable scent smoked peat ash with licorice undertones. Maybe figs. Taste is predictably malty heading toward the medicinal cough syrup registers but with fruity sweet persistence on the palate. Given that this was straight from the barrel, the aeration on the palate is striking. If Rimmer’s alter ego on "Red Dwarf" had a beer - this might be it. Smoke me a kipper I’ll be back for breakfast’ came to mind. A novelty ale God bless it. Friday, October 30, 2015
Mr_Pink_152	2.7 Funfair Waltzer Tried at the 2015 Nottingham beer festival. Copper Amber colour with a white head. Aroma is slight fruity sour. Taste a touch sour. Saturday, October 10, 2015
Mr_Pink_152	3.5 Funfair Steam Punk Porter Tried at the Nottingham beer festival 2015. Deep back colour with a tan head. Smoky and malt aroma. Taste is bitter and a touch smokey. Saturday, October 10, 2015
Towey1989	3.6 Funfair Ghost Train Cask at The Nottingham beer festival. A deep brown to black colour with a medium tan head. Aroma of cola, raisin, some plum, slight chocolate, ash and subtle blackberry. Taste of raisin, plum, some prune, subtle cherry, chocolate, liquorice and slight spicy, herbal hops. Medium bodied and a smooth texture. A fruity, slightly herbal bitterness in the finish. A rich, fruity, herbal beer. Full flavoured and smooth, a good stout from this brewery. Saturday, October 10, 2015
WingmanWillis	3 Funfair Big Wheel Sunday, September 13, 2015
maeib	1 Funfair Teacups Saturday, September 12, 2015
Mr_Pink_152	2.8 Funfair Dodgem Tried at the three horseshoes, waddington. Deep straw colour with no real head. Aroma is apples, caramel, with a fruity hit. Taste is fruity with a dry finish. Very little carbonation. Wednesday, August 5, 2015
allmyvinyl	2.7 Funfair Waltzer 500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear amber, thin short-lived white head. Aromas are butterscotch, earthy hops, twigs. Taste is sweet, caramel, toffee, faint spice. Thin body, sweet finish. Wednesday, June 17, 2015
allmyvinyl	2.3 Funfair Teacups 500ml clear glass bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a pissy pale yellow, no head. Aromas of lemon and ginger. Taste is soapy, saline, too much ginger heat for me. Soapy finish too. Friday, June 12, 2015
WingmanWillis	3 Funfair Christmas Cake Walk Saturday, January 31, 2015
imdownthepub	3.3 Funfair Matterhorn Cask conditioned at Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Gold with white head. Slightly fuller on the palate than many of the recent golden beers, some sweetness, some peachy fruitiness. There is a reasonable balance giving a decent enough beer. Sunday, December 28, 2014
SaintMatty	3.4 Funfair Waltzer Cask (Crafty Crow, Nottingham) - Amber in colour. Apricot, sultanas and peach in the aroma. Fruity taste with sultanas, apricot and raisins. Wednesday, November 5, 2014
WingmanWillis	3 Funfair Wall of Death Sunday, November 2, 2014
The_Osprey	3.6 Funfair Ghost Train Cask at Ye Olde Mitre Holborn. Looks good - like a nitro-kegged Guinness. Black with a perfect dense foamy tan head that endures. No lacing. Aroma is light ash. Body is medium, smooth, low carbonation. Taste is semisweet toffee, milk chocolate, light ash, no real bitterness. A pretty accomplished stout. Friday, October 31, 2014
Outlaw_Si	3.8 Funfair Teacups This was a lovely warming beer. I was a bit sceptical at first but pleasantly surprised Friday, October 10, 2014
Mr_Pink_152	3.1 Funfair Haunted House Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2014. Pale gold with white head citrus hops and fruit. Friday, October 10, 2014
Mr_Pink_152	3.5 Funfair Ghost Train Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2014. Pitch black colour, tan head. barley, coffee, smoke and fruity herbal finish. Friday, October 10, 2014
johndoughty	3 Funfair Waltzer Bottle. Cloudy brown with a big head that took ages to dissipate. Sulphuric and bitter but not in a pleasant way. How not to bottle a beer. Friday, July 18, 2014
SarkyNorthener	3 Funfair Twister 4.1% Cask@black country arms, Walsall. Dark brown beer with a small head. Aroma of toffee, liquorice, and dark malts. Taste is dark berries, toffee and dark malts. Ok beer Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Theydon_Bois	3 Funfair Twister 4.1% Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green, 11/01/14. Very dark chestnut brown with a moderate beige head. Nose is dark malts, liqourice, brown bread, hint of toffee. Taste comprises light spice, dark malt base, tangy dark fruit notes, treacle toffee. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation - a little lifeless, sweet notes in the close. So so. Friday, February 14, 2014
madmitch76	3.5 Funfair Christmas Cake Walk 6th January 2013 Bree Louise. Cask. Opaque black - brown beer, slightly oily looking. No head. Palate is smooth and slightly viscous. Sweetish malt carrying a light touch of chocolate. Mild coca cola. Spicy sweet bubblegum ester. Light malt cream and a little dark chocolate coming through. Finishes smooth with more bubblegum and a trace of nuts. Complex. Could be livelier, but very tasty. Monday, January 13, 2014
Scopey	3.7 Funfair Ghost Train Cask at the Claret. It pours black with a small fizzy tan head. The nose is sweet plum, jammy berry, light roast and vimto. The taste is soft roast, jammy, plum, sweet berry, vimto, vinous and sherbet with a bitter-sweet finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Rather nice juicy berry character. Tasty. Sunday, October 27, 2013
Garrold	2.4 Funfair Dive Bomber Bottle from Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Cloudy straw colour. Big, white, frothy head. Aroma is a bit grassy, light lemon maybe. Taste is just sour. I don’t get it. Sorry. Thursday, September 12, 2013
DruncanVeasey	2 Funfair Waltzer Bottle from Atherstone Co-op. Mucky russet with a low white lid. Aroma immediately a ringer for the last Funfair beer (Dive Bomber) despite the darker colouration; lambic sourness, lime, cheese, old carpet, general wrongness dominating hazelnut and milky coffee. Marginally more drinkable taste with stabs at nuttiness and Sugar Puff sodden with rhubarb sourness and dirty, accidental yeast. Tuesday, September 10, 2013
DruncanVeasey	2 Funfair Dive Bomber Bottle from Atherstone Co-op. Pours murky orange gold with a loose-foamed white head collapsing to a halo. Aroma of cheese spread, Drie Fonteinen, unwashed denim, lemon curd and orange squash. Odd yeast-driven flavour with TCP, strong alcoholic and phenolic notes; soggy biscuit, accidental lambic, lime streaks. Sourish and approaching flat. Feels like a fairly amateurish batch of homebrew. Barely acceptable. Tuesday, September 10, 2013
leaparsons	2.6 Funfair Waltzer Bottle. Hazy brown with a white foam. Aromas are toffee with funky apple and lemon. Earthy with herbal notes and yeast. Flavours are sour, puckering green apple with earthy notes and lots of yeast. Background toffee and oranges with a dry, tart finish. Not in great condition, perhaps. Friday, July 26, 2013
SarkyNorthener	2.9 Funfair Teacups Cask@black country arms, walsall. Looks like slightly cloudy water with a yellow tint. Residual head. Aroma of soap. Taste is ginger, lemon and some heated spice. A proper ginger beer. Nice. Monday, July 8, 2013
imdownthepub	2.8 Funfair Teacups Cask conditioned at The Lych Gate Tavern, Wolverhampton. Amber with slight white head. There is a ginger edge to the aroma, slightly spicy giving over to a sweet, lemonade type flavour. Late gingery note, quite like pop. Sunday, July 7, 2013
imdownthepub	2.9 Funfair Waltzer Cask conditioned at Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Brown to amber with no head. There is an earthy, slightly fungal note to this, a twiggy bitter, thinnish with some sweetness. Average. Saturday, June 22, 2013
SarkyNorthener	3.4 Funfair Gallopers Cask@Lychgatetavern, Wolverhampton. Pale yellow colour. Aroma of citrus lemon. Taste is of citrus lemon, pepper touches and a little sweet toffee without the viscosity. A nice golden ale. Saturday, December 29, 2012
DandyLion	2.6 Funfair Brandy Snap Smells of Sweet ginger. Tastes very sweet and a slight ginger taste. My wife says it tastes of cheap nightclub lager. Mmm not sure. Saturday, November 17, 2012
chriso	1 Funfair Welcome to the Freak Show Sunday, October 14, 2012
chriso	1 Funfair Gallopers Sunday, October 14, 2012
fonefan	3.3 Funfair Gallopers Cask (handpump) @ Guildford Arms, 1 West Register Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2AA. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, toasted, light grain, light to moderate hoppy, citrus - lemon. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101031] Wednesday, July 13, 2011
DJMonarch	3.6 Funfair Teacups Cask Stillage at the Roundhouse, Barrow Hill 14/05/2011 Fruit and some spiced aroma. Silver coloured and a little hazy in appearance. Fruity and a little sweet on the palate with a ginger spice flavour. A hint of dryness in the finish. Wednesday, June 1, 2011