Woodlands Brewing Reviews

oh6gdx	2.8 Woodlands Gold Brew Bottled. Hazy golden colour with a huge white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is fruity, mildly yeasty, some floral and mild wooden notes. Flavour is fruity, yeasty, somewhat grassy and floral bitter in the finish. Sunday, May 28, 2023
oh6gdx	2.6 Woodlands Old Willow Bottled. Golden coloured with a small quicky vanishing white head. Aroma is floral, some grassy and mild metallic notes. Flavour is biscuity malts along with some floral and herbal notes. Thin and very easy goind. Sunday, May 28, 2023
DJMonarch	3 Woodlands Red Squirrel Cask Handpump at Looking Glass, Warrington 28/06/2013 Fruity aroma. Amber coloured fruity and a little rich on the palate with a hint of dryness in a grainy finish. Tuesday, April 12, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Woodlands Ash Blonde Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 08/05/2013 Fruity hop aroma. White head. Golden coloured a little hazy in appearance and fruity with a banana flavour. A little sweet candy sugar. Smooth on the palate with a slightly spicy malt finish. Saturday, April 9, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Woodlands Hop As Hell Cask Handpump at GBBF 2011, Earl's Court 03/08/2011 Hoppy aroma. Clear golden coloured hoppy and floral with a very bitter and slightly dry malt finish. Thursday, January 6, 2022
Beese	2.5 Woodlands Mild Cask at the Battersea Beer Festival on 11/02/2011. Fruity and caramel nose. Quite a thin body. Some light earthy notes at the end. Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Beese	3.5 Woodlands Midnight Stout Cask at GBBF 2006, Earl’s Court on 03/06/2006. A very nice, well bodied, quite malty and roasty stout. Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Beese	2.8 Woodlands IPA Cask at GBBF 2006, Earl’s Court on 03/06/2006. More a slightly hopped up bitter than an IPA, but not unpleasant. Wednesday, January 8, 2020
advokaay	4 Woodlands IPA Saturday, August 18, 2018
john44	3.3 Woodlands Midnight Stout Gravity Cask Half Pint at Battersea Beer Festival, London in Feb 2010 - Black in colour. Very Malty; roast malts, coffee, chocolate, caramel. Fruity; dark fruits. Hoppy; earthy hops. Bitter roast malts; dry throughout. Very dry in the finish. (2010-02) Sunday, January 29, 2017
Towey1989	3.6 Woodlands Midnight Stout Cask at The Bridge Street Ale House, Newcastle-Under-Lyme. A black colour with a medium tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, a little liquorice, slight treacle and subtle vanilla. Taste is similar of roasted malts, chocolate, some treacle, a little liquorice and subtle vanilla. Light bodied but a smooth texture. A dry, roasted bitterness in the finish. A tasty, smooth stout. Good roasted bitterness with sweet treacle and vanilla balance. Shame the brewery closed and will never have this again. Thursday, January 21, 2016
niquillis	2.6 Woodlands APA Cask at Reginald Mitchell (JDW), Hanley. Pours golden with a white head. Dry, grassy, herbal, some sweet pine hop finish. Below average. Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Mr_Pink_152	3.7 Woodlands Midnight Stout Tried at the Nottingham beer festival 2015. Black colour with a tan head. Roasted malt aroma and fruity taste. Saturday, October 10, 2015
Mr_Pink_152	3.1 Woodlands Summer Citrus Tried at the three horseshoes, Waddington. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is light citrus. Taste the same with a light bitter finish. Friday, October 2, 2015
allmyvinyl	3 Woodlands Old Faithful Cask at the Fleece, Penwortham. Pours clear amber with a thick white head that split after a short while. Aromas of light caramel, faint herbal hops. Taste is watery caramel. Thin finish. Bit like a watered down version of their Redwood. Sunday, September 20, 2015
allmyvinyl	3.7 Woodlands Redwood Cask at the Fleece, Penwortham. Pours clear dark amber with a thick off-white creamy head. Aromas of caramel, malt. Taste is more of the same, with a nice mineral bite. Rich, oily texture. Clean finish. Nice. Sunday, September 20, 2015
niquillis	2.9 Woodlands Redwood Cask at Lymestone Vaults, Newcastle under Lyme. Pours red brown with off white head. A little spice, grainy, thin, It’s Ok. Wednesday, July 29, 2015
allmyvinyl	3 Woodlands Cyder 4% Cask at the north riding brew pub. With rhubarb. Clear, still, pale yellow. No head. Rhubarb and custard. Thin finish Friday, July 10, 2015
DruncanVeasey	2.9 Woodlands Hop As Hell Cask gravity, The Crown, Nuneaton. Slim haloed dark gold. Resounding dry leafy and herbal bitterness with coriander, banana clove-like spice. Aroma dandelion and banana smears. Solid. Tuesday, June 9, 2015
niquillis	3.2 Woodlands Hop As Hell On cask at Arnold Machin (JDW), Newcastle under Lyme. Pours pale gold with white head. Quite a dry pale, decent enough. Expected something more fragrant from NZ hops. Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Rune	3.2 Woodlands Witch Prime 500ml bottle bought at KellenTay Beers in Derby. A golden body with bright clarity. Low white head. Aroma of grassy hops and mild caramel. Nobel hops, mid-sweet malts and a touch of honey in the flavour character. Moderate bittersweet endnotes. Clean on the swallow. Not bad at all (Sunday tasting at the hotel room, 22.02.2015). Sunday, March 1, 2015
rhosddured	2 Woodlands Generals Tipple Saturday, February 7, 2015
rhosddured	1 Woodlands APA Saturday, February 7, 2015
Markc	3 Woodlands Midnight Stout Friday, November 14, 2014
stravale	2.4 Woodlands Midnight Stout Cask @ Microbar, Manchester [311014] Dark brown to black, tan head, some lacing Aroma of roasted malts, bit ashy, soft burnt notes, metallic rust Taste of fairly burnt roast, bit ashy, dab of coffee grounds, soft rusty minerals, dab of dark malts, copper coin Palate - Medium body, bitter roast. Finish quite dry, getting bitter rust Overall - Didn’t really like this .., metallic rusty notes Saturday, November 8, 2014
rhosddured	2 Woodlands Hop As Hell Saturday, November 8, 2014
MissPxx	2.6 Woodlands Mild Very subtle nutty aroma. Looks deceptively fizzy but actually quite flat. Well rounded flavour. Bitter with a sharp taste of hops. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Thursday, October 30, 2014
tombyars	3.3 Woodlands Midnight Stout Tasted this at the Troon Beer Festival on the 3rd October 2014. Cask, gravity dispense. Dull black in colour with a thin tan head. Short note of roast grain on the malty nose. Thin oily mouthfeel and poor lacing. Dark malt complex gives chewy malt grains with notes of dark chocolate and chicory evident. Short damp earthy flavour present in the hop resins giving a brief bitterness to the aftertaste. Finish is rather dry with roast grains, leather and oak cask notes in the palate. An ok session stout but one of the weaker examples at the festival though. Wednesday, October 15, 2014
madmitch76	3.1 Woodlands Hop As Hell 15th August 2014 GBBF Day 4. Cask. The great Harrisoni/madmitch76 walkabout. Almost clear gold beer, bubbly white head. Palate is crispy and semi dry. Good carbonation. Light pale malts. Whisper of something skunky. Light marmalade and lemon hops. Light crisp finish. Really not that hoppy but pleasant enough. Saturday, September 6, 2014
The_Osprey	2.9 Woodlands Hop As Hell Cask. Clear yellow, still, small white head. Aroma is musty lager. Body is medium to light, low carbonation. Taste is lager-like, something sweet like candifloss in the background, a fairly bitter finish. Saturday, August 16, 2014
harrisoni	3.4 Woodlands Hop As Hell At GBBF 2014. Clear pale gold lasting white head. Hoppy peachy flavour. Good hops. Likeable. Friday, August 15, 2014
chriso	3 Woodlands Hop As Hell Thursday, July 31, 2014
chriso	3 Woodlands New Leaf Thursday, July 31, 2014
chriso	3 Woodlands Light Oak Thursday, July 31, 2014
chriso	3 Woodlands Mild Thursday, July 31, 2014
chriso	3 Woodlands Bitter Thursday, July 31, 2014
OneHotPepper	2 Woodlands New Leaf Saturday, June 21, 2014
trapped	2.6 Woodlands IPA Drought. Golden yellow with small off-white foamy head, no clear aroma, bitter soapy taste with hops flavor, high carbonation, long finish. Not a very good IPA. Friday, June 20, 2014
joe19612	2.9 Woodlands IPA Cask. Pours a orange colour with a thin white head,aroma is light malt and with some fruit, taste is bitter and fruity with a dry bitter finish. Sunday, June 8, 2014
WingmanWillis	3 Woodlands Hop As Hell Friday, March 7, 2014
N19Robin	4 Woodlands Midnight Stout Saturday, February 8, 2014
anders37	3.2 Woodlands Mild Cask @ GBBF 2013. Pours a dark ruby brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hints of dark fruit. Has a weak roasted malty caramel finish. Sunday, October 6, 2013
BlackHaddock	3.7 Woodlands Red Squirrel Hand-pulled pint in The Swan, Woore: during a North Shropshire Pub Crawl on 28 Sep 2013. Pours a lovely dark red colour with an off-white head that hung around. The nose and taste were of dark berries and malty molasses, add woody and nutty to the malty flavours and you can see why I really took to this. Considering it is only 3.8% ABV it packs a good punch and I’ll certainly have another if our paths cross again. Monday, September 30, 2013
Nocturne	3 Woodlands Mild Cask. Dark brown or near black shade with ruby hints. Creamy head that disappears after a while. Tastes light roasted and malty. Coffee hints, quite a nutty finish. Slightly watery on the palate. Nothing new or different about this mild. Sunday, September 29, 2013
BroSpud	2.9 Woodlands IPA On tap. Ordered this thinking it was a local craft brew IPA which it is not. This is an english ale from england I now know and for that it is fairly typical and true to the style. Nothing great though especially if you are ready for an IPA which, again, this is not. Sunday, September 15, 2013
yespr	3.3 Woodlands Mild From cask. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty. Bitter, toffee malty and dry breadish. Mild herbal hoppy note. Bitter and dry finish. Saturday, August 31, 2013
niquillis	3 Woodlands Generals Tipple On cask at Wheatsheaf (JDW), Cheadle. Pours golden with white head. Quite fruity golden session ale. Aroma is a little strange. Sunday, June 2, 2013
undercurrent25	2.5 Woodlands Oak Beauty First impressions of this bitter was that the aroma is of vomit, past that it’s an average bitter, the palate reminds me of Belgian yeast which is good Sunday, May 12, 2013
niquillis	3 Woodlands Bitter On cask at Poste of Stone, Stone. Pours brown with small white head. Some nuts, fresh water feel, a reliable bitter. Monday, May 6, 2013
niquillis	4.1 Woodlands Midnight Stout On cask at The Holy Inadequate, Stoke on Trent. Pours black with a smooth tan head. In your face with roasts, a vanilla balance, hoppy tang. A cracking stout, very moreish. Monday, April 29, 2013