Grumpys Brewhaus Reviews

mkel07	2.8 Grumpys Boston Cream 300317. The label on the bottle states that this is an American Pale Ale. Poured from the bottle with a big gush of beige coloured foam that filled the glass and it took three attempts to pour the beer before I emptied the bottle. The foam eventually settled to leave a hazy dark amber beer that smelt sweet and malty. In the mouth the beer is very lively and there are traces of vanilla, toffee and caramel in the flavour. Purchased on line from Boozebud. Thursday, March 30, 2017
mkel07	3 Grumpys Buzz Beer 111612. Bottle from Boozebud. I found this beer to be a bit too sweet for me with an overdose of honey. Everything about this beer reeked of sweetness. Quite thin in the mouth and it had a strange pink tinged colour to it that I wasn’t expecting. Monday, December 12, 2016
varanid99	2.5 Grumpys Boston Cream Gold, slightly hazy pour with a ridiculously massive white head. After it eventually settles down there’s malty, spicy aromas but a weird lagery cardboard underneath. Massive fizz, malt and honey but really not a lot of hops to it. Bit of an underlying nasty aftertaste as well - don’t love it at all. Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Muggus69	2.8 Grumpys Boston Cream 330mL bottle from Booze Bud. Hazy honey gold body, pours a rather excitable white foam. Nose doesn’t give away too much - light toasty malt, subtle woody spicy savoury hop (Northern Brewer?). Full body, somewhat lifted carbonation, bit of chewy malt texture there. Honeyed malts on the body, slightly toasty, savoury hops, touch of dough & minerals on a reasonably mild finish. Would say this hits the brief of being a cream ale - nothing exciting, but pleasant enough. Thursday, May 12, 2016
vanvenlo	2.9 Grumpys Oktoberfest Celebration Lager 12-Nov-2006 (Grumpys Draft) Slight burnt harsh malt aroma. Slight cloudy, orange-brown colour, Ok head and sheet lacing. Sweet ash burnt malt and tutti fruity flavour. finishes witha slight burnt flavour but not bad. This ashy character seems to be in each of the 5 beers I tasted this day. Tuesday, March 9, 2010
vanvenlo	1.9 Grumpys Tom Cat Lager 12-Nov-2006 (Grumpys Draft) - Low light sweet hop aroma. Yellow-amber colour, slight hazy, ordinary head and suds lacing. Starts ash/burnt with a funny fruit infected flavour. Finishes burnt and roasted malt and an unpleasant aftertaste. This ashy character seems to be in each of the 5 beers I tasted this day. Tuesday, March 9, 2010
vanvenlo	2.7 Grumpys Genuine Pale Ale 12-Nov-2006 (Grumpys Draft) - Light sweet fruit and low hop aroma. Clear amber colour, good head and sheet lacing. Sweet and light fruit malt hoppy flavour. Finishes with a bitter hop and slight burnt ash aftertaste. This ashy character seems to be in each of the 5 beers I tasted this day. Tuesday, March 9, 2010
vanvenlo	2.2 Grumpys Honey Wheat 12-Nov-2006 (Grumpys Draft) - Sweet citrus hop aroma. Yellow hefe like colour, good small retaining head and sheet lacing. Slight ash and light malt flavour, low on fruit character. Bitter, tangy finish and a hint of roasted burnt malt. This ashy character seems to be in each of the 5 beers I tasted this day. Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Lunkie	2.8 Grumpys Honey Wheat Sweet honey malt flavour. Cloudy yellow colour with good head and lacing. Sweet honey malt flavour. Smooth palate. Saturday, March 22, 2008
Lunkie	3 Grumpys Genuine Pale Ale Sweet hop hop aroma. Murky brown red colour with good head and lacing. Malt hop aroma. Smooth palate. Saturday, March 22, 2008
Choos	1.1 Grumpys Auld Fokker Altbier This is a very old rating that I never got to put in and will have to redo. Aroma: socks, apperance: couldy brown, flavour: mainly bland with a touch of bitterness giving way to a nasty aftertaste. Saturday, November 17, 2007
bluevegie	2.5 Grumpys Honey Wheat Pale dull looking almost yellow body with a short head. Honey is in there but it is not doing much for me. Floury and floral aroma and not alot of wheat characters in the taste. Monday, February 26, 2007
bluevegie	2.7 Grumpys Auld Fokker Altbier Dull light tawny colour with a short lasting off-white head. Smoked caramel in the taste as well as a bit of bacon. Monday, February 26, 2007
beerledgend	1.8 Grumpys Honey Wheat hazey lemon yellow colour with small white head, mild sulpur aroma. expected honey but must be on holiday like me!!. Harsh brass mouth feel. Wednesday, November 1, 2006
beerledgend	2.2 Grumpys Goldrush California Steam Beer Ligh red/ amber in colour with small creamy head. No aroma, burnt hop flavour with hop finish. Wednesday, November 1, 2006
beerledgend	2.7 Grumpys Genuine Pale Ale Yellow straw colour with big white creamy head, malty hop aroma. Big malty mouth feel follows through with more hop bitterness. Wednesday, November 1, 2006
beerledgend	2.4 Grumpys Tom Cat Lager pale yellow straw colour with small white head, very little aroma, big malty taste, pleasant round hop bitterness. Wednesday, November 1, 2006
bridge	3.4 Grumpys Genuine Pale Ale Slightly cloudy orange gold, with a medium sized head that didn’t last. Dusty aroma with some fruity hops with light raspberry notes as well. Good flavour, with some well balanced bitterness. A light to medium body, and a fine refreshing carbonation that seems just about right. A good solid beer. (tap at brew-pub) Saturday, December 17, 2005
bridge	3.6 Grumpys Goldrush California Steam Beer Slightly cloudy amber with a generous head. A very hoppy aroma, reminds me of Goldings hops a bit. Well balanced bitter flavour, with a medium bodied and lasting palate. Well carbonated making this an easy drinking beer that had some good depth. Maybe a little on the bitter side, but that’s better than not enough! (tap at brew-pub) Saturday, December 17, 2005
bridge	2.5 Grumpys Auld Fokker Altbier Cloudy copper brown, with a bit of a head that didn’t really last. The aroma is a robust sweet caramel with a hint of banana. However, the flavour was quite bland, with just a little bitterness that distinguishes it from water. It’s also a bit flat, with a light to medium body. It’s an inoffensive but uninteresting beer. (tap at brew-pub) Friday, December 16, 2005
mullet	2.8 Grumpys Heysen Scottish Oatmeal Stout Black, poor head. All the requisite chocolate and coffee character without any roastiness or bitterness. On the sweet end of the spectrum but not overly so. A bit too "smooth" for my liking and not real and rough enough. Quite oily. Not bad, but not to my taste. Monday, July 11, 2005
mullet	3.3 Grumpys Triple A Dark amber, clear, OK head. Massively fruity aroma just as described on the tasting notes. Tinned tropical fruit, lychees and American hops. The flavour is also dominated by the fruit character though it still manages to taste quite good. Little malt or hop character really. It’s incredible that a beer with such rampantly dominant ester character can still taste good, but it manages quite well. A very distinctive (bordering on the bizarre) brew. Monday, July 11, 2005
mullet	3.2 Grumpys Biggles Best Bitter Copper, clear, OK head. Aroma is a bit mild but is skewed towards malt - caramel and toast and what I would describe as "typical Maris Otter aroma". Not really any fruit or hop aroma. A nice malt flavour dominates with somewhat restrained hop character though the beer could certainly not be described as sweet. Slight fruit emerges as it warms. Very nice, though not to the standard of the real deal in England. I wonder how much it has to do with correct serving method... Monday, July 11, 2005
mullet	3.5 Grumpys Honey Wheat Pale, clear, OK head. Fruity lime character vaguely like a Riesling (presumably from the honey) which is dominant yet subtle at the same time and never over the top. Light wheaty flavour - very fresh with a slight fruity tartness. No hop character, but well-balanced. Light and dry and very refreshing, even on a freezing cold July day in the hills. Very nice with a very distinctive flavour. It probably deserves a higher rating for overcoming the limitations of the style but it just doesn’t have enough guts to get a real high score. Monday, July 11, 2005
mullet	3.1 Grumpys Tom Cat Lager I gotta say I was really fired up to drink a commercial CAP, firstly because I’d never done so but mostly to see if my own attempts are on the right track (I think they are). It’s quite pale with light haze and OK head retention. There’s a slightly sweet, grainy corn aroma which I quite like, with some mild grassy herbal hop (thyme or rosemary I think.) It’s neither as malty or bitter as I was expecting, though it definitely would have a far lower OG than my own attempts. There’s some light peachy malt which becomes more prevalent as it warms and faint bitterness without much hop character. There’s also some kind of furry roughness. It’s nice stuff, and certainly well-brewed but it just didn’t have as much guts as I would have liked. And on a pedantic note I think this would technically be classed as a post-prohibition CAP on account of the relatively low alcohol content. NB. Poor English in the commercial description comes from the brewery, not me. I left it un-edited (not sure why.) Monday, July 11, 2005