Keystone Brewery Reviews

oh6gdx	3 Keystone Bedrock Cask@Angleterre, Helsinki. Deep amber colour with a mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is nutty, some wooden and mild floral tones. Flavour is nutty, caramelly, some floral, herbal and mild wooden tones. Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Cheeseboard	2.9 Keystone Large One Gravity cask at Maltingsfest, Newton Abbot 23/04/20220. Pours clear golden towards amber with a white cap. Aroma: bread, caramel, dried fruits. Taste: light sweet & bitter, semi-dry, bread, caramel, hedgerow berries. Medium body with soft carbonation. Sunday, April 24, 2022
DJMonarch	3 Keystone Large One Cask Handpump at GBBF 2012, Kensington Olympia 08/08/2012 Some hop aroma. Golden coloured fruity and a little hoppy with a hint of dryness in a bitter malt finish. Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Theydon_Bois	3.2 Keystone Large One Cask at the Bell Inn, Wylye, 09/09/21. Clear golden amber with a decent white head .... lacing follows. Nose is fruit slice, raisins, grains, breads. Taste comprises fruit slice, hint of caramel, light sugars. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a light bitter wash. Descent bitter if a touch on the sweet side but flavorosome none the less. Friday, October 15, 2021
bicesterbeermeister	3.8 Keystone Cheer Up Wednesday, February 27, 2019
imdownthepub	3.1 Keystone Large One Cask conditioned at The Alehouse, Reading, Berks. Amber with white head. There is a thinnish character to this, light then a twiggy, earthy flavour emerges. A fairly basic bitter overall and okay. Thursday, January 17, 2019
JoeMcPhee	3.3 Keystone Gold Hill Pale golden pour with a white head. The nose is slightly fruity and a bit dry. A touch of grass and some soft fruit as well. Has a little bit of sulfur and a bit of light woodsy bitterness. Overall, quite a nice pint of golden ale. Thursday, December 28, 2017
imdownthepub	3.1 Keystone Wiltshire Pale Ale Cask conditioned at Peterborough Beer Festival ’17. Gold with white head. Quite a thinnish beer this with a light lagery character. Malty and slightly sweet. It’s okay. Sunday, August 27, 2017
Finn	2.4 Keystone Cheer Up Fra cask på Bell Inn Bath 3 Mai 17. Gylden. Filmskum. Veldig forsiktig aroma av bær. Smaken balansert. Litt syrlig frukt med en tørr avslutning. Thursday, June 1, 2017
Rune	2.8 Keystone Cheer Up Half-pint, cask, shared with Finn at Bell Inn. Fading off-white head, dotted spots on the glass. Clear copper coloured body body. Aroma of Earthy, mid-sweet malts joined by herbal hops. Flavoured with caramel and dried fruits. Rounded malt-fruity tail. Average stuff, quite alright. (Bath 03.05.2017). Sunday, May 28, 2017
imdownthepub	2.6 Keystone Cornerstone Cask conditioned at The Alehouse, Reading, Berks. Copper to orange with off white head. There is a soured fruitiness to this from the off, soft palate, almost creamy with a thinnish character. The fruitiness tends to dominate unfortunately. Not for me. Wednesday, May 11, 2016
downender	2.9 Keystone Gold Hill Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 9/4/2015. Deep gold with a decent, off-white, head. Sweet, corn malts, some marmalade, a hint of butter and moderately bitter finish. So so. Friday, April 10, 2015
colemanzuber	3 Keystone Porter Sunday, December 21, 2014
Butters_Hard	1.8 Keystone Gold Standard Dark gold and velvet smooth. Hints if orange peel and cloves. Crisp and refreshing and full bodied. Very Moorish.. Friday, November 28, 2014
The_Osprey	2.7 Keystone Cornerstone Gravity cask. Dark orange, light haze, still, small white head. Body is light, smooth, low carbonation. Taste has light biscuit, mild and watery, no real bitterness. A little insipid this one. Sunday, November 2, 2014
Fin	3.3 Keystone Bedrock Had this at the Main Bar at End of The Road Festival, Friday 29th August 2014 A fairly traditional fruity bitter, a little burton snatch on the nose. Tangy fruity bitter, but its fine, perhaps a little better than expected. A little dry at finish A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4 Sunday, August 31, 2014
fonefan	2.7 Keystone Large One Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. Clear medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, light hoppy, tobacco notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20120808] Monday, May 27, 2013
madmitch76	2.5 Keystone Large One 8th August 2012 GBBF. Clear gold beer, no real head. Light semi dry palate. Flat. Honeyish malt. Superlight citrus. Dry finish. A golden surely? Okay taste - lifeless body. Sunday, October 21, 2012
oh6gdx	3.4 Keystone Large One Cask@GBBF2012. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is fruity, floral and some mild herbal notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, nectary and herbal with some slight salty notes. Monday, August 20, 2012
a_cross	3.6 Keystone Gold Standard Cask; bright gold, clear, thin foamy head; summer fruit flavours to the fore, ripe peach in particular, along with some grainy malt; smooth mouthfeel; moderate piney hop bitterness to finish; an excellent beer for a hot summer’s day. Tuesday, June 5, 2012
evergreen0199	3.2 Keystone Cheer Up Cask at Battersea beer festival 2012. A brown/copper coloured pour with a small white head on top. Malty aroma. Tastes malty, fruity, slightly sweet. A decent English bitter. Saturday, February 18, 2012
BeerViking	2.5 Keystone Gold Standard Gravity at Battersea beer festival 2012, peach and biscuits nose, mid body, bit of malt, unexceptional. Thursday, February 9, 2012
BeerViking	2.5 Keystone Bedrock Gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 2012. Brown bitter, a little malt aroma, beery body, hints of oak. OK but dull. Thursday, February 9, 2012
olio	2.5 Keystone Large One Cask @ Salhojankadun Pub, Tampere. Pours clear copper colour with no head. Aroma of fruits, berries, and grass. Flavour of fruits, malts, mild berry notes and some grass. Fruity palate all the way through to the end. 3313 Saturday, January 28, 2012
lusikka	3 Keystone Large One Cask @ Salhojankadun Pub, Tampere. Pours a copper colour without a head. Aroma of toasted malts, grass and hay. Light flavour of toasted malts, floral hops, nuts and dried fruits. Light bodied, slick mouthfeel and a malty, light fruity finish. Your average bitter. Saturday, January 28, 2012
laiti	3 Keystone Large One Cask @ Salhojankadun Pub Aroma is fruity with bready malt and hints of hay. Flavour has some fruity hops with flowery notes and bready malt. Rather fruity but otherwise quite typical real ale. Saturday, January 28, 2012
Ungstrup	2.8 Keystone VPA Cask at Bishops Stortford Beer Festival 2010. A hazy golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt as well as lighter notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt as well as lighter notes of lemon, leading to a dry and bitter finish. Wednesday, July 20, 2011
maeib	3.5 Keystone Porter Bottled. A black beer with an off-white head. A roasty and smoky aroma with some burnt milk notes. A dry roasty taste with plenty of coffee. Pretty bitter and has the odd veg note. A decent porter. Monday, June 13, 2011
wheresthepath	3.6 Keystone Gold Spice [Gravity cask at Chippenham Beer Festival] Light gold. Ginger is evident but is well balanced against the smooth, creamy, malty beer. Surprised me by being one of the better ginger beers I’ve had. Tuesday, May 17, 2011
chriso	2.6 Keystone Large One Cask (gravity dispense) at the Pigs Ear Beer Festival, London on 6 December 2006. Amber colour. Clammy, slightly raw malt aroma. Slightly fruity aroma. No great hop presence. Thin mouthfeel. Anonymous standard bitter and didn’t seem in great shape - possibly rather green. Flagged for re-rate. Thursday, March 3, 2011
downender	3.1 Keystone Doorman Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 10/02/2011. No ABV given on the pump clip. Dark brown with a fluffy, off white head. Roast malt aroma with some decent fruit. Flavour of chocolate and prunes, with a dryish coffee finish. Fine. Friday, February 18, 2011
tdtm82	3.7 Keystone Porter Cask, Woolpack, Chelmsford, pint. God lacing, opaque colour, coffee, roasted malts, chocolate. cream aggressive bitterness, good balance, oily, soft carbonation. Excellent. 5.5% abv. Saturday, September 11, 2010
SaintMatty	3.1 Keystone Gold Standard Cask (Cricketers, Southampton) - Golden with a white head. Malty aroma with hints of grass and fruit. Balanced malty and hoppy taste with some more fruity hints. Friday, September 3, 2010
mjs	2.9 Keystone VPA (Cask at Kitty’s, Helsinki) Poured golden and slighly hazy. Head was medium sized, white and it disappeared quickly. Aroma contained malts, yeast and mild sourness. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, hops, fruitiness, herbalness, mild sourness, sweetness, wort and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter. Monday, August 30, 2010
mjs	3.3 Keystone Large One (Cask at Black Door, Helsinki) Poured amber and clear. Head was medium sized, quite quickly disappearing and white. Aroma contained molasses and malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were molasses, mild roastedness, nuts, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste contained molassses and bitterness. Monday, August 30, 2010
mjs	2.7 Keystone Gold Standard (Cask at St. Urho’s Pub, Helsinki) Poured amber and clear. Head was medium sized and white. Aroma contained toffee, strawberry and malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, strawberry, hops, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter. Monday, August 30, 2010
esox	2.6 Keystone VPA Cask. Pale amber beer, thick white head. The aroma hoppy, slightly citrusy and even polleny. This was casked today and yeastiness is quite evident. Tastes dryish, somewhat yeasty-sour with bitterish hops. Thin malt body. Light on palate, tacky mouthfeel Drinkable, not memorable. Saturday, August 28, 2010
chriso	3.5 Keystone VPA Cask (gravity dispense) at Woodies Beer Festival, New Malden on 21 August 2010. Pale gold colour. Clear and in good condition. Citrus aroma with some biscuity malt. Good refreshing mouthfeel. Fairly straightforward but very enjoyable. Friday, August 27, 2010
downender	3.2 Keystone VPA Cask-conditioned at the Victoria, Clifton, Bristol 20/08/10. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. Sweetish, slightly honeyed aroma with a hint of spice and grassy hop. Flavour of apricots, with a slightly yeasty edge and moderately bitter finish. Fine. Saturday, August 21, 2010
oh6gdx	3.2 Keystone VPA Cask@Bishops Stortford Beer Festival 2010. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is wood, some mild vanilla and honeyish notes as well. Flavour is quite similar in a rather nice balance. A pleasant Golden Ale. Wednesday, August 11, 2010
leaparsons	2.9 Keystone Born To Be Mild Cask, Newark Fest 10. Hazy copper with a thin head. Aromas are light roast malts with berries. Some chocolate. Flavours are yeasty with caramel and chocolate. Some tart citrus notes. OK. Tuesday, July 6, 2010
oh6gdx	2.6 Keystone Gold Spice Cask. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is bready malts, some mild fruits and nectar along with mild honey. Flavour is quite similar. Rather typical golden/blond ale. Saturday, May 15, 2010
downender	3.2 Keystone Born To Be Mild Cask-conditioned at the Royal Oak, Bath 29/04/10. Dark reddish-brown with a decent, off-white head. Plenty of dark fruit and roasted malts, with a touch of sweetness. Good. Thursday, April 29, 2010
oh6gdx	3.4 Keystone Porter Cask@O’Connells, Tampere. Deep murky amber colour with not too much head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, mild dark dry fruits as well as some mild vanilla. Flavour is roastedmalts, coffee and mild chocolate. Thursday, April 1, 2010
downender	3.5 Keystone Cheer Up Cask-conditioned at the Southampton Arms, London 25/03/10. Copper coloured with a thin white head. Sweet malty aroma, with some powdered chocolate, red fruit and long, bitter finish. Very good. Friday, March 26, 2010
downender	3.1 Keystone Gold Standard Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol, 8/03/10. Clear gold in colour with a decent white head. Citrus hop aroma with a touch of sweet malt. Flavour started sweet, with a touch of spice, leafy hops and dry finish. Ok. Monday, March 8, 2010
downender	2.7 Keystone Bedrock Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 07/02/10. Copper coloured with no head. Sweet, malty, with a yeasty marmite edge and short, bitter finish. Unimpressive. Sunday, February 7, 2010
FatPhil	3.7 Keystone Porter Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo) Very deep red, small head. Rich chocolatey aroma. Quite thin refreshing palate, carbonation low. Chock full of smooth roasty chocolatey aromas and retronasals. Fairly simple body - roasts plus some light hoppy tingles. Great porter, sessionable I’m sure. Unusually, Anna didn’t have this. Sunday, January 17, 2010
oh6gdx	2.6 Keystone Gold Standard Cask@Black Door, Helsinki. Deep golden colour, not much head. Aroma is wood, earthyness as well as some mild caramel. Flavour is the same with some rather eggy notes. Thursday, December 17, 2009
madmitch76	3.8 Keystone Gold Spice 28th September 2007. St Albans Beer Fest. Oh dear. This rate comes at the end of a long days drinking. All I wrote was ’A very light ginger ale, very drinkable’ Wednesday, December 9, 2009