Idle Brewery Reviews

Ajax50046	5 Idle Landlord Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Beese	1.6 Idle Tongue Cask at The Brewery Tap, Chester on 7 Dec 2012. Poured a very hazy golden colour, with a scummy white head. Very unappealing aroma; sulphur in there, masked some wet grass and flat malt. Flavours weren’t too bad; not exciting, but palatable malty, fruity notes. Finish was boiled sweets, grain and a little bitterness. Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Mr_Pink_152	2.7 Idle Golden Crown Tried at the CAMRA Lincoln beer festival 2014. Not a full rating as drunk as part of a whole day session. Saturday, May 24, 2014
Theydon_Bois	3.3 Idle Black Abbot Cask at the Alexandra Arms, Rugby, 16/12/13. Light black with a moderate light tan head that retains well. Nose is light roast, brown sugars, dark toffee fudge, dark berry fruit tang. Taste comprises earthy cocoa, jammy berry fruit, toffee fudge, light roastings, dark fruit tones. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light mineral bite lending towards a dry closure. Ok stout. Wednesday, December 18, 2013
jjsint	3.1 Idle Sod Pale yellow beer. Sour and malty aroma, not like a golden beer. Good sweet-sour balance and fresh finish. Not bad. Sunday, July 28, 2013
fonefan	3.1 Idle Sod Cask (handpump) @ Elm Tree, 16a Orchard Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England CB1 1JT. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130119] Monday, May 27, 2013
ralphdot	3.2 Idle Sod 4.2% gold colour with a good head, fruity malt aroma, refreshing bitter hoppy taste. Monday, April 1, 2013
FatPhil	2.6 Idle Sod Draught (Elm Tree, Cambridge) Sweet mustard aroma. Gravy-like savoury taste - sage and onion stuffing. Flat. Past its prime from that clue, I’d say, but it’s only been on one day. Herbal finish. Taragon. Tuesday, January 22, 2013
BJ_Beer	4 Idle Black Abbot Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Leighton	2.5 Idle Tongue Cask at Baxter’s Court, JDW, London. Pours clear gold with a small, white cream head. Doughy pale malt nose. Light to medium sweet with notes of hay and plastic. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Light sweetness at the end with moderate straw and faint plastic bitterness. A mediocre beer that seems to be in rather poor shape - or perhaps it’s just a downright bad beer. Who knows... Saturday, November 3, 2012
maeib	3.4 Idle Black Abbot Cask conditioned handpump Rowell Charter Rothwell 17/10/12. A black beer with a beige head and lace. A roasty and fruity aroma with a hint of sourness. Sweeter and roastier in the mouth with a decent length of flavour. Not Earth shattering, but a decent stout. Saturday, October 27, 2012
ralphdot	2.9 Idle Dog 4.2% deep amber with a thin head, malt aroma, slightly sweet caramel taste, no hops (it is supposed to be hoppy). Tuesday, August 28, 2012
HogTownHarry	3.6 Idle Dog Handpull at The Wheatsheaf (Southwark). Deep copper-amber with a small but long-lasting creamy beige head. Nice plum/prune lightly sour aoma, a hint of leathery merlot - some light herbal bitterness - taste too, maybe a bit grapey. Slick, lightly cabonated, finishes quick and dry and fruity (like eating a fistful of good raisins) with just a whisper of lingering acidity. Friday, August 24, 2012
imdownthepub	2.1 Idle Black and Tan Cask conditioned at The Lord Nelson, Oakham, Rutland. Very dark brown with no head. Tartish and fruity whilst being thin and flat. Not particularly good. Sunday, August 5, 2012
madmitch76	1.2 Idle Boggin 11th September 2009 Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Clear brown beer. Horrible nose of old socks and cheese. Taste is sour malt. Sour aftertaste. Can’t be right! Sunday, May 27, 2012
ralphdot	3.6 Idle Landlord 4.6% amber colour with a good head, malty aroma, toffee and malt taste, I didn’t get the coffee, very nice. Saturday, April 7, 2012
DanielBrown	3.5 Idle Black and Tan Hand pulled at the Fat Cat, Sheffield. A smooth and dark brown, with a very creamy beige head. Feint, Mild-style coffee nut flavour. Pleasant, without being necessarily exciting. Nice. Sunday, April 1, 2012
rosenbergh	3 Idle Pirate's Tipple Cask at the Guildford Arms, Edinburgh, Scotland. Clear pale golden colour with small white head. Citrusy fruity and berry hops in aroma. Tobacco, grassy and fruity hops, liquorice and yeast in flavour. Sunday, February 26, 2012
niquillis	3.4 Idle Dog On cask at white star, stoke. Pours dark amber with white head. Caramel, toffee and a good dose of malts. Feels like a Xmas ale. Decent ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Sunday, December 18, 2011
leaparsons	3.2 Idle Guy Cask, The Salmon, Leicester. Amber with an of-white foam. Aromas are toffee, pear and caramel with raisins and white grape juice. Flavours are white wine with caramel and ripe apple and pear. Peppery and fruity on the finish. Pretty decent. Friday, November 18, 2011
downender	3 Idle Black Abbot On gravity at the Green Man, Bristol 15/09/2011. Dark brown with a slight, off-white head. Big, roasted malts, bitter chocolate and a dry finish. Ok. Sunday, September 18, 2011
downender	3.1 Idle Honey Porter On gravity at the Green Man, Bristol 15/09/2011. Dark brown with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of dark fruit, honey and roasted malts. Flavour was sweet and slightly earthy, with more fruit and a hint of honey, before a dryish finish. Ok. Sunday, September 18, 2011
Leighton	2.9 Idle Landlord Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours hazy amber with no head. Rish malt nose, some fruit and cake. Messy flavor, light toast, soap, slight tang. Bland, mostly. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Fairly messy on the finish, and bland too. Wednesday, September 14, 2011
madmitch76	3.1 Idle Sod 27th August 2011 Gravicask at the Angel mini beer festival, Kelvedon. Hazy gold beer with a residual white head. Light semi dry palate. A little pale malt. Okay citrussy orange and lemon. Fresh. Finishes semi dry. Monday, August 29, 2011
FatPhil	3.2 Idle Landlord Cask (GBBF2011, Wed) Coffee roast aroma, fairly sweet. After tasting it I can detect some sharpness, almost sourness - yes, I can smell the sourness now. However, some sips are devoid of it. Dry ferny hops - fresh hop cones, but a bit papery in the finish. Grainy and roasty. Has ups and downs. Sunday, August 21, 2011
Dedollewaitor	3 Idle Landlord Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours cloudy amber with a white head. Roast, ashes and fruit. Dusty. Medium bodied. Saturday, August 20, 2011
Theis	2.8 Idle Landlord Cask at GBBF 2011 - Tuesday. Cloudy red/brown - offwhite head. Nutty, tea, berries, fruity, red berries, light cherry, fruity, licorice, ryebread, caramel, roasted notes. Monday, August 15, 2011
oh6gdx	3.7 Idle Landlord Cask@GBBF2011. Ambery brown colour with a small white head. Aroma is nuts, burnt sugar, caramel, mild bacon, some toasted notes as well as mild leathery and wooden notes as well. Flavour is being quite similar in a very nice balance. Quite toasted notes in the finish and aftertaste. Wednesday, August 10, 2011
yespr	3.2 Idle Landlord From cask. Pours hazy dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is roasted malty and breadish, toffee and caramelish. Bitter, dark malty and roasted. Bitter. Ends dry and bitter into the far finish. Tuesday, August 9, 2011
joergen	2.8 Idle Landlord Cask at GBBF 2011. Clear orange coloured with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma of caramel with notes of yeast and ashtray. Fruity flavour of caramel with notes of grass and hops. Dry hoppy finish. Monday, August 8, 2011
Travlr	3.7 Idle Landlord Cask hand pull at GBBF. Hazy amber color. Aroma of smoked caramel. Taste has lots of spice and a smokey edge. Nice. Wednesday, August 3, 2011
oh6gdx	3.4 Idle Ticker Cask@Market Porter, London. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is malts, some fruits, earth as well as some mild floral notes. Balanced and nice. Flavour is fruity, mild berries, some earth as well as some malts and quite wooden notes as well. Thursday, July 28, 2011
madmitch76	2.8 Idle Landlord 24th April 2009 Clear brown beer. Reasonably full bodied. Malty with a reasonable balance of hop. Saturday, May 21, 2011
DanielBrown	2.4 Idle Black Abbot Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. Slightly baggy, aching taste. Some choc, with a wallpaper wash. Roast with a damp carpet, furred tinge. Scrapes average. Wednesday, May 18, 2011
chriso	2.9 Idle Landlord Cask (handpump) at the Southampton Arms on 3 December 2010. A quite dark coloured bitter. No head. Not much condition. Fruity malt aroma. More fruit on the palate. Rather sweet. OK but not entirely to my taste. Friday, March 11, 2011
sm89walt	2.9 Idle Eyes Cask (gravity) - The Duke of Wellington, Norwich. Fine & bubbly, lasting beige head, soapy lce; clear copper-amber body. Biscuity malt, caramel & mid fruit aromas. A bit of sulphur too on the swirl. A fair fruity malt body, some yeast though a mostly hidden plastic note does come through. A relatively balanced & quaffable but unexciting bitter. Light to medium body with a bit of spritz on the palate, a fairly short toasty-grassy bitterness & a lingering fruity aftertaste. Thursday, February 3, 2011
Finn	2.3 Idle Black Abbot Cask på Fat Cat, Sheffield 1 Okt 10. Svart. Lavt skum. Aroma av røstet malt & sjokolade. Smaken litt vassen. Anonym. Tørr bitterhet i avslutningen. Monday, November 1, 2010
Rune	3 Idle Black Abbot Good looking appearance with a deep, dark brown body to a shiny black surface. Smell of dark chocolate malts, slightly roasted. Rounded taste character of choco-caramel malts. Bittersweet tail. Well made and easy to drink. Cask, half at Fat Cat, Sheffield 1 Oct 10. Monday, November 1, 2010
hughie	2.7 Idle Landlord Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber. Malt aroma. Earthy malt taste with some rather grim sourness and a hint of saltiness. Mid bitter. Not a trace of the promised caramel and coffee. Sunday, October 10, 2010
hughie	3 Idle B In case you are wondering, judging by the pumpclip, the ’B’ of the title appears to be of the insect variety, and is portrayed being suitably idle in a deckchair. Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Gold with a small white head. Slight sourness in both aroma and taste, but the main feature is a pleasant sweetness with some grainy notes. Mid bitter finish. Slightly watery to be honest, but decent enough on a summer’s day. Though it is actually now October with dank, foggy mornings here in the Ouse Valley. Tuesday, October 5, 2010
hughie	2.9 Idle Bodger Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber with a fullish white head. Faint sweet malt aroma, never developing much more. Taste had malt and fruity sourness. Some bitterness. Not a lot going on here but quite likable in a bland sort of way. Sunday, October 3, 2010
DruncanVeasey	2.4 Idle Bodger Cask handpull, The Bath Hotel, Sheffield. Stork in running shoe aroma. Dusty headless brown. Diacetyl and biscuit with dried grape undercurrents. Not looked after. Sunday, August 1, 2010
bobinlondon	2.6 Idle Sod Hand pulled cask at Sportsman at Croxley near Watford. Gold with a thin white head. Subtle wheat sourness and little hop flavour. Bland. Sunday, July 25, 2010
imdownthepub	3 Idle Black Abbot Cask conditioned at The New Wheatsheaf, Borough, Gt London. Black with slight head. This was somewhat flat unfortunately, because otherwise it was a decent enough fruity stout, lacking the bite of a classic, but there is a dark, roasty character. Sunday, March 14, 2010
leaparsons	2.7 Idle Bodger Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Amber with a small head. Aromas are light toffee malts and strawberry. Flavours are thin toffee malts with citrus. Dry on the finish. A bit dull. Tuesday, November 24, 2009
DJMonarch	3 Idle Bodger Cask Handpump at Thomas Rigby’s, Liverpool 29/08/2009 Floral aroma. Small white head. Bronze coloured and a little fruity with a crisp and slightly dry lasting malt finish. Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Fin	3.5 Idle Black Abbot Cask, handpump at the Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks 09-11-09 Pours black with a hardly a head except maybe a small tan rim of bubbles. Nutty, bitter and roasty, burnt toast and nicely bitter at end. It’s fine. A7 A3 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5 Wednesday, November 11, 2009
DJMonarch	2.8 Idle Black Abbot Cask Handpump at the Cricketer’s Arms, Keighley 14/03/2009 Fruity aroma. Beige head. Black slightly rich on the palate and fruity with a little dryness and bitterness in a burnt roast finish. Friday, October 30, 2009
chriso	3.3 Idle Black Abbot Cask (handpump) at the Jolly Brewers, Lincoln, April 2008. A really nice looking stout. Very dark but not quite opaque with a reddish tinge and a modest, but lasting beige head. Lots of chocolate and burnt/roast malt in the aroma. The burnt malt turns quite bitter on the palate and the mouthfeel is light, maybe a little thin, with a pronounced bitter finish. Decent, but doesn’t quite fulfil the initial promise of the appearance and aroma. Wednesday, October 21, 2009
bb	2.9 Idle Dog Cask. Rich amber beer with a cream colored head. caramel aroma. Malt and light hay flavor with light fruitiness. lighter bodied. Malt lingers with light caramel and light fruit. Friday, October 16, 2009