Bees Brewery Reviews

Beese	3.5 Bees Stripey Jack 500ml bottle from an off-licence in Oakham and drunk on 11/04/2009. A very nice stout. Smooth and with a well balanced sweetness. Honey notes are subtle, but pleasant. Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Beese	3.1 Bees Amber 500ml bottle from Morrison’s, Oakham and drunk on 08/01/2009. A fairly nice bitter, a little darker than average. Brown sugar, toffee and cakey notes in the flavour. Tuesday, May 19, 2020
berila	4 Bees Amber Monday, November 5, 2018
wheresthepath	2.9 Bees Navigator [Bottle from "my good man" at the Bacton Shop, Bacton, Norfolk] Good to find a small village shop next to a coastal caravan park stocking local ales - and the proprietors were exceptionally friendly too! This beer was a reddish-amber, with orange and strawberry coming through. It’s mellow and warming, but rather vague. OK, nevertheless. Monday, September 3, 2012
sm89walt	2.4 Bees Stripey Jack Cask. Small & creamy lasting tan head atop a deep, slightly particulate opaque brown body. Quite oxidised. Red berries, port, prunes on the nose. Similar again on the palate with a bit of apple and a subtle fruit skin bitterness in the finish. An ever so slight roastiness running throughout. Medium body with a lingering sourness, soft mouthfeel. Beyond its best I think it’s safe to say. Sunday, July 31, 2011
sm89walt	3.2 Bees Navigator Cask (gravity). Fine, loose & disappearing bubbly white head atop a clear copper-amber body. Caramel, hint of yeast, orangey mid fruits & toasted malt aromas. Solid biscuit body, some mid fruits, yeast and a decent finishing toasty, grassy bitterness. Light to medium body, good length finish, softish carbonation. Sunday, July 31, 2011
FatPhil	3.3 Bees Honey Gravicask (Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2010) Orangy gold. Slightly sweet aroma, slight milkiness. Pencil shavings and medium roast malts in the taste, again the milkiness rolls over from the aroma. Some grains in the finish. Gets fruitier over time, but does head towards jam - add that to the milkiness, and I think that spells starting to spoil. Nevertheless - tasty as it is. Saturday, March 26, 2011
Ungstrup	2.8 Bees Navigator Cask. A hazy dark golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt as well as a lighter note of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of straw, leading to a lightly bitter finish. Friday, February 11, 2011
Ungstrup	3.1 Bees Wobble Cask. A dark red beer - almost opaque with a brown head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet wtih notes of roasted malt and caramel, leading to a dry and roasted finish. Friday, February 11, 2011
Ungstrup	3.1 Bees Stripey Jack Cask. A nut brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of malt and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, honey, and spices, leading to a dry honey-like finish. Friday, February 11, 2011
chriso	3.4 Bees Honey Cask (gravity dispense). Beer #8 at Cambridge Winter Beer Festival on 21 January 2011. Dark amber. Good condition. Maybe a hint of honey but very subtle. Biscuity malt. Light bitterness. Well balanced, with high drinkability. Rather enjoyable in a laid back kind of way. Friday, February 11, 2011
sm89walt	3.6 Bees Wobble Cask (gravity) - Norwich Beer Festival 2010. Very dark brown in appearance with a small & bubbly light brown head sitting on top. Creamy chocolate, coffee, smoke & seaweed aromas. Dominated by bitter chocolate & coffee on the tongue with an underlying dry saltiness. Soft mouthfeel, medium body with a dry medium length finish. Tuesday, October 26, 2010
fonefan	2.8 Bees Navigator Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. Light unclear medium amber orange color with a average, creamy to frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, fruity, peach notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100120] Sunday, September 5, 2010
fonefan	3.3 Bees Wobble Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, honey notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100120] Wednesday, August 25, 2010
fonefan	3.3 Bees Stripey Jack Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. Clear dark brown color with a average, creamy to frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, light chocolate, light honey. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, licorice, honey notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100120] Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Papsoe	2.9 Bees Navigator Cask. Very hazy amber golden with a small off-white head. Fruity, orangey nose. Light body, flat, discreet fruitiness and a dry hoppy finish. 200110 Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Papsoe	3.4 Bees Wobble Cask. Clear dark brown - very close to black - with a reddish hue and a creamy beige head. Lightly nutty nose with a whiff of coffee. Medium body, dried fruit and wood with some odd phenols before a dry finish. 200110 Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Papsoe	3.3 Bees Stripey Jack Cask. Pours a clear dark orangey brown with a creamy beige head. Roasted aroma, some coffee accents. Light body, flat, roasted malts, dried fruit and a light underlying tartness. Has a lightly malt bitter finish. 200110 Tuesday, April 13, 2010
greenmanalishi	2.7 Bees Navigator Crisp, tight white head, deep golden amber body. Crisp, bready hop aroma with some hint of fruit. Little bland in the flavour, diluted fruit cucumber/melon, woody backing. Wednesday, September 23, 2009
DJMonarch	3.4 Bees Wobble Cask Handpump at the New Oxford, Salford 17/03/2008 Fruity and a little roast aroma. Small tan head. Dark red coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a crisp dry and slightly bitter roast finish. Wednesday, July 29, 2009
maeib	3.3 Bees Mild Cask conditioned handpump Vin IV Leicester. A black beer with an off-white bubbly head. The aroma is dry and smoky. Thin in the mouth but with hints of roasted malts. Very mild. Wednesday, June 17, 2009
RichardGretton	3.1 Bees Bee 3 Bottle. Brownish beer with a strongish head. The aroma is mildy roasted and the flavour is quite bitter and sweetly roasted. Overall a nice but average beer. Friday, April 3, 2009
RichardGretton	3.5 Bees Stripey Jack Bottle. Black beer with a strong head - slight reddish tinge. The aroma is quite strongly roasted and the flavour is deeply roasted and bitter. Overall a nice beer. Wednesday, April 1, 2009
RichardGretton	3.1 Bees Errmm... Bottle. Pitch black beer with a relatively strong brown head. The aroma is weakly roasted, and the flavour is weakly bitter, very watery , slightly sour and weakly roasted. Overall a below average quite weakly roasted and yeasty beer. Sunday, March 22, 2009
leaparsons	3.4 Bees Bee 3 Bottle. Nutty and golden brown with an off white head. Aromas are toffee malts, pear and tea with citrus and hints of sulphur. Flavours are sweet toffee and chocolate with nutty notes. Some light grapefruit with yeast. Dry and bitter on the finish. A decent traditional bitter. Saturday, March 21, 2009
maeib	2.9 Bees Amber Cask conditioned handpump Vin IV - Leicester. A golden coloured beer with a whitish head. The aroma has fairly harsh grassy hops. Pretty bitter in the mouth with fruits. Reasonable enough but could prove tiresome. Wednesday, March 18, 2009
RichardGretton	3 Bees Navigator Bottle. Amber beer with a very strong head. The aroma is mildly toffee, and the flavour is hopped and toffee. Overall an average and plain beer. Sunday, February 8, 2009
leaparsons	3.2 Bees Black Christmas Bottle. Black with a beige head. Aromas are molasses and roast malts with spices and evident alcohol. Flavours are bitter coffee with dark chocolate. Soft berries with spices. Woody, hoppy and dry on the finish. Good. Friday, December 19, 2008
leaparsons	3.2 Bees Stripey Jack Bottle. Dark brown with a beige head. Aromas are earth and dry with berries. Quite spicy. Flavours are smoky with coffee malts. Peppery and earthy. Simple yet decent. Friday, December 19, 2008
leaparsons	3.5 Bees Errmm... Bottle conditioned. Black with a thin beige head. Aromas are sweet caramel and coffee with hints of honey. Some sweet oats with even more caramel coming through. Flavours are sweet caramel and chocolate malts with a light, earthy roast character. Some honey notes towards the finish with lemon. Smooth on the palate. Very decent. Thursday, November 27, 2008
DruncanVeasey	3.1 Bees Wobble Cask, Hinckley 08. Inky, headless and still. Red pepper, ash, coal smoke and coffee aroma. Lactic tang, cocoa and smoke. Festival splash of sourness. Lingers nicely, but a bit feeble-bodied and not wholly convincing. More chocolate as it warms. Won me over. Friday, September 19, 2008
leaparsons	2.3 Bees Rhubarb Bottle conditioned. Hazy pale gold with a small head. Aromas are biscuit malts with dusty notes. Some rhubarb sourness with hints of cream. Flavours are sweet and sour rhubarb. Dry and yeasty with a decent spritzy character. Better than some other rhubarb containing beers I’ve had. Thursday, August 28, 2008
leaparsons	1.7 Bees Elderflower Bottle conditioned. Golden with a small head. Aromas are sour with light floral notes. Tainted. Flavours are citrus with yeast and plenty of sourness. Hints of elderflower. Still drinkable but obviously tainted. Thursday, August 28, 2008
leaparsons	1.6 Bees Nettle Bottle conditioned. Dull amber gold with a small head. Aromas are sour and tainted with the nettle being largely lost. Flavours are yeasty and sour with hints of sweetness. Quite gassy. Three tainted Bees bottles tainted in a row. Shame. Thursday, August 28, 2008
leaparsons	2.9 Bees Honey Cask, Newark Fest 08. Golden with a smalll head. Aromas are caramel, citrus and yeasty with some woody notes and dark honey. Flavours are sweet caramel malts with yeast and citrus. Honey sweetness on the finish. Wednesday, August 13, 2008
RichardGretton	3.5 Bees Wobble Cask@Newark Beer Festival, 2008. Black beer with a lightly roasted aroma, and a roasted and lightly dry flavour. Overall a reasonable dark beer. Sunday, June 29, 2008
hughie	2.7 Bees Wobble Cask, gravity, at Cambridge Beer Festival ’08. Very dark brown. A slight chocolate aroma. Pleasant sweet coffee taste with some late bitterness. But that’s about it. Saturday, May 24, 2008
leaparsons	3.5 Bees Wobble Bottle. Black with a cappuccino head. Aromas are earthy roast coffee with lactose. Herbal and smoky with liquorice. Flavours are chocolate and coffee malts with yeast, light berries and some herbal notes. Lightly bitter and prickly on the finish. Good. Wednesday, April 23, 2008
leaparsons	2.9 Bees Navigator Bottle conditioned. Hazy amber with a small head. Aromas are tea and citrus with dry, earthy hops. Flavours are dry, woody and earthy with tea. Some toffee malts with melon fruitiness. Decent. Monday, March 24, 2008
maeib	3.6 Bees Wobble Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Leicester BF. A black ber with a smoky roasty fruity pleasant aroma. The taste is dry with burnt malts and a little fruit. A shortish finish but some good flavours. Saturday, March 15, 2008
albertane	3.6 Bees Wobble Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival. This was named the best stout of the festival and it was very good, especially impressive coming from a brewery that’s only been in operation for a few weeks. It’s got a rich palate and a smoky aroma. The flavour is full on roasted coffee and caramel with a delightful smoky quality. Definitely moreish. Saturday, March 15, 2008