Ironbridge & Wrekin Brewing Reviews

Beese	3.6 Ironbridge Steam Cask at GBBF, Earl’s Court on 03/08/2010. Not everyday you see a British Steam Beer, especially in 2010. I might have rated it overzealously, but I thought it was a great, and pretty true to style impression. Thursday, August 13, 2020
badhack	4 Ironbridge Wenlock Stout This recipe is being produced by Freewheel Brewing in Redwood City, CA. This was a nice stout, creamy and dark, with strong flavors of coffee and chocolate. So much that I would believe it was added rather than coming from the malt profile. Overall the malt character is dark and to the point, not sweet, and the creaminess makes it very drinkable. Monday, October 15, 2018
ManVsBeer	3.1 Ironbridge Gold Cask @ Pheasant, Wellington, Shropshire. Clear pale gold with a small head. Hoppy and easy-drinking with a clean texture. Wednesday, May 23, 2018
SamVimes21	3.3 Ironbridge Gold Saturday, January 20, 2018
FLBH	4 Ironbridge The Final Curtain Friday, February 24, 2017
BlackHaddock	3.3 Ironbridge Echoes Cask pint at the brewpub on 12th Jan 2017. Clear golden pour with a good head of white bubbles, heavy lacing on the glass. Hop centric and fairly bitter throughout. Decent blend of hops (I think), both piney and resiny with just a hint of ’new world’ citrus flavours. Liked it. Thursday, January 12, 2017
bb	3.2 Ironbridge Wenlock Stout Cask. Black beer with a tan head. Light roast aroma. Light caramel and light roast flavor with light coffee. Medium bodied. Light coffee and light roast lingers. Saturday, December 31, 2016
WingmanWillis	3 Ironbridge 4 Candles Saturday, December 24, 2016
jjsint	3.1 Ironbridge Gold Handpull cask at the Crown, Uppingham. Light gold. Clear with a big white head. Lemon/grapefruit, grass, hay and some soap in the aroma. Tastes quite bland: a bit of tangerine-peel bitterness which stays on the tongue through the medium to long finish. Nothing to get excited about but drinkable. Saturday, December 3, 2016
WingmanWillis	3 Ironbridge Echoes Friday, October 14, 2016
WingmanWillis	3 Ironbridge & Wrekin Hoptober Friday, October 7, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.5 Ironbridge & Wrekin Hoptober Cask pint, hand-pulled in the brewpub on 1st Oct 2016. Golden, clean and clear, on top a white foaming head. Well hopped and refreshing. I know it was well hopped because I was asked to help brew it by the brewer: but for the life of me I can not remember which hops actually went into it on each of the four ’adding hop stages’ we went through. Will most likely never brewed again, so get it down you if it appears in a pub near you. Sunday, October 2, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.3 Ironbridge American Pale Keg: half-pint in Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, Oakengates Shropshire on 19th Sep 2016. Clear golden pour, snow white head: cold, too cold on dispense. Nice hop profile with light malts keeping them in check. Not a lot of aroma because of the chilled temp. Liked it though. Tuesday, September 20, 2016
FLBH	4 Ironbridge American Pale Saturday, September 3, 2016
WingmanWillis	3 Ironbridge American Pale Saturday, August 27, 2016
minutemat	3.6 Ironbridge & Wrekin 48 Special Chinook Cask @ The Pheasant, Wellington, Salop. Pours clear gold, small white topping. Aroma presents a nice hoppy chinook hit. Taste is fresh and hoppy, surprisingly so in fact. Good Chinook single hop golden ale. Sunday, August 7, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.4 Ironbridge & Wrekin 48 Special Chinook Cask: hand-pulled pint in the brewpub on 26th July 2016. Clear golden pour, lasting white crown on top. Bitter and crisp hop flavours with a mild citrus leaning in the nose and taste, light herbal trace in the taste also. Decent, hop centric brew, light malty balance under the hoppy ruling classes. Tuesday, July 26, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.4 Ironbridge Wellington Cobbler Cask half-pint in Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, Oakengates on 25th July 2016. Clear and clean old gold body, decent white head that left some good lacing. Aroma was hoppy with a citrus leaning, as was the taste. Nice blend, with a bitter, dry finish. Tuesday, July 26, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.3 Ironbridge PPA (Pekko Pale Ale) Cask half-pint in Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, Oakengates on 25th July 2016. Light golden pour with a good, lasting white crown. Caramel sweetness in the taste and nose, alongside a citrusy flavouring from the hops. Mint? Found no evidence of any. Tuesday, July 26, 2016
FLBH	3 Ironbridge & Wrekin Heatwave Pale Ale Thursday, June 30, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.7 Wrekin Stout Cask half-pint at the brewpub on 28th June 2016. Asked the brewer if it was different to his other 5.1% Wenlock Stout and he said it was. Dark Ruby/Brown with a full, lasting tanned topping. Stouty in nature, malty, slightly bitter finish and a fine brew all round. Tuesday, June 28, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.5 Ironbridge & Wrekin Heatwave Pale Ale Hand-pulled pint in the Brewpub on 22nd June 2016. Bright bodied, light golden in colour, the head a snow white affair. Decent enough beer, no citrus notes within the nose or taste: more hops than light malts throughout and it finishes with a dry, hop bitterness. Thursday, June 23, 2016
BlackHaddock	3.3 Ironbridge Pale Ale Hand-pulled pint in the Brewpub during the afternoon of 11th June 2016 and then four more pints gravity poured from a Polypin in the evening. Golden body, clean and clear, the head a lasting white affair. Decent blend of light malts and floral/piney hops. easy drinking session ale. Wednesday, June 15, 2016
WingmanWillis	3 Ironbridge Pale Ale Sunday, May 1, 2016
WingmanWillis	3.5 Wrekin Stout Cask at the Pheasant Wellington. Pours black with decent off white head. Roasted malt aroma with a bit of smoke and burnt toffee. Tastes of chocolate, roast malt and coffee. Decent stout. Saturday, April 23, 2016
fonefan	3.3 Ironbridge Wellington Cobbler Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Ironbridge Wellington Cobbler ]. Clear medium to dark yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, pale malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010] Wednesday, January 27, 2016
minutemat	3.1 Ironbridge 48 Special Rakau Cask @ Fighting Cocks, Oakengates. Pours clear gold, small white head. Aroma is fruity citrus. Taste is malts with light peach and citrus. Not bad. Thursday, December 31, 2015
minutemat	2.7 Wrekin Cider Draught @ The Pheasant, Wellington, Shropshire. Pours cloudy gold. Taste is sweet desert apples, lots of sugar with sour laces and some odd marzipan notes. A bit too acidic. Could do with some improvement. Thursday, December 31, 2015
minutemat	3.3 Ironbridge 5 Cold Rings Cask @ The Pheasant, Wellington (Ironbridge brewpub). Pours gold with good white head. Aroma bears a nice fruitiness. Taste follows with a good malt sweetness present. Moderate bitter finish. Pleasant. Thursday, December 31, 2015
fonefan	2.9 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale ]. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, pale malt, vomit - UK yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, pale malt, citric - fruity notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150812] Thursday, December 31, 2015
WingmanWillis	4 Ironbridge 5 Cold Rings Friday, December 18, 2015
BlackHaddock	3 Wrekin Rakau Gravity poured cask pint on 5th Nov 2015 at the 1st CAMRA beer festival in Shifnal, Shropshire. Another golden ale with a new New Zealand hop variety as it’s base. Apricot like aroma and taste with a piny and bittering citrus feel to the flavour. Not really my thing, but decent enough: scored objectively. Tuesday, November 10, 2015
apickles	3.2 Ironbridge & Wrekin GW Gravity at the Nottingham Beer Festival. Slightly cloudy and golden in colour, no head. Quite a fresh smell a little citrussy some wheaty notes on first taste and then more come through afterwards. Pleasant mouth feel with a hint of ginger. Nice. Thursday, October 15, 2015
FLBH	3 Wrekin Last of the Summer Wednesday, September 23, 2015
WingmanWillis	4 Wrekin Last of the Summer Wednesday, September 23, 2015
FatPhil	2.6 Ironbridge Ironbrewer's Blonde Cask (Elm Tree, Cambridge) as "Wrekin Ironbridge Blond" Some sweet caramelly aroma, a bit of lemon, some popcorn. Odd sour taste. Flat palate. Pale. Some egginess. A boring blond. Do I get apples later? Not on top form I’d venture. Monday, September 7, 2015
Fin	3.3 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale *Cask, gravity at Shrewsbury Folk Festival Sunday 30th August 2015* Pours gold, pale gold with a thin white head of skittish bubbles. A dab of lemon on the tongue, mildly citrussy throughout, nice but restrained hoppiness. Good beer. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3 Sunday, August 30, 2015
FLBH	3 Ironbridge & Wrekin GW Sunday, August 23, 2015
rlgk	3.1 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale At Great British Beer Festival 2015, Day 2. Clear pale golden beer with a small head. Malty dusty aroma, hoppy, hay, citrus, some hay. Fruity hop lavor, grassy, raisins, floral, hay, herbal notes. Saturday, August 22, 2015
WingmanWillis	3 Ironbridge & Wrekin GW Saturday, August 22, 2015
chriso	2 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale Monday, August 17, 2015
madmitch76	3 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale 12th August 2015 GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear pale gold beer, small white head. Palate is light, semi dry and mildly crisp. Some mild sulphur. Light pale malts, trace of honey. Mild citric peel and modest grapefruit. Dry finish. Fine. Sunday, August 16, 2015
mR_fr0g	3.5 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale Cask at gbbf day 5. Cleat yellow straw coloured pour with a thin white head. Aroma is grainy. Grassy hop, earthy citrus character. Flavour is composed if grainy, grassy hop, berry, hay and straw. Palate is light and grainy. Firm bitterness. Tastes nice and rustic. Saturday, August 15, 2015
Leighton	4 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale Cask at GBBF 2015, day 5 - London. Pours clear yellow with a frothy white head. Very nice biscuity pale malts in the aroma, some hay, lemon rind. Light sweet flavor with crispy biscuits, dry white bread, lemon rind, state. Light bodiednwith fine carbonation; great condition. Nicely balanced finish, more biscuity pale malts, hay, lemon rind. Excellent golden ale. Saturday, August 15, 2015
yespr	3 Ironbridge Wrekin Pale Ale From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild herbal. Grassy, slight citrusy. Bitter, toasted and medium dry finish. Wednesday, August 12, 2015
cgarvieuk	3.3 Ironbridge Gold Cask at the pheasant... Golden... Small white head.. Soft floral fruit nose... Light grassy bitter orange fruits Monday, August 10, 2015
AshtonMcCobb	2.9 Wrekin Cider On cask handpull at the Pheasant in Wellington. Appearance - cloudy yellow and fairly still. Nose - dry apple juice. Taste - dry chemical taste like paracetamol. Then dry apples come through. Palate - light bodied with a tangy texture and a dry tangy finish. Overall - a bit strange but it improves. Taste - Palate - Overall - Thursday, July 16, 2015
AshtonMcCobb	3.2 Ironbridge & Wrekin Kiwi Pale Ale On cask at the Pheasant in Wellington. Appearance - golden with a resinous glow and a proportionate head. Nose - light lemon and grapefruit. Taste - grapefruit confirmed. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry bitter finish. Overall - very, very bitter. Thursday, July 16, 2015
fonefan	3.2 Ironbridge Wenlock Stout Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Ironbridge Wenlock Stout ]. Clear dark brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, moderate chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, burnt, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141008] Saturday, July 11, 2015
FLBH	3 Ironbridge & Wrekin Kiwi Pale Ale Saturday, May 2, 2015