Brew Wharf Rebel

Formerly brewed at Brew Wharf
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Southwark, England

Deep dark amber colored, little yellow head. Sweet, caramelly, slightly berry, even sour aroma. Thin to medium bodied. Flavor is also berryish with this sour, mild roastiness still, not too convincing flavor though. Berries last still in aftertaste.

Cask @ Croydon BF ’07. Dark brown colour with small beige head. Aroma is caramel, liquorice, yeasty. Taste is raisins, dark fruits, bready and a little thin. Ok, but there are far better.

Cask, Brew Wharf, Borough. Very dark brown with a thin off-white head. Nose is bitter, slightly clinical hops, some malt balance. Mouth is watery, bitter, some gravy, stock taste. Quite light bitterness, lasting malty tones, something there that makes it not quite gulpable though...

Cask at the brewpub. -1/2pint.
Dark reddish/brown coloured, small cappuccino head. Light sweet malty and nice hoppy aroma with notes of caramel, fruits and herbs. Moderate bitter finish.

Deep amber beer. Fresh UK malt aroma, a bit of caramel and light earthiness. Flavour is quite earthy and woody with a lot of herbal hop flavour. Nice pint.

Cask at the Brew Wharf, Southwark, London 27-10-07 Pours dark chesnut ruby sheen cutting through topped with a thin white head. Far too cold at first, why do they pour it this cold? This pretty much destroyed me being able to pick up any aroma’s. A lovely bitter burst in the mouth with an initial taste not too disimilar to flushed through coffee granules. Really quite nicely bitter, but finising with some sweet caramel and a suprisingly hoppy flourish. Very nice beer but £3.40 bit steep, still better than the Meantime IPA at £12.70 for a 750ml bottle (this can be picked up at £3.79 or thereabouts in Sainsburys what planet are they on here?)

Cask@ The Croydon Beer Festival 2007. I found this to be quite thin and flat.Dough and raisins sprang to mind for both aroma and taste.

On draught at the brewpub. Dark yellowish brown with a creamy little offwhite head. Toffee and citrus aroma, some grassiness as well. Some roasted flavours, but most of all very bitter. Medium to light body. A nice session beer.