
Category Archives: Hampshire

Mash Brewery – Mash Copper
Mash Brewery – Mash Copper 3.9%

This is a darker amber coloured ale with a toffee aroma. It has a sweet start with a strong woody dry taste, reminiscent of some Scotch Whisky.
This beer is brewed with English Goldings and Australian Galaxy hops by the Craft Brewers Mash Brewery in Winchester Hampshire.
Mash Brewery – Mash Amber Ale
Mash Brewery – Mash Amber Ale 4.3%

This is a Dark Golden/Amber coloured ale, with a malty aroma. It has an initial sweet taste, quickly followed by a resinous hop bitterness and a hint of smokeyness.
A pleasant ale brewed by the Mash Brewery. A craft brewery based at Burcot Farm, Winchester in Hampshire. It is brewed with barley malt and hops from the UK, Germany and the U.S.
Red Cat Brewing – Tomcat Premium Ale
Red Cat Brewing – Tomcat Premium Ale 4.7%

This is a golden ale with a fine sparkle and a warming resinous hop aroma of freshly bruised hops. It has a hoppy taste with grapefruit notes and a lasting bitterness.
Red Cat Brewing- Smoggy
Red Cat Brewing – Mr M’s Porter
Red Cat Brewing – Mr M’s Porter 4.5%

This is a dark brown ale with a strong roasted aroma of coffee notes and a dark head. The taste is sweetish with good strong coffee notes.
Bowman Ales – Quiver Bitter
Bowman Ales – Quiver Bitter 4.5%

Quiver Bitter is golden ale from the Bowman Ales Brewery, a micro-brewery in Droxford Hampshire. It has sweet floral fruity and ‘mown grass’ aromas and has a sweet warming malt taste, with a hop bitter follow-on.
This is a very good bitter, well worth finding. Described with an aroma of fresh moan grass. The bitter finish has just a hint of grapefruit pith, coming from the addition of American hops used but certainly not giving an excessive grapefruit taste.