Here are the beer cellar reviews, listed according to their scores. Those graded with identical scores are listed together, without any significance to their internal order.
| Top Scoring | Alphabetical (by beer) | Alphabetical (by brewery) |
| Beer | Brewery | ABV (%) | Comments | Score:/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piraat | Van Steenberge | 10.50 | Solid, but not a pils. Strong, with strong aftertaste. | 8.0 |
| Dubble | Witkap Pater | 7.00 | Strong, solid brown. Like a winter ale, without having the xmas branding. It holds a wet aftertaste. | 8.0 |
| Fraises | Chapeau De Troch | 3.50 | Fresh strawberries. Similar to a triffle, or jelly. Because it’s got the creaminess of a triffle. And the fresh is because it tastes like real fresh straws have been used, and not concentrate. | 8.0 |
| Le Verger de Giverny | The orchard of Giverny | 5.00 | Sweet, slightly syrupy (so better watered with ice). Golden color. | 8.0 |
| Moonraker | J W Lees | 7.50 | Smooth, 2nd hit of caramel, dry. Holds on the palette. Good with food. Might be too much for session. | 8.0 |
| Oscar Wilde | Mighty Oak | 3.50 | A good mild with hints of chocolate, malt, and coffee. | 8.0 |
| Grottenbeir | St Bernadus | 6.50 | Aromatic dark ale, thin, but nice taste. CO2 holds in the mouth | 8.0 |
| Malheur Dark Brut | Malheur | 12.00 | Very strong, burnt caramel, disparates flavours with good complexities | 8.0 |
| Fruit de Bois | Grisette | 3.50 | Liquid fruit, sweet, light, minimal CO2 and lingering aftertaste | 8.0 |
| Wittekerk Rose | Bavik | 4.30 | Wheat-based fruit beer. Raspberry aroma. Not too sweet. | 8.0 |
| Pitch black | Everards | 4.30 | Dark stout, roast aftertaste, strong bitter. | 8.0 |
| Hoegaarden Rosé | Hoegaarden, InBev | 4.50 | Very fruity nose, very little as it goes down, but very little sweetness. Framboise dies quickly. | 8.0 |
| Kasteel Blonde | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 11.00 | Good blonde leanings, with fizz. Both dissipate. | 8.0 |
| Leute Bokbier | Van Steenberge | 7.50 | Good solid brown/dark red beer. Very prominent aftertaste. Yeast, cheery, and fruit flavours. | 8.0 |
| Dorothy Goodbodys Golden Ale | Wye Valley Brewery | 4.20 | Great aroma of hops and citris, with smooth flow and gentle mouthfeel. Has a few bubbles. Earthy finish | 8.0 |
| Old Bob | Ridley's, through Greene King | 5.10 | Rounded, smooth, red bitter. Dark fruity aroma. Enjoyable direct mouthfeel. | 8.0 |
| Coopers Sparking Ale | Coopers | 5.80 | Light, fizzy, and refreshing, with golden colour and quite sweet malts. Yeast must be suspended. | 8.0 |
| Abbot Ale | Greene King | 5.00 | Full ripe flavours or malt, hops, with fruit and floral over tones. Good for cold weather. | 8.0 |
| Jaipur IPA | Thornbridge Brewery | 5.90 | Lovely bouquet, underpinning the honey tastes than come later. Strong hoppiness, which dissipates into a tight bitter finish | 8.0 |
| Keizer Karel | Haacht | 9.00 | Blonde Belgian beer with truly wonderful aroma. Hoppy and light, but heavy in alcohol. Intriguing. | 8.0 |
| Temptation | Durham Brewery | 10.00 | A Russian stout with black body, cola-like head, with brown scintilating head rounded bitterness with soft chocolate malts, hints of burnt coffee and licorice. | 8.0 |
| Ramblers Ruin | Breconshire Brewery | 5.00 | Dark amber beer made with crystal and black malts. Mild tastings, smooth with sensible head and good body. Holds with soft malt in mouth. Touch of biscuit. | 8.0 |
| Otley Garden | Otley Brewing | 5.40 | Honey touches throughout beer - mouthfeel, taste and follow-through. Light, murky (but pleasant) visually, with light co2. | 8.0 |
| Three Feathers | Great Orme | 5.00 | Good mix of bitter and sweet. Slight cream texture. Light taste and mouthfeel. | 8.0 |
| Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen | Binding-Brauerei (Oetker Group) | 5.00 | Sweet apple and citrus aroma. Amber colour wheat beer with tang of green banana. Not much of aftertaste, which is fortunate given the fruits already present. | 8.0 |
| Brand Dark Brown | Brand | 3.50 | Brown ale, like name suggests. Light malt taste (like a malzbier-lite), strong aftertaste of hop and honey, with all tastes pulling together. | 8.0 |
| Redstreak SV | Perry’s of Somerset | 6.00 | A cider, despite the name. Medium sweet, intoxicating aroma. Good introduction to real cider. | 8.0 |
| A over T | Hogsback | 9.00 | A strange beer from this, usually traditional, brewery. Very strong in alcohol and flavour, like liquid raisins - which occupy nose and pallet. For dedicated fans only. | 8.0 |
| Alton's Pride | Triple FFF | 3.80 | Light golden, but slightly cloudy, sharp fizzy beer with slight malt and growing aftertaste. Won 2008 champion beer. Good standard, yet inoffensive, beer. | 8.0 |
| Black Dog Freddy | Beckstones | 3.80 | Black in name and nature. Not hollow, but balanced and slight in taste and a/t. Mellow throughout, while keeping all characteristics of a mild. Grows to session. | 8.0 |
| Monkman's Slaughter | Cropton | 6.00 | Full rounded beer which is nicely rich and warmed like a coal fire at midnight. A full-rounded mouthfeel and taste reminiscent of fruit and nut chocolate, slightly over burnt with caramel. | 8.0 |
| Ruby Mild | Hopshackle | 5.80 | Dark ruby in colour, with light foam head. Basic malt aromd, but sweet malts means strains of Belgian stout, "Hercule" are here - only without the licorice. | 8.0 |
| Redwing | Potton | 4.80 | Red means ruby - ruby in full-bodied visual appeal, ruby in follow through, ruby in the malt and fruit aroma. Quickly dying fruit finish. | 8.0 |
| Taiphoon | Hopback Brewery | 4.20 | Light ale with corresponding light golden colour. Soft foam head, and delicate taste. Primary tang is lemongrass, making it good for mild curries (as anything stronger would destroy the taste) slight fruityness also. Although soft cream and mixed hop tast | 8.0 |
| Gulden Draak | Brewery Van Steenberge | 10.50 | Triple. Dark as Kasteel Bruin, with a light tart-ness like a Faro or Gueuze. Good beer, but not sure what it wants to be. | 8.0 |
| Hertog Jan Gran Prestige | Arcense Bierbrouwerij | 10.00 | Dark, malty beer with smokiness (often attributed to mild coffee/chocolate) SOmetimes considered a barley wine. | 8.0 |
| Kingston Black | Millwights | 6.00 | Dry, good follows at back of mouth, but not as interesting or layered as the Heck's cider from the same apple | 8.0 |
| Double Brown Ale | Svaneke Bryghuset | 5.70 | Raisin aroma with sour dough mouthfeel. Deep brown, foamy head, gives way to quaffable, session brown ale, more taste in aftertaste that during drinking. | 8.0 |
| Rød Quinua | Søgaards Bryghus | 4.50 | Golden red beer with fruit blossom. Morrello (sour) cherry. Not sure if this is trying to be a ruby beer and misses or a fruit beer and makes it. | 8.0 |
| Stout Kong Arthur | Rise Bryggeri | 6.00 | Dense black beer, with roast grain and bitter chocolate on the nose. Rich roasted grain and smooth warming taste, between a stout and a mild. Would hold its own in the UK stout market | 8.0 |
| Utzon Center Dark | Søgaards Bryghus | 5.60 | Solid black appearance, but the base maintains a transparency with visible suspended grain. Distinctive smell roasted malts, follows in taste, reminiscent of good English mild stout. Good accompaniment to a traditional home made steak pie | 8.0 |
| Gwatkins Perry | Gwatkins | 8.00 | Fizzy, full mouthfeel, continues to tingle in aftertaste | 8.0 |
| IPA | Meantime | 7.50 | Masculine beer, with aromatic nose. Light but full bitterness, with slight rough after-taste. | 8.0 |
| Coffee Porter | Meantime | 6.00 | Aroma of unroasted beans, taste of cold coffee. Drinkable in an odd way. Enjoyment is 100% linked to coffee (unlike coffee-like milds). Similar to Temptation (Durham) | 8.0 |
| St Mungo | West Beer | 4.90 | Tight bitterness, light but filling with rounded fizzziness and butter on nose to follow through. A/t is dry bitterness that disappears on tongue (touches sides), but holds and follows through finishing crisp | 8.0 |
| Billy Sunday Bitter | Magnolia Brew Pub | 4.70 | Musky homebrew aroma with golden body and small foam head. Smooth rich, like English ale (Abbot, possibly) despite initial misgivings. Session alt. Not overtly suitable for food. | 8.0 |
| Hefeweizen | Gordon Biersch | 5.50 | Banana notes are of dried blackened variety, similar to Mitchel Krausse. A/t holds bitneress, although not overtly bitter in itself. Smooth mouthfeel in a/t like thick banana milk shake, or smoothie. | 8.0 |
| Czeh Pilsner | Gordon Biersch | 5.60 | A "nothing wrong with it" beer. More spice and/or bitter (in alternate sequence) than a Czech variants (or is it just because it doesn't travel), but probably skewed to USA taste preferences for IPA | 8.0 |
| Farmers Glory | Wadworth | 4.70 | Moderate red colour. Rich and malty, very obvious orange peel. Not a session, but strength akin to Broadside. | 8.0 |
| Little Creatures Pale Ale | Little Creatures | 5.20 | Hop (Chinook and Cascade) nose, creamy malt mouth feel. Golden syrup in color, with smallish head. Very pleasant. | 8.0 |
| Lord Marples | Tigertops | 4.00 | Smooth flowing beer with soft fizz and lively foam head. Rounded bitterness and highly drinkable. | 8.0 |
| London Stout | Meantime | 4.50 | Black with tinges of deep red if held to light. Finger-high foam head. Deep roast tastes, leading lighter in a/t, which leaves tingle (asking you to return.) Magically hidden smoke. Blow-torched vegemite-on-toast. Dry finish, but not so bitter | 8.0 |
| IPA | Meantime | 7.50 | Caramel fused with Belgium-based blonde. Full, bouncy, with sparkling bitter on tongue in a/t. | 8.0 |
| London Porter | Meantime | 6.50 | Very strong, dark red with black tinges. Smoked chocolate and brown malts and 100% fuggle hop. Caramelized sugar taste, but without the overpowering sweetness. Rich aroma, with slight raisin. An end of evening beer; max 2 per session. | 8.0 |
| St. Stefanus | Van Steenberge | 7.00 | Abbey beer fom Ghent. Golden amber, with creamy mouthfeel, and biscuit notes. Pleasany dry aftetaste. Uses live yeast, in bottle, so can be left. | 8.0 |
| Organic Dark | Freedom | 4.70 | Not dark, but dark golden/ruby with a soft cream and light bitterness. The bitterness re-touches the palate in the aftertaste. Touch of sweetness | 8.0 |
| 1850 London Porter | Pitfield | 5.00 | Thin velvet-like tayberry, which opens out in the aftertaste. Still coffee-style bitterness in palate. Better if gulped. | 8.0 |
| White Bear | Kempsey | 4.50 | Golden ale, slight head and moderate fizz. Caramel taste and cream malt with long bitterness and hop that lingers. | 8.0 |
| Temple Brau | Porterhouse | 4.30 | Light, almost candy sugar on tongue (sim Leffe), but very light in comparison. | 8.0 |
| Brain Blasta | Porterhouse | 7.00 | Golden and compact offwhite head. Sweet aroma and malty taste. Weak fizz and long bitter a/t | 8.0 |
| Imperial Stout | Youngs | 10.00 | Smooth, rice, with everything that an imperial stout should be. Maybe not different enough to chocolate stout in quality to warrant the price difference. (Rem: it's in smaller bottles, too!) | 8.0 |
| Hazelnut Coffee Porter | Saltaire | 4.60 | A conflicted beer, which is smooth but not really a porter. With coffee for sure, but barely notes of hazelnut. | 8.0 |
| Pathfinder - Gluten Free Ale | Glebe Farm | 4.20 | Clean and crisp, almost lager in style, with slight touches of malt. No difference between it and gluten-based beer. | 8.0 |
| Alba | William Bros Brewing Company | 7.50 | Tawny brown with spruce flavours and rich malt. The 'pine needle' infusion might appear as a gimmick, but that doesn't stop it been highly drinkable. | 8.0 |
| Grozet | William Bros Brewing Company | 5.00 | A gooseberry beer. Gimmick, for sure, but as a doubly fermented beer that's half way between light ale and wheat beer is more drinkable that it should be! | 8.0 |
| Merlyn | Great Orme Brewery | 4.90 | Strong, slightly spicy, with bitter spice at end. | 8.0 |
| Red Herring | Green Jack | 4.20 | Smoked, but not rauchen, beer with nice malt. Made with Challenger hops. Notes of fruit and dry finish | 8.0 |
| FUBAR | Tiny Revel | 4.40 | Husky golden beer with floral hops and dry spice bitter. Also slightly tart w/cream. Tastes confuse itself, but pleasant. | 8.0 |
| Aurelio | Two Fingers Brewing / Hepworth | 4.80 | Dusky amber colour, with sweet nose, and complex mix of sweet, bitter and citrus notes. Compares favourably to a less sweet Leffe. | 8.0 |
| Augustiner Dunkel | Augustiner-Bräu | 5.60 | Close to ruby than dunkel. Very good, with malt and sweetness. | 8.0 |
| Ayinger Jahrhundertbier | Brauerei Aying | 5.50 | Draw straw colour, caramel and toffee in mouth. | 8.0 |
| Ayinger Winterbock | Brauerei Aying | 6.70 | Very much like a dark lager, mixed with a mild. | 8.0 |
| L'Angelus | La Chapelle d'Armentieres | 7.00 | Fragrant pale ale with fizz, and stoic aftertaste. Amusing label design of religious fervor. | 8.0 |
| Rhubarbed | Sandford Orchard's | 5.50 | Tang of rhubarb, hence the name, but despite the gimmick is dry-to-medium and complex. | 8.0 |
| Ingwer | C K Brower | 0.00 | Smooth, light fizz. Touch of giners | 8.0 |
| Miodowe | C K Brower | 0.00 | Musky fruit beer, w/pungent a/t Too much spice and honey. But still tasty. | 8.0 |
| La Chapelle | Goutte d'Or | 5.00 | Bright, aromatic foam which bubbles endlessly. Musky. Similar to Karmeliet, in a good way | 8.0 |
| Craftsman Cider | Kentish Pip | 5.90 | Apple juice, with very slight extra tartness. no fizz. Doesn't feel like there's alcohol in there. | 8.0 |
| Golden Drop | Barbourne | 5.00 | Apple juice with passion fruit tang. No fizz. Highly pleasant. | 8.0 |
| Roundhead Perry | Cromwell's | 5.20 | Simple perry. Direct in flavour. Highly drinkable. | 8.0 |
| Smokin Angel | Leighton Buzzard | 4.50 | Light-weight rauchbier, with smoke, malt, and all the expected tastes. But in a "lite" format. Still worthwhile. | 8.0 |
| Queue de Charrue | Brasserie Vanuxeem | 5.40 | A Vieille brune flamande (old Flemmish brown) with excellent sour notes and an over hint on balsamic vinegar. (In a good way.) | 8.0 |
| Hacker-Pschorr Braumeister Pils | Hacker-Pschorr | 5.00 | Golden, clear, with head. As good as most other Munich-style beers. | 8.0 |
| Provha | Staropramen | 4.00 | Light version of Staropramen, similar to a Becks vier. Crisp, dry, and fizzy. A Czech-lite experience. | 8.0 |
| Bohemia Regent | J.W.Lees | 5.00 | Crisp, dry, with fizz. Fulfills expectations, without exceeding in anything. | 8.0 |
| Fresh Root Ginger Cider | Thistly Cross | 4.00 | Full bodied to the point it tastes like strawberry jam. But it's a clear gold colour and medium dry, otherwise. | 8.0 |
| Moritz (bottle) | Cerveses Moritz | 5.40 | An improved version over the cask equivalent. Favourable parallels to Sagres Bohemia | 8.0 |
| Gladiator | Lilley's | 8.50 | Strong rustic cider, like a slightly thinned scrumpy with raw touches, without being painful | 8.0 |
| Pear Cidre | L'Atypique | 4.50 | Tangy and clean, proving that pear doesn't need to taste like pear drops. | 8.0 |