Bay Beer Reviews
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Beer! Drinking it, photographing it, reviewing it. Based in North Shields in the North East of England
(Also doing non-beery stuff as @peteringout.bsky.social)
(Also doing non-beery stuff as @peteringout.bsky.social)
Aroma has an uplifting citric freshness. Taste isn’t quite as hop-forward as the aroma suggests, supplying a biscuity malt base with a fruitbowl overwash. A perfectly reasonable easy-drinking generic hazy pale.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Aroma has an uplifting citric freshness. Taste isn’t quite as hop-forward as the aroma suggests, supplying a biscuity malt base with a fruitbowl overwash. A perfectly reasonable easy-drinking generic hazy pale.
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When has it ever gone down 🤔
Well the cost of your drink down the pub will be going up again folks
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
When has it ever gone down 🤔
Haybale meadowness on the nose. Taste has light grassy maltage up front, before being joined by a mild herbal bitterness, which gives way to a clean dry finish. Not the most characterful Bavarian helles, but it’s certainly a crisp refresher.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Haybale meadowness on the nose. Taste has light grassy maltage up front, before being joined by a mild herbal bitterness, which gives way to a clean dry finish. Not the most characterful Bavarian helles, but it’s certainly a crisp refresher.
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Aroma has the required resinous marmalade. Taste has light orangey grapefruit up front, developing a nice piney bitterness. Unobtrusive maltage. Very light on the palate (a little too light for the style). So not quite bang on as a WCIPA, but a great flavour profile. Overall, decent.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Aroma has the required resinous marmalade. Taste has light orangey grapefruit up front, developing a nice piney bitterness. Unobtrusive maltage. Very light on the palate (a little too light for the style). So not quite bang on as a WCIPA, but a great flavour profile. Overall, decent.
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Aroma has all the morning-after peaty campfires. Taste is nicely balanced between savoury smoked baconism and sweet mapled honeyness. While I can’t help wishing it had a fuller body, this is a flavoursome beauty with true character. Yum!
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November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Aroma has all the morning-after peaty campfires. Taste is nicely balanced between savoury smoked baconism and sweet mapled honeyness. While I can’t help wishing it had a fuller body, this is a flavoursome beauty with true character. Yum!
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Enjoying an excellent Export India Porter from Flash House Brewing Co at the source - their taproom in #NorthShields.
(Bloody hell though, it's freezing in here 😆)
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(Bloody hell though, it's freezing in here 😆)
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November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Enjoying an excellent Export India Porter from Flash House Brewing Co at the source - their taproom in #NorthShields.
(Bloody hell though, it's freezing in here 😆)
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(Bloody hell though, it's freezing in here 😆)
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Enjoying a Theakston 'Poltergeist' 👻 salted caramel porter from the handpulls of the Seven Stars in #NorthShields. Tasty stuff, nicely done.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Enjoying a Theakston 'Poltergeist' 👻 salted caramel porter from the handpulls of the Seven Stars in #NorthShields. Tasty stuff, nicely done.
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Enjoying a Citra Pale Ale from North Pier Brew Co, from the handpulls of Enigma Tap in #NorthShields
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November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Enjoying a Citra Pale Ale from North Pier Brew Co, from the handpulls of Enigma Tap in #NorthShields
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This must be the only Nitro Dark Lager in Britain 🤔
And the award for 'Best Nitro Schwarzbier That Most People Still Think Is A Stout' goes to...
... Donnie's from @donzokobeer.bsky.social, at Aperture Alehouse in #NorthShields
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... Donnie's from @donzokobeer.bsky.social, at Aperture Alehouse in #NorthShields
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November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This must be the only Nitro Dark Lager in Britain 🤔
And the award for 'Best Nitro Schwarzbier That Most People Still Think Is A Stout' goes to...
... Donnie's from @donzokobeer.bsky.social, at Aperture Alehouse in #NorthShields
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... Donnie's from @donzokobeer.bsky.social, at Aperture Alehouse in #NorthShields
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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And the award for 'Best Nitro Schwarzbier That Most People Still Think Is A Stout' goes to...
... Donnie's from @donzokobeer.bsky.social, at Aperture Alehouse in #NorthShields
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... Donnie's from @donzokobeer.bsky.social, at Aperture Alehouse in #NorthShields
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The American Southwest via Canada. Aroma is a huge zingy cloudburst of jammy fruitage. Taste is bigly acidic (pass the Rennies!), has a berry-like tangyness from the added prickly pear, and a lip-smacking tartness. A sour beer that doesn’t mess about. A boldly enjoyable sipper.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The American Southwest via Canada. Aroma is a huge zingy cloudburst of jammy fruitage. Taste is bigly acidic (pass the Rennies!), has a berry-like tangyness from the added prickly pear, and a lip-smacking tartness. A sour beer that doesn’t mess about. A boldly enjoyable sipper.
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Fairly tame for a wild beer. Not a lot of Funkytown on the nose or in the taste. Offers grassy brown bread and zingy citrus, with a mild herbaceous bitterness and a dry finish. Once I came to terms with the lack of Bretty goodness I began to enjoy it. Decent enough. May improve with age
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November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fairly tame for a wild beer. Not a lot of Funkytown on the nose or in the taste. Offers grassy brown bread and zingy citrus, with a mild herbaceous bitterness and a dry finish. Once I came to terms with the lack of Bretty goodness I began to enjoy it. Decent enough. May improve with age
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November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Aroma is a bubblegum noseblast. Taste is a banana butty with a slight hint of clove. Clean finish. Body is a little thin for the style. I wouldn’t say they’ve nailed this but it’s a very quenchly hefeweizen.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Aroma is a bubblegum noseblast. Taste is a banana butty with a slight hint of clove. Clean finish. Body is a little thin for the style. I wouldn’t say they’ve nailed this but it’s a very quenchly hefeweizen.
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Grainy rusticity on the nose. Taste has toasty maltage and a generous squeeze of orangey lemon, washed over with a light yeasty funk, finishing dry with a peppery bitterness. A textbook ‘straight’ saison. I like.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Grainy rusticity on the nose. Taste has toasty maltage and a generous squeeze of orangey lemon, washed over with a light yeasty funk, finishing dry with a peppery bitterness. A textbook ‘straight’ saison. I like.
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Oaky barrelism on the nose, with hints of woody vanilla. Taste has lightly funked grapey citrus with a nice level of acidity, and a moreishly dry finish. Superb stuff from @burningskybeer.bsky.social.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oaky barrelism on the nose, with hints of woody vanilla. Taste has lightly funked grapey citrus with a nice level of acidity, and a moreishly dry finish. Superb stuff from @burningskybeer.bsky.social.
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Very sniffable aroma of creamy coffee. Taste continues that theme, with a sweet-but-roasty choccy coffeeness, accompanied by a blueberry muffin, and finishing moreishly dry. Hugely satisfying bigboy porterism from @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Very sniffable aroma of creamy coffee. Taste continues that theme, with a sweet-but-roasty choccy coffeeness, accompanied by a blueberry muffin, and finishing moreishly dry. Hugely satisfying bigboy porterism from @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social
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Aroma has lightly funked herbalised washing powder. Taste has a bone dry pepper-sprinkled lemony grapefruit zing. What a superb grisette!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Aroma has lightly funked herbalised washing powder. Taste has a bone dry pepper-sprinkled lemony grapefruit zing. What a superb grisette!
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November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Not a brewery I knew much about before today, until I did their excellent brewery tour: Chicago's Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social. specialists in euro-style beers, particularly lagers. And they do them really well!
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November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Not a brewery I knew much about before today, until I did their excellent brewery tour: Chicago's Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social. specialists in euro-style beers, particularly lagers. And they do them really well!
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Next stop in #Chicago 🇺🇸 is All Rise Brewery, where this guest beer is going down very nicely thank you: 'Beer Here Now' from Illuminated Brew Works, a 7.5% DDH DIPA
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Next stop in #Chicago 🇺🇸 is All Rise Brewery, where this guest beer is going down very nicely thank you: 'Beer Here Now' from Illuminated Brew Works, a 7.5% DDH DIPA