Alchemy
Abbeydale Brewery
- From:
- Abbeydale Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 08, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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copied from Untappd with reservations (see my review)--
A full-flavoured pale and hoppy beer. Lots of fruit, especially citrus and some spiciness from the Amarillo hops. A refreshing bitter finish. Ideal summer drinking.
A full-flavoured pale and hoppy beer. Lots of fruit, especially citrus and some spiciness from the Amarillo hops. A refreshing bitter finish. Ideal summer drinking.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by Beginner2:
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.87/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
3.87/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
First, my explanation for adding this as an English Pale when it was added to UnTappd as an APA. While EPA's traditionally have all English ingredients and Alchemy has Camarillo hops, EPAs also are allowed to (and should be encouraged) to be inventive. Besides, I had this on the cask and its softness and tame aromatic hops did not remind at all of an APA.
Drawn from the cask at Westfield Malls' East Tap in Stratford, this golden hue had a healthy foam until the last drop. Smells were mostly malt; I detected no aromatic hops. Tastes were very well-balanced with hops only becoming prominent in the finish, yet never even then seeming bitter. Medium-mouthed in the EPA style. Soft.
My first from them, I give huge Overall Hugs to Abbeydale. They are 30 years old. Over half of their output are in casks. They finished their first full year being employee-owned. And also in 2025, they doubled their exports. And they won several awards, including two with their partners at Sheffield BeerWorks. Abbeydale's website has one of the better historical accounts of a micro's progression that I've read. But, read for yourself all the good things employees can do when properly motivated. Cheers !
Feb 08, 2026Drawn from the cask at Westfield Malls' East Tap in Stratford, this golden hue had a healthy foam until the last drop. Smells were mostly malt; I detected no aromatic hops. Tastes were very well-balanced with hops only becoming prominent in the finish, yet never even then seeming bitter. Medium-mouthed in the EPA style. Soft.
My first from them, I give huge Overall Hugs to Abbeydale. They are 30 years old. Over half of their output are in casks. They finished their first full year being employee-owned. And also in 2025, they doubled their exports. And they won several awards, including two with their partners at Sheffield BeerWorks. Abbeydale's website has one of the better historical accounts of a micro's progression that I've read. But, read for yourself all the good things employees can do when properly motivated. Cheers !
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