[1] Review by pfoxyjohn from Watertown, WI, USA who has tried this beer once. (4/22/2008 1:30:49 PM)
"Visited the John Snow Pub in Soho on 2/1/08 as an epidemiologist's pilgrimage: a pink granite slab outside the pub marks the site where John Snow removed the handle from the Broad Street pump, ending a deadly cholera epidemic in 1854. This bitter was served VERY COLD; needed to let it warm a little before drinking. Even with warming, everything about this ale was light; the head, the body, the nose and the flavor. Easy drinking, smooth, and cheap, but little character. "
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
5/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.8)
Sampled: Hand Pump Sample Size: 20oz @ $3.13 Unit Cost: $2.5 per Pint
[2] Review by abbaskip from Braddon, AK, Australia who has tried this beer many times. (11/24/2007 7:48:10 AM)
"Jonmoore: That's the very pub I worked at for a couple of years..Maybe I served you!?
One of my favourite beers. A nice big whack of malt, in a perfectly balanced ale. Hints of fruit, toffee, and caramel round out the beer, with a slight natural honey like sweetness lingering in the background.
Enough bitterness to make you come back and want another mouthful, and in it's cask conditioned state (you can also get the beer through the nitrogen powered kegs these days) has enough dry oakyness to take out any chance of the beer coming across as too smooth or sickly.
The only downer is a slight rotten banana sort of aroma. But maybe I noticed this more because I cleaned the beer lines of this particular beer about 4 times a week for two years!
Get's a 9 for appearance when done properly. Its a bright ruby red (closing in on a dark amber), with a lovely foamy head (hand pulled with a sparkler or almost looks like a lovely flat brandy brown with no sparkler!). However, when the beer isn't done well, and the keg is unsettled, or served through dirty lines, the appearance can be cloudy and drop to a 5-6.
Flavour and Mouthfeel, through the keg, not the oak cask, also both lose 1-2 points.
Oh, btw jonmoore, there are LOADS of SS pubs in the Westend of London (and London in general). Ask around!"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
9/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Hand Pump Sample Size: 570ml @ $2.94 Unit Cost: $2.44 per Pint
[3] Review by Sigmund from Hafrsfjord, Norway who has tried this beer once. (6/12/2007 4:38:03 PM)
"Cask conditioned ("drawn from an oak cask") at The Golden Ball, Scarborough (a Samuel Smith's pub). Deep golden colour, creamy head. Pleasant aroma of fruity hops. Tolerable hops in the flavour - smooth and easy drinking. Okay."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Sampled: Hand Pump
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[4] Review by jonmoore from United Kingdom who has tried this beer many times. (3/26/2004 12:19:45 PM)
"Had this many times recently on draught at the Cock pub,on Great Portand Street, but a coins throw from Oxford Circus.
Nice, malty and difficult not to keep drinking and miss your train out of London. It is also very cheap at said establishment, it being a Sam Smith's pub (rare in London). "
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.3)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers:
[5] Review by SocialDrinker from Hungary who has tried this beer once. (11/3/2001 11:53:23 AM)
No Comment
Rating compared by style:
Rating compared to all beers:
Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure Relative cost for this style: Not Sure
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