Tanglefoot Premium Ale - Badger Brewery, Hall and Woodhouse

rastaman

United Kingdom (England)

2.53/5  rDev -26%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Hoppy, burnt malt nose. Fairly light for a"strong ale", soft edy flavour, rough hoppy bite at the very end, which is the most interesting thing about it, otherwise, give this a miss.

Serving type: bottle

08-13-2002 20:50:51 | More by rastaman

Dithyramb

Maryland

2.63/5  rDev -23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Bottle purchased from a UK store. Part of a 5# four pack. Best by date of "Aug 06" clearly ink jet labeled on the bottle itself.

Golden copper colored brew with interesting wisp of large sized white bubbles. The head still had some staying power and had excellent lacing.

Herbal almost sulfuric hops and a candy, bubblegummy malt aroma.

Sorry, but couldn't get past the vegetal hops and irony cut of the brew. Even my wife said that it reminded her of "bad Singha." Very light malt base.

Though it had just a light tinge of carbonation, this one was pretty watery on the mouthfeel. It finished amazingly clean though, so none of the metallic stuff seemed to stick around.

Not my cup of tea...

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2005 13:55:54 | More by Dithyramb

Shiloh

Ontario (Canada)

2.7/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Love the name of this ale, feel as though it was brewed just for me. The colour is a dark gold almost red. Full bodied offering with a lingering almost bitter after taste. Taste was disappointing to me, but am sure it will have some appeal to others that appreciate this style.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2002 16:00:08 | More by Shiloh

vancurly

Australia

2.73/5  rDev -20.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

a: Pours a clear pale amber/ dark honey. White rocky froth, and a lingering lace
s: Fairly funky/S smell.... some herbaciousness, slight dirtiness / staleness
f: Flavours of fruit & peel, and some toffee sweetness. Some floral notes.
m: Fairly light-weight. Som fizz & tingle at the start, but hollow through to not much of back palate. There is a slight bitterness there.
d: Not a very appealing drink. Perhaps it doesn't travel well, but as this cost me in Sydney $6 US for 500mL, I'll call it straight. Not worth it.

Serving type: bottle

09-01-2007 05:48:14 | More by vancurly

stcules

Italy

2.8/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Light color, lightly oranged. Half inch of decent head, white, quite beautiful. Clean.
At the nose: uva americana (I don't know how it is named in english. It means american grapes, and i think its scientific name is Vitis labrusca). A lot. Ripe. Flavour of dry white wine, too, and herbal notes. Strange smell.
The taste is quite light, with herbal notes and fruity notes, quite smooth.
It is less interesting than the smell, that is very strange and intriguing. Again vinous notes, of white wine, dry.
Light in body. The american grapes comes back in the aftertaste. It left a feeling like prosecco wine.
Hint of hop and bitterness in the finish.
Very particular. Not exceptional, but interesting.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2005 12:57:49 | More by stcules

helloloser12345

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

2.9/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Serving Type: Bottle.

Appearance: Medium amber with orange hues. Sticky off white head. Good retention and a slight amount of lacing.

Smell: Slight warm malt aroma and not much else.

Flavour: Nice sweet malt flavour which gives way to a subdued but lingering hop bitterness. Slightly floral with a metallic twang on the finish.

Overall: A fairly drinkable ale, slightly over carbonated which leads to quite a 'rough' mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

09-02-2006 17:05:12 | More by helloloser12345

tang214

Texas

3/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I had this beer from the tap in The Monkey's Puzzle in the Bayswater area of London. Honestly, I don't quite remember what it was like and I didn't put notes in my journal for some reason. I had it with a BLT and it was a good combination. It was by no means bad, so that is why a just gave it staight 3's. It was at least average.

Serving type: on-tap

03-23-2003 12:48:59 | More by tang214

jahsausage

New Zealand (Aotearoa)

3/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A great example of an english session ale methinks, little stands out in a big way but what is there is definitely enjoyable. For a ale it is perhaps quite light in colour although well out of fizzy lager territory and the head has not stayed around for very long. Subtle aroma, is it the hops? tastewise I find it to be dominated by its finish, which is a sharp but not particularily harsh hoppiness..

Serving type: bottle

08-30-2004 02:03:47 | More by jahsausage

hotstuff

Indiana

3.05/5  rDev -10.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottled.When poured, the head was small sized, smooth and ivory with fine-small sized bubbles that was mostly lasting.The body was clear with some lively carbonation and an orange hue.The aroma was mostly fruity with a bitter, hoppy and spicy flavor that left an aftertaste.The palate was mostly smooth and this beer was medium-full bodied.This beer also left excellent lacing on the sides of my glass.

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2003 23:46:11 | More by hotstuff

GreenCard

Oregon

3.1/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance: golden-brown, great clarity, thinnish layer of off-white foamy suds that fairly quickly fade to a thin cap, a few rising bubbles

Aroma: fruity bubblegum scent, malty sweetness, hint of herbally hops

Flavor: slightly sweet malt base with hints of roast or dark malts, vegetal hop flavor, hint of iron, finishes dry with a lingering crisp bitterness

Mouthfeel: medium body, fine carbonation, crisp texture

Other comments: Nice aroma, hit me as soon as the first drops went into the glass. OK beer overall, but nothing too exciting.

Serving type: bottle

01-09-2005 11:26:43 | More by GreenCard

Wattsox

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

3.1/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500ml bottle, consumed Jan 2011, BBE Dec 2011.

A - Light copper colour with a nice thick head which dissipates fairly quickly, leaving a moderate amount of lacing

S - Faint aroma, sweet and malty.

T - Sweet and malty, a little hoppy, fairly balanced.

M - Moderate carbonation, quite smooth.

D - Nice easy drink, would work as a session beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2011 22:08:47 | More by Wattsox

CwrwAmByth

United Kingdom (Wales)

3.1/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 500ml can into a pint glass. 8 for £9!!

Appears a golden colour with a decent head - fades quickly.

Smells hoppy and strongly of alcohol.

Taste is also very alcohol-like so not sure where they got the name tanglefoot from but still, pretty much a decent bitter taste.

Overall a decent drink, far from a session ale with a strength of 5.1% but not as nice to taste as many higher abv ales.

Serving type: can

09-01-2011 16:15:10 | More by CwrwAmByth

charlatan

United Kingdom (Scotland)

3.13/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Bottle claims 5.0% abv rather than 5.1%, and claims the beer is sweeter and fruitier than it is hoppy or bitter and even less malty than hoppy.

Pours a light amber colour with a moderate head. It does smell fruity - a sort of peach and wheat combo is what springs to mind here. It has a nice crisp feel and the taste is inoffensive but rather blander than I was hoping. Fresh and pleasant, like a slightly peachy pilsner with a hint of alcohol, but not enough of anything in particular to enliven it for me.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2006 20:15:54 | More by charlatan

wl0307

United Kingdom (England)

3.2/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Tasted this beer by half-pint at my Wetherspoon local in East End London, where it's one of the regular guest beers. The cask-version is slightly weaker (4.9%abv) than the bottled one.

Appearance: it pours a not very clear, straw or light amber colour; a sparse white head is noticed--doesn't look extremely fresh in my opinion.
Smell: lively malty nose comes with some floral hops; I suspect it's not very fresh, as the overall aroma is a bit off and too implicit, in contrast with my previous experience of trying this beer.
Taste & Aftertaste: fruity, malty palate combined with light, hayish hoppyness; left with a tinge of floral bitterness and medium-dry hoppy finish which somehow lingers quite well.
Mouthfeel & Drinkability: the overall mouthfeel is quite smooth, but a bit flat in the aftertaste in particular, and the body is light-medium and the flavour too moderate as opposed to the bottled version. A thirst-quenching beer alright. But can be much better when tasted fresher. I will re-review it again.

Serving type: cask

05-28-2005 14:46:46 | More by wl0307

cypressbob

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

3.25/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

500ml bottle

Pours with an amber body, clear, forms a fairly creamy light cream head

Smell, malty aromas, slightly biscuity

Taste, crisp biscuity flavour, slight hop bitterness lingering on the palette

Not bad, but a bit dull all round, some metallic off flavours

Serving type: bottle

08-15-2004 22:03:20 | More by cypressbob

leaddog

Alberta (Canada)

3.3/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance- Pours a pale caramel colour with a finger width of frothy white head.

Smell- grains, bready malts, slight leafy hops, light butteriness.

Taste- Similar as to the ingredients in the aroma: grains, bready malts, leafy hops, slight buttery flavour. There seems to be a tinge of metallic taste in the finish.

Mouthfeel - Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall - An easy drinking EPA by Badger Brewery. Nothing really noteworthy with this one.

Serving type: can

12-31-2012 03:43:26 | More by leaddog

BitterLover

North Carolina

3.33/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I carried this bottle home with me from a trip to the UK back in January. I poured it into an English pub glass.

Appearance: Poured a light golden color, with about one finger of a bubbly, white head, which quickly disappeared and left no lacing. Very little carbonation.

Smell: Once the ale had warmed a bit, mostly sweet, with candied fruit being foremost in the signature, followed by a slight hoppiness.

Taste: Mild, very little malt, with a wave of bitterness and citrus in the finish.

Mouthfeel: A bit thin -- this is not a chewy beer.

Drinkability: Being such a mild ale, with only a little bitterness, you could drink this one all night (I'm speaking for those in the UK, since I've not found this one in the US yet).

Serving type: bottle

05-29-2007 02:58:17 | More by BitterLover

Daredevil

Switzerland

3.38/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

'premium ale' seems a bit exaggerated for this 'deceptively drinkable' however rather simple brew ... it is a light version of an english bitter basically an everyday's drink ... the taste profile on the back of the bottle says
Bitter 3
Sweet 4
Hoppy 3
Malty 2
Fruity 4
(all on a 1 - 5 scale)
not sure about the Sweetness or the Fruityness to be honest but leave that to everyone's own opinion ...

no flaws just nothing really special ....

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2006 14:22:23 | More by Daredevil

fullsweep

United Kingdom (England)

3.38/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Imperial pint on cask at a local Hall and Woodhouse pub (most pubs around here are H&W).

A: Deep copper-amber brew with minimal head, although slightly more than some traditional bitters.

S: Sweet and malty with some graininess thrown in.

T: Much sweeter and fruitier than the canned and bottled versions. Cask version of this is much nicer. In fact, I wasn't a huge Tanglefoot fan, but on cask it's really nice. Picking up some mellow citrus and even some ripe banana.

M: Very mild carbonation, and a smooth drink overall.

D: Would definitely try again--on cask. Would avoid buying it bottled or canned (unless offered it).

Serving type: cask

02-12-2010 22:02:47 | More by fullsweep

jazzyjeff13

United Kingdom (England)

3.48/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A 500ml clear glass bottle with a BB of Dec 2011.

Poured into a Guinness pint glass. A golden colour with good carbonation. White head that subsides quickly. Interesting aroma of malt and some hops, as well as a distinctive sort of burnt caramel-like smell. Unusual but not bad.

Initial flavour of golden malt followed bitter hoppy notes and a dominant burnt caramel taste (although no sweetness). Also notes of alcohol and other fermentation products (diacetyl?). Mouthfeel is initially tingly from the carbonation and slightly astringent. Also quite oily towards the end. Bitter aftertaste.

Not a bad ale, although it seemed to lack in body. Lots of upfront flavour and bitterness, but no strong maltiness to balance it. Might be better on a hot summer day. Worth trying.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2011 23:28:01 | More by jazzyjeff13

Harrister101

United Kingdom (England)

3.53/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

A- Light amber, I've had it in a range of carbonations, sometimes very low carbonation, sometimes, excessive carbonation for the style of beer.

S- Very Fruity, with a nice subtle hoppy and honey mixture.

T- Rather like a toned down version of the smell, Fruity and hoppy, but the honey taste is a bit burnt, or metallic... This might be due to it being from a Can.

M/D - Easy to drink, but sometimes if the carbonation is a bit high i would look elsewhere.

Serving type: can

12-16-2010 18:26:53 | More by Harrister101

flyingpig

United Kingdom (Scotland)

3.53/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Dark amber in colour with a creamy thumb sized white head.Very little in the way of reduction in size over the course of a few minutes.

Muted fruity aroma to begin with and a hint of subdued hops although the fruity notes really start to open up once the drink has time to settle in the glass. There is a sugary sweetness to this one, perhaps aided slightly by the fruit and I can also detect some vanilla in places.

Fruity & very sweet to begin with along with a hint of vanilla that the smell indicates would be present. I can also taste some faint toffee and a sugary, malty flavour; all of which is well balanced.

Medium bodied and with a creamy feel to it. This is quickly followed by a clean finish that is a little bitter and quite dry.

A solid beer that scored slightly higher than I was expecting from it without it being truly memorable. It's not a beer that I come across all that often but I would have no trouble drinking it again or perhaps giving it a bash on cask.

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Serving type: bottle

02-20-2012 21:31:54 | More by flyingpig

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

3.55/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

500ml can poured into pint glass 16/1/13

A clear golden yellow with tiny bubbles popping up from everywhere, nice tight two finger bone white foam has great retention ending up as a pencil eraser top island and leaves lots of lace deep down the glass

S honey, sweet malts, slight herbal notes, fruit I can't pinpoint and some faint metallic notes in the background , not a whole lot going on but respectable

T butterscotch and its even sweeter then the nose, earthy yeast and again its rather simple but decent

M thin but it creams up from the bubbles, bread and caramel linger on the finish

O nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to write home about, another basic English Pale

I just don't get all that excited for most English styles, there's nothing wrong with it but its just a little boring.

Serving type: can

01-17-2013 22:02:23 | More by wordemupg

Mark

California

3.58/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

One of it not the only cask ale ever to disappoint this advocate. Aroma was weak, mouthfeel watery, and lacing was thinnish or non-existent. Color was light amber and clear. Taste was smooth and considering all the other points, not too bad. mostly fruity with malty undertones. Nothing to write home about but the next cask ale won't disappoint.

Serving type: cask

01-03-2003 07:07:13 | More by Mark

benclimbs

California

3.58/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

pours light copper with minimal head and a bit of lacing...nothing exciting.

smell is a bit of nuts and vanilla with that typical skunky smell from the clear bottle.

taste is more nuts...maltiness and vanila.

an ok ale but nothing special...pretty drinkable though.

Serving type: bottle

10-11-2009 17:59:59 | More by benclimbs