Church End Goats Milk

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		10 Jun 2025	Third night on and nearly over. Nothing like the same level of conditioning as when first sampled and enjoyed on Sunday. It was evidently very popular to have gone so quickly. There was still some head and lacing on this pale from north-west of Nuneaton and north-east of Birmingham. A dry fruit-infused hoppy first hit. A dry sourness rising up in the mouthfeel among the hoppiness. This lingered on so only opted for the one. I would readily try more as recall only ever having tried this one before and last year at this same micro as I recall. Sadly no others from Church End listed as coming next on the governor's tasting sheet and so it may be a wait for a little while before sampling again.
Philip Pirrip		09 Jun 2025	Just a slight edge lost since yesterday
Philip Pirrip		08 Jun 2025	An award winning ale in top notch condition
Hogan Sampling		08 Jun 2025	Fresh on and exceptionally good head and lacing on this pale from north-west of Nuneaton and north-east of Birmingham. Not a creamy head though as you might expect with a beer named Goat's Milk. Described as a golden ale on the governor's tasting notes but on the blackboard marked as a pale. Containing pale barley, crystal malt and oats, it punches above its gravity in flavouring. A first hit of oily hoppiness. A very dry moreish hoppy flavouring tantalises the taste buds with the odd fruity hop jumping up and down. A very pleasant dry hoppiness dancing on and lingering. Very moreish indeed and stuck to it. Not surprisingly, it was declared as the winner of the Supreme Champion Beer of Britain, 2017, at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF). It reminded me with its oily hoppiness of some of the green hopped beers tasted last autumn. It has for me a very distinctive combination of moreish flavours not tasted in other beers since last autumn. I would readily try more as recall only ever having tried this one before and way back last year at this same micro. Church End Brewery started life in 1994 in an old coffin workshop behind the Griffin Inn, Shustoke, Warwickshire. Plenty of life in their Goat's Milk on its first day on!
Philip Pirrip		19 Dec 2024	Holding up well after a few days on
Hogan Sampling		19 Dec 2024	Good head and lacing on this Nuneaton golden ale and now on its third night for my sampling of it. It was first brewed for the Goat Inn in Frognall, near Peterborough, to help explain its name. Pleasantly hoppy and oily in the mouthfeel with a moreishly dry lingering aftertaste.
Hogan Sampling		18 Dec 2024	Not that I have tried goat's milk and I would hope nothing like such a milk and so a strange name for this Nuneaton-based brewery's golden ale. Good head and lacing and nothing milk-like in appearance or consistency as totally clear. A very dry, hoppy mouthfeel with a lingering dryness. No sweetness in it which is not the norm for golden ales.
Hogan Sampling		17 Dec 2024	Good head and lacing on this Nuneaton brewery's golden ale which is fresh on this evening. A resinous first hit with a hoppy and oily mouthfeel and a dry aftertaste. Originally brewed for just the Goat Inn in Frognall, near Peterborough, which then helps to explain its name. It became Supreme Champion Beer of Britain in 2017.
Philip Pirrip		17 Dec 2024	New cask on today and in lovely nick
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	16 Jul 2024
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	16 Jul 2024
Hogan Sampling		14 Jul 2024	A golden with fine body and flavouring of barley, malts and oats.
Philip Pirrip		14 Jul 2024	A former CAMRA award winner in fine form
Philip Pirrip		15 Jun 2023	In fresh good form
Philip Pirrip		08 Apr 2018	Superb, one to drown in. Say no more
Philip Pirrip		29 Sep 2017	Superb nick. Could understand how, in this condition, it won CAMRA's CBOB competition this year

Moat House, Tamworth, Staffordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		15 Mar 2025	Golden yellow nectar. Pale barley, crystal malt and oats, blend to fill the palate with flavour. Aromatic hops dance over the tongue for a gentle hop finish.

Rugby Tap Room, Rugby, Warwickshire

The Grand Union (formerly Broood@ Vin Quatre), Leicester, Leicestershire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stu		11 Jan 2019

The Kentish Belle, Bexleyheath, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		26 Apr 2018	Superb session ale, pity I could not order a second one as it had grown on me!

Rochford Beer & Cider Festival 2017, Rochford, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		22 Nov 2017	Last dribbles out of the cask

Royal Albert, New Cross, Greater London

Gatehouse Tavern, Coventry, West Midlands

Artillery Arms, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		17 Jun 2016	Too syrupy for me.

The Anchor, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands

The Village Freehouse, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Rushden Historical Transport Society, Rushden, Northamptonshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen	Not Tried	13 Oct 2010
Stephen		24 Jul 2010	Golden ale pale head lasted well peachy malts and a nice citrus kick