Oakham The Final Cut Cask Aged

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
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	29 Jan 2026
Philip Pirrip		28 Jan 2026	Constant mark throughout the last 4 days
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	27 Jan 2026
Philip Pirrip		27 Jan 2026	Keeping condition still
Philip Pirrip		26 Jan 2026	As last night's - good condition but bland on taste.
Philip Pirrip		25 Jan 2026	6%er that was pretty bland in flavour. Good condition
Hogan Sampling		25 Jan 2026	2nd beer of this visit: Also fresh on and very good head and lacing and hanging on in there to the end. The Peterborough-brewed cask aged IPA lent a very hoppy first bite care of its two Kiwi hop varieties. Brewed to mark the retirement of Oakham Brewing director, John Bryan, it exuded an immensely tropical fruitiness. My taste buds were doing battle with all the tropical fruits you could imagine alongside lashings of citrus. This brew has gone through the "Krausening" process where fresh yeast is introduced for the final fermentation. A veritable feast of hoppiness cascading downwards care of its New Zealand varieties, Superdelic and Nectaron, along with USA-sourced Citra. This is a hop Oakham's John Bryan pioneered in the UK. The brewery itself was launched in September 1993 in its namesake town of Oakham, Rutland, before moving in 2006 to its current purpose-built production site in the Woodston area of Peterborough to meet increasing demand. A touch too fruited for my taste buds but presented in good condition here.