Ivo Evening Brown

Tasting Summary

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Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival 2026, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		06 Jun 2026	3rd beer of this festival: Head and lacing on being served this English brown ale but not keeping it and from a 10-hectolitre facility located at Burleigh Hill Farm, just north of St Ives, Cambridgeshire, and following being set up in a domestic garden in Somersham, Cambridgeshire in 2019. A dry malty first hit. A biscuity bitterness rising with caramel, toasted biscuits flavours alongside hints of subtle roasted nuts. A hoppy fruitiness joining in from its classic English hops and where the brewery specifically avoids the addition of any American hops to ensure its old-school British character. Certainly, my sort of beer for my taste buds and if they had tails, they would have been wagging in appreciation! A dry maltiness paddling out aided by its English malt base with most likely dark crystal or roasted malts giving it its characteristic brown hue and caramel-biscuit flavourings. Served in good nick with lots of conditioning. I like the description from the brewery: “A nostalgic beer that you and your elders will love!”