Long Man Green Hop Bitter

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 Garibaldi, Redhill, Surrey

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		31 Oct 2026	1st beer of this visit: Served with very good head and lacing and lasting all the way on this green hopped ale from brewing that got its gears turning in 2011, with the very first drop pouring out into in 2012, in setting up their copper and mash tuns inside a converted flint barn on Church Farm, in Litlington, East Sussex, within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park. A dry fresh hoppy first hit and rising on this autumnal tipple aided by the "Two Farms" double-act, and where brewed in cahoots with the folk over at Tibbs Farm in Sussex who plucked the green foliage straight from their bines and rushed it over to them in under four hours from harvest. A very fresh hoppiness pervading from the undried Sussex Green Hops harvested and unkilned, leading to these verdant virgin hops exuding a burst of zesty citrus combined with a deeply refreshing, resinous herby bitterness. My snout was wafted with a grass-brushed lemon grove aroma, while my palate delighted with a crisp, luscious leafy zip washing over the sweet malt foundation. Spring Malting Barley grown right there in the surrounding Church Farm soil lending a sweet and comforting bready biscuit base, alongside a delicate addition of Malted Wheat behind its doughy roundness and this green ale’s frothy white top. A lingering fresh hoppiness sticking all the way down my gutter-lane. Presented in superb nick.

The Rusty Bucket, Eltham, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		30 Oct 2026	No exceptional tastes, OK