Tring Death or Glory

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.

Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival 2026, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		06 Jun 2026	10th and final beer of this festival: Poured with a good head and lasting lacing on this mahogany-coloured award-winning barley wine crafted by Tring Brewery in Hertfordshire. Conceived by a former member of the regiment, the beer is officially brewed by special appointment to the Queen's Royal Lancers*. A dry fruited first hit. A malty sweetness rising with touches of molasses, toffee and dark raisin derived from UK-grown malted barley milled directly on-site to extract its flavourings and natural sugars. A sweet barley wine infused with rum alongside its caramel hints winning over. Its hops come from far and wide across the globe and tasked with imparting faint herbal, earthy, and spicy undertones to counteract the otherwise overpowering sugars of the grain. A dark fruitiness prevailing and a malty sweetness sliding downwards. Served in top nick with plenty of conditioning. *It serves as a liquid tribute to British military history with its name drawn directly from the regimental motto of the Queen's Royal Lancers. Tring Brewery, set up in 1992, traditionally brews this batch annually on October 25th to commemorate the fateful Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. The bottle art proudly displays the skull and crossbones "Death or Glory" insignia of the regiment.

The Cock Tavern, Hackney, Greater London

The Harp, Charing Cross, Central London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		13 Jul 2019	Out of kilter with my ordering I was served this too early in the session! Flat so would have been improved by condition and natural carbonation

Lamb & Flag, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Kings Head, Norwich, Norfolk

5th K&ES Railway Beer Festival 2013, Tenterden, Kent

The Fox & Crown, Newark, Nottinghamshire

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2013, Dover, Kent

The Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire

The Crown, Otford, Kent

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2006, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		03 Feb 2006	Deep chestnut, bubbly beige head. Quite a strong syrupy aroma, syrupy in mouth. Very malty, some good hops too. Some niceish sweet malt