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Mad Squirrel Brewery Shop (Mad Squirrel Brewery)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Anarchy - Quiet RiotExcellent1
Frome (formerly Milk Street) - Winter SpiceGood1
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Berkhopsted (2017)Good1
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London PorterExcellent1
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Mister Squirrel (superseded by 4% version)Good1
Wild Beer Co. - Jambo!Exceptional1
Butcombe - Adam Henson's Rare Breed (superseded by 3.8% version - see separate entry)Not Tried0
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Conservation BitterNot Tried0
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - HopfestNot Tried0
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Mr. SquirrelNot Tried0
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Redwood Colorado American IPANot Tried0
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Summer DazeNot Tried0
Picture 1. Mad Squirrel Brewery Shop, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Picture 2. Mad Squirrel Brewery Shop, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

01 Oct 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Sunday midday and a light trade. A very pleasant place to pass an hour. I did not record all the beer names.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wild Beer Co. - Jambo!8.50ExceptionalAlthough I thought I was ordering a cask beer, this had a good carbonation and may have been from a keg of some kind. Pitch black and obviously strong – this is an Imperial Stout. A hint of sourness, plenty of chocolate tastes and masses of raspberry flavouring. Superb.
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Berkhopsted (2017)4.20GoodA hazy, golden Green Hop beer. Only my second of such beers this season. Very fresh. An unusual but not unpleasant taste.
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Hopfest3.80Not Tried
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Mr. Squirrel4.00Not Tried
16 Jul 2015 (HSB)
12:00 Having had a ride on the Metropolitan from Baker Street to Amersham our group of six came here for our first pint of the day. We were first in at the 12:00 opening. Very nice mix of micropub and bottle shop. Red Squirrel beers £2.50 a pint.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Anarchy - Quiet Riot6.60ExcellentSouth Pacific IPA with an IBU of 90.
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Mister Squirrel (superseded by 4% version)4.30GoodDescribed as a premium bitter. Seems reasonable.
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London Porter5.00Not Tried
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Summer Daze4.50Not Tried
10 Jun 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Blimey I was giving up with Chesham and then this was hidden behind an 8 feet high fence whilst culvert streetworks take place - bad for business or what. Thought I had found an oasis but had missed 2000 hours closing time. Kind offer of a take out was not accepted. Red Squirrel beers on tap plus I could see some Signature Brew ones too.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Conservation Bitter4.10Not Tried
02 Jan 2014 (Stephen Harris)
A very pleasant little bar – and with beer at £2:25 a pint, you cannot complain. I also left rather laden with bottles.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London Porter5.00ExcellentMy favourite of the Red Squirrel range, on very good form here.
Frome (formerly Milk Street) - Winter Spice4.50GoodDark and spicy.
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Redwood Colorado American IPA5.40Not Tried
Butcombe - Adam Henson's Rare Breed (superseded by 3.8% version - see separate entry)4.20Not Tried
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Hopfest3.80Not Tried
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Mister Squirrel (superseded by 4% version)4.30Not Tried

About the Mad Squirrel Brewery Shop

The pub sign. Mad Squirrel Brewery Shop, Chesham, Buckinghamshire

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional1
Excellent2
Good3
Acceptable-
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1ES.

A new venture for Red Squirrel Brewery, established in 2013. The building is right on the Market Square and was earlier a pub called the Globe; and this marks a welcome return to ‘pub’ use for the premises. Actually, it is not really a pub at all but a beer shop, selling an excellent range of bottled beers, supplemented by a neat little bar selling draught Red Squirrel beers, guests and cider. Keeps more like shop (not pub) hours. Beers are served from a tiled wall behind the bar with 10 taps (4 cask ales, 4 craft keg beers, 1 sparkling cider, 1 still cider) all dispensed via an air compressor. Re-named Mad Squirrel from Red Squirrel when the brewery changed names.

We have visited this pub 4 times, seen 12 different beers and tried 6 of them.

Map location

Postcode: HP5 1ES