{"id":487,"date":"2012-12-08T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/likelymoose.co.uk\/?p=487"},"modified":"2025-05-28T16:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:47:55","slug":"robinsons-build-a-rocket-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/likelymoose.co.uk\/?p=487","title":{"rendered":"Robinson’s Build a rocket boys!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have always been a big fan of the band Elbow. And so a year ago when they first released their own beer, with the help of Robinson’s, I couldn’t help but get a little bit excited. I went onto the website and tried to find where my nearest retailer was going to be. Turned out about two-hundred miles away. Well thank-you-very-much! I could have had a crate sent to me but, not knowing what it’s like, plus the cost, plus tax, plus p&p, plus this, plus that, plus that, plus the other, it wasn’t a goer.<\/p>\n

Last week I was in Leighton Buzzard (much more local) and in the Morrison’s there I discovered they had Build! (as I believe it is more commonly\u00a0abbreviated). Finally, more than a year after it came out I finally had my chance. In the year since it had built up quite a reputation, raising more than \u00a325,000 for Oxfam’s East Africa Appeal in the process. I have since tried a bottle which I bought from Morrison’s, this is what I though of it.<\/p>\n

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Pour and colour:\u00a0Dark straw, moving towards amber in colour. Not much head, thin and white. You can see a large amount of bubbles keeping the little bit of head in place. I haven’t even tried it yet and I’m guessing it’s going to be too carbonated for my taste.<\/p>\n

Aroma: Very little at all, maybe a slight hint of biscuit, like shortbread, quite a sweet smell but nothing very bold.<\/p>\n

Taste: Like its smell it was hard to point out at first, a slightly lagery taste but with more build. I was expecting a proper English bitter and so expecting more oompf. When you dig a little deeper there is a malty base to it all but has an\u00a0overriding\u00a0hoppy bitterness giving it that crisp back of the mouth feel that you expect from something like an inexpensive lager.<\/p>\n

Mouth feel: As I thought, fairly thin, way too\u00a0effervescent\u00a0for my liking. It has a dry kick in the back of the throat.<\/p>\n

Final Verdict:<\/strong><\/p>\n

6 \/ 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’d love to give Elbow’s beer a higher score as I really rate the band, unfortunately, not so much the beer. For me, although it is drinkable, the flavours are not very well pronounced and to be honest the carbonation is a little much for me. I can see exactly why it is so popular, it is perfectly drinkable and I could happily drink several of them without complaint, it’s just there isn’t much to praise either. Long may it continue to do well, just not for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bought in Morrison’s<\/a> Leighton Buzzard
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