Steady Rolling Man Pale Ale Beer Review

Steady Rolling Man Pale Ale comes from the popular Cheltenham brewery Deya Brewing Company known for their American style beers. Their flagship beer inspired the tasty hoppy beers they fell for, recreating their own version while listening to the blues. So what’s it like?

Steady Rolling Man is a refreshing intense smooth pale ale that hits the spot. It pours a light straw colour with a slight haze and a one finger tight white head. On the nose it is fresh with tropical aromas of mango, pineapple and orange. The taste hits the mouth like an explosion of tropical fruits, yet has a real softness about it, followed by a subtle bitter finale. It scores a highly deserved 4.8 out of 5.0.

It’s fresh and vibrant, you can taste the quality in this hoppy pale ale.

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Steady Rolling Man Pale Ale Review

The beer sits in a tall 500ml silver can with pink label and an image of a blues musician. Possibly Robert Johnson the blues artist who has a song ‘I’m A Steady Rolling Man’ although I don’t know for sure, it’s just a hunch.

There is some info on the side of the can about how this pale ale is inspired by the ridiculously tasty, hoppy beers that Deya fell in love with. Those beers inspired them to brew their own version, which they did while listening to the blues.

And Steady Rolling Man is the result.

This is Deya’s flagship beer and rocks in at 5.2% ABV, so just outside the session bracket, but only just. Time to crack it open and get it into a glass.

Drinking Steady Rolling Man

It pours a light straw colour with a slight haze to it. Pour it with a sensible tilt on the glass and you get a one finger white fluffy top. Pour it more aggressively and you get a two finger top, I did both.

In for a sniff and the first thing Lou says is “That smells lovely” and she is not wrong. It’s a burst of tropical fruitiness screaming in your face. Mango, pineapple and orange are the ones that hit the senses, but there are plenty more backing them up.

It just smells so fresh and lively you can almost taste it.

And when you do there is a tropical fruit explosion in the mouth, but in a soft smooth way. It taste fresh and vibrant with a smooth mouthfeel. On the backend is a subtle bitter treat that just finishes thing off perfectly.

Steady Rolling Man smells fresh, tastes fresh with a real smoothness in the mouth and a good balanced bitter finish. A really good pale ale that gets a really good score of 4.8 out of 5.0.

M’Lady is a fan too, saying “It is soft, fresh and aromatic, a bloody good pale ale, quality.” Lou also scores it high at 4.7 out of 5.0.

Deya’s flagship beer is worthy of just that, what a decent pale ale.

Deya Brewing Company

Deya Brewing Company starting life back in 2015 and was founded by Theo Freyne with a mission to brew quality American style hoppy beers.

I think the initial name which was short lived was Freyne Brewing Co, but it is Deya.

Theo worked at the famous Odell Brewing Company of Colorado while studying for his Masters of Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University.

I think his experience at Odell is where he found his inspiration for making good beer that screams quality.

In 2016 the brewery worked out of a 4000sqft industrial unit in Cheltenham. But that wasn’t for long moving to new premises in 2019 saw more space at 25000sqft including a 2000sqft taproom onsite.

Today Deya is a well respected brewery known for producing good quality beer.

Deya Beers

Deya seem to have a core range of beers including Into the haze IPA, Magazine Cover Pale ale, Tappy Pils Lager, and of course Steady Rolling Man Pale Ale.

They also produce other beers that may come and go, but there always seems to be something new to try out.

Here are a few that I would like to give a test drive.

Into The Haze

Into The Haze is an IPA which I assume is pretty hazy. It has a strong malt base with plenty of juicy citrus tropical fruits.

Made with Citra and Simcoe hops which sounds like a good combination for a lively IPA. It weighs in at 6.2% ABV which restricts the amount you might want to drink.

Seeing this is one of their core range I would expect it to be a good solid IPA that might just be a combo of old and new style. We shall see.

Sound Machine Groove

Sound Machine Groove an album by R L Burnside a blues artist, but in this case is a DIPA brewed with Citra and Nelson and dry hopped with Idaho-7. Said to be juicy and delicious with plenty of tropical and citrus bite.

It packs a real punch at 8.0% ABV so a beer to sip and savour. My hope for this beer is that while it has plenty of tropical citrus flavours, I would like a good amount of bitter bite too.

A beer I definitely want to try.

Hokum Stomp

Hokum Stomp is an English style porter, and I do like a porter or stout, so this one is a must for me. Made with Bramling Cross Hops it could have a little red berry flavour about it, and maybe a hint of spice too.

It is said to be chocolate biscuit with deep caramel flavours and a sweet body. It weighs in at 5.6% ABV so is not strictly a session beer.

Hokum Stomp is another reference to blues music, there really is a blues influence at this brewery.

I don’t think Deya are really into porters or stouts, so it will be interesting how this beer stacks up.

Final Thoughts

Although I have only had one beer from Deya it is a really good quality beer. I plan to try more of their beers in the future.

They do come across as a brewery that really cares about quality in what they produce. Steady Rolling Man Pale Ale was a good experience, a beer that both myself and Lou loved.

If you have tried it then do share your thoughts below, let me know what you think.