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Ballards Duck House

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Formerly brewed at Ballards
Style: Barley Wine
Petersfield, England
Serve in Snifter

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RATINGS: 3   MEAN: 1.7/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.41   SEASONAL: Series   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Special - released December 2009. Also bottle conditioned.
Old Bounder series 2009/10.


2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Stephanos (617) - NORTHERN IRELAND - FEB 4, 2012
Bought from the brewery on the release date dec 2009. Its passed its BBE. Pours completely flat, no head whatsoever. Dark ruby. There’s balsamic vinegar and sherry on the nose. Very complex medium body reminiscent of an oud bruin. Oxidised of course with a lot of vinegar, some soggy cardboard, autolysed yeast marmite flavours, a hint of lactic acid, rounded body, quite sweet, vinous fruit. Long savoury finish with more marmite.

1.3
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 4/20
sm89walt (1344) - Norwich, Norfolk, ENGLAND - FEB 22, 2010
Cask - White Cliffs Festival 2010, Dover. Oh dear. Ok, so it looked average - a dark brown with a fine & frothy, disappearing beige head but apart from that... Aggressively acidic & tangy on the nose, I’ll go as far as calling it Balsamic vinegar rather than regular malt vinegar but little else is on offer. Taste is pretty much the same, maybe some raisin notes in there but I may just be being kind. Yea, the palate is alright as well - apart from being a bit cloying - but nothing more than average.

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   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 2/20
SilkTork (4691) - Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom, WALES - FEB 12, 2010
Dover Beer Festival 2010. Another Old Bounder, another foul beer. Malt vinegar aroma. Rough malt and ugly tobacco hops. There’s very little to commend this. Cereal, thick, unpleasant. Barely drinkable.


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Beer: Ballards Duck House Rating Avg: 2.41 No. of Ratings: 3
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