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Bass No 1

Bass No 1 - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
96
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Brewed by White Shield (prev. Museum) (MolsonCoors)
Style: Barley Wine

Burton-on-Trent, England

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
873.8/5.03.73/5.010%80.8Snifter
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Commercial Description:
This is the very first Barley Wine to ever be mass produced. It is named after the brewery in which it was first brewed. This beer started a tradition in British brewing in which all brewers produced a barley wine. This beer is only produced occasionally and as such is very hard to find.
Bass King's Ale is a batch of Bass No. 1 which was started by Edward VII during a visit to the brewery in 1902.
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 Ungstrup (14757), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 4, 2009  
Party fass at RBESG 2008. A deep red beer with an orangey head. The aroma is dominated by notes of over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and over ripe fruits, but a light oxidation is also present.


 presario (2953), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/514/20
Jul 25, 2009  
Queen’s Ale July 3, 2002. Bubbles around the edge of the glass and a few in the middle. Dark brown liquid allows some light. Aroma of dark wood, alcohol, rum, dark fruit and a hint of spice. Still beer. Tasty spice. Quiet alcohol. Licorice root and blackstrap molasses.


 ChristianScheffel (4431), Odense, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 11, 2009  
RBESG 08. Deep dark amber with a lasting off-white head. Fruity aroma with dates and a little alcohol. Sweet, dried fruit flavour with hot alcohol.


 rickgordon (3285), Göteborg, Sweden
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/51/101/53/20
Jun 21, 2009  
Big bottle. Sampled twice, in 2006 and 2009. Aroma from raisins and ripe apples, apple cake, very tart and vineous. Fantastic aroma. When we cracked it open, an enormous aroma was revealed. Horrid taste from harsh sourness. It’s dusty and immensely sour. Light and lifeless body of course.


 CapedBrewsader (260), Brasschaat, Belgium
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/513/20
Feb 20, 2009    Updated: Mar 2, 2009
25cl bottle at De Kulminator, iRate: pours a red tinted dark brown with a few soap suds for a head. Big sherry aroma with cardboard and a touch of smoke. Sweet Madeira. Carmelized sugars. Wonderfully sweet. The flat brew touches the lips and releases wet newspaper, but then livens up with some sherry and port. Rusty metal ... Perhaps literally rusted metal... looking at the rusted cap. Again smoke. Quite complex but obviosly way beyond it’s years. Still very enjoyable though.


 Hophead22 (1056), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 8, 2009  
Hand bottle from goldtwins, big thanks Larry! Hazy dark brown pour with very little head. Super rich, lots of dark fruits, very nice. Flavor is a bit off, but still quite tasty, slight bitterness and a little warming, very good.


 Dickinsonbeer (3434), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 7, 2009  
Bottle shared by Miketd. Thanks! Pours a medium coppery haze with no head. Aroma is oxidized on the high end, but not so much that it ruined the beer like I have had in other Bass No 1’s I had had previous to this- lots of wet paper but stil a dried sweet maltiness and lots of dank old fruity esters. Flavor is a bit salty with some soy and medium to high oxidation- slight sherry and dirty old rotting wood- somehwat sweet but the saltiness comes through and kills it. One of the better bottles I have had but still not that great.


 rcasta (472), El Salvador
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/53/104/512/20
Jan 13, 2009  
Por alguna razon se me habia quedado sin rating pero ya resuelto. Entre las comerciales es buena



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