Brakspear Triple (7.2%)

Formerly brewed at Brakspear (Refresh UK - Marstons plc)
Style: English Strong Ale
Witney, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Bottle 50 cl, SB. Pours clear dark mahogany amber with a great shortlived beige head. Aroma is sweet malty, caramel, some dark fruits, fruity, vinous and tropical fruits. Flavor is fruity, amlty and a bit sweet in front, more fruity and acidy with some bitterness in the middle. Finishes sweet malty and fruity with medium bitterness.

500ml bottle [bottle no. 2014597]. Clear dark red with small frothy collapsing off-wite head, leaving a thin layer. Sweet caramel malty aroma, toffee, a minimal touch of orange. Flat monotonous malty taste with an unpleasant bitter note like bitter almond or even chicory; dry finish with a touch of orange zest.

Bottle gifted by a friend (not on RB). Interesting, sweet, licorice(?), candy and fruits.

Bottle number A265810, best before 14th Jan 2009, drank late Nov 2008. Poured into a straight pint sleeve, no sediment left the bottle (that I noticed anyway). Deep amber, mahogany reddy brown, clear and clean looking, off-white head sat on top. The aroma was of hops, yeast and toffee/sweet molasses. The taste is a sweetish, rich malty flavour. Real fires without the smoke also comes to mind as you sip this very pleasant beer. Old leather armchairs, Gentlemens clubs and money, that is what this beer reminds me of. I can imagine warm lounges, smoking jackets and cigars when drinking this. A very good beer, the 7.2% is well hidden and balanced nicely. A beer for people who like the better things in life.

Brun öl med röda toner. Lätt skum som försvinner ganska snabbt. Söt doft med röda frukter, alkohol, karamell och lim. Smaken är maltig med inslag av bränt socker, marsipan. Viss beska precis nog för att balansera.

Bottle, 50cl - Clear copper beer with a large beige frothy head. Aroma is malty with notes of caramel, toffee, nuts, chestnuts and bread. Flavor is malty with notes of nuts, caramel, toffee and again chestnuts. Wow, pleasantly surprised with this one.

Bottle. Amber with an off-white head. Aroma: candy, berries, earthy. Taste: sweet and malty, Ferrari candy, red wine gums, earthy. Medium-bodied, smooth. Not among the better in the style, but nice.

Bottle from Systembolaget. Pours nicely light mahogany with a slight layer of head. Aroma is very discrete of malt and caramel. Not much to report. Taste is much more pronounced, malty of crystal malt and sweet from it. Not much hoppiness, but it’s there in the background supporting the malty sweetness. The mouthfeel is medium but dull, it could have done better with some more carbonation, but it’s an all over nice malty beer. And, it’s not really that obvious the beer is at 7,2% ABV...

En riktigt trevlig engelsk öl. Smak och doft av parfym, malt, bränt socker, honung, sirap, humle, torkad frukt. Fyllig och med en trevlig beska, en aning söt men helheten är fin.

500 ml bottle bought @ Systembolaget. Pours clear dark copper reddish brown with a rather small frothy and bubbly off-white head that leaves some lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is very sweet with ripe pears, caramel, glue, alcohol, plums, dark bread, golden syrup, honey, green apples, raisins and hints of grass and metal. Taste is sweet and slightly metallic with dark bread, pears, apples, raisins, plums, burnt caramel, wood, vanilla, toffee, grass and hints of orange peal. Mouthfeel is tiny watery, slightly round, tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with dark bread, honey, pears, grass and orange peal. Not really my favorite style of beer but found it to be quite alright.