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Cottage Christmas Cracker


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Brewed by Cottage
Style: Old Ale
Castle Cary, England

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RATINGS: 8   MEAN: 2.99/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.88   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Seasonal - Christmas.


3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JUL 19, 2011

Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark, London, Greater London, England SE1 9AA.

Clear medium yellow amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, malt, moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, hoppy, flowers and dry grass notes, warm caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101204]

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
chriso (7065) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - MAR 13, 2011
Cask (handpump) at the Market Porter on 4 December 2010. Amber colour. Good condition. A solid and balanced best bitter. Not a lot else to say really. Precious little to do with Christmas as far as I could see.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
MesandSim (7109) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - DEC 23, 2008
A Mes rate. Cask at the Bree Louise. Mid amber colour with a thin off white head. Excellent condition but it is still failing to impress. Sweet fruity malt, loads of bread and a definite wheaty note in the finish leaving a biscuit hint in the aftertaste. Pretty standard stuff and far from exciting.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
Ethereal (2399) - Los Angeles, California, USA - DEC 18, 2007
Cask at The Market Porter, Borough, 17/12/07. Amber in colour. Aroma is fruity. Decent balance of malt and hops and the right mouthfeel for the strength. Decent beer but no more.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - JAN 25, 2006
Cask Handpump at the Ship & Mitre, Liverpool 05/12/2002 Amber golden coloured fruity and slightly pale. Some bitterness in a lasting hop finish.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
maeib (6634) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - DEC 5, 2004
Cask conditioned - handpump - Head Of Steam Euston. A mid brown coloured beer which has a bit of a malty aroma. The taste is quite bland with hints of malt and hints of caramel, but nothing to get excited about.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Joeh (2036) - Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - DEC 3, 2004
Cask conditioned at the Head of Steam, Euston, London. Plain beer, odd and malty, biscuit etc. OK.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
duff (5483) - St, Margarets, Greater London, ENGLAND - JAN 5, 2002
UPDATED: DEC 21, 2004 Cask. Certainly not as good as i remember. Grainy, with some sweet caramel, typical boring Cottage beer really.


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