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Craigmill Cock Sparra

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Formerly brewed at Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Irish Ale
Alloa, Scotland
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 5   MEAN: 3.34/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.19   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
"Red Malt Ale"
From the stone kettle at Craigmill brewery we produce this blend of traditional and New World beer, based on the Scottish tradition of rich crystal and red malts we have included north American Oregon hops. The blend of rich kilned malts is balanced beautifully with the sharp citrus flavours of the hops.


3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - FEB 4, 2006
1. Cask Handpump at the Station Buffet, Stalybridge 01/05/2003 Amber coloured with a reddish hue. Slightly sweet. Some bitterness in a full malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 25/02/2004 Copper mid brown colour. Some sour fruit flavour. Bitter full malt finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
chriso (7062) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - FEB 21, 2004
Deep red/brown colour. Served too cold to get much of the aroma, A balance of malt and bitterness on the palate, but can't say I noticed the Oregon hops too much. A robust and rather rustic ale, but quite pleasant, if unexceptional. Cask (handpump), Lord Moon of the Mall (JDW), Whitehall, London SW1.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Spiesy (2336) - Sydney, Greater London, AUSTRALIA - FEB 15, 2004
Cask Conditioned, at the Head of Steam, London.
Amber with a lacy white head. Very well balanced. Sweet malts transition through to decent bitter finish. Very impressed with the condition of this beer. The Head of Steam is a top notch Free House with 8 hand pumps (7 beer + 1 cider).

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
SilkTork (4692) - Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom, WALES - FEB 8, 2004
JDW Maidstone. Good condition. Perfect temperature. Brown red colour. An initial malt sweetness is quickly balanced by dry almost tannic hops that lead into an earthy bitterness in the finish. Nice, but not my thing.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
JoeM500 (1875) - Crown Point, Indiana, USA - MAY 17, 2002
Deep ruby red with floral aroma. Some spice flavor at the beginning, nice sweet malty middles. Dry finish.


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Beer: Craigmill Cock Sparra Rating Avg: 3.19 No. of Ratings: 5
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