3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Coors have taken over the famous Bass Museum which makes Worthington White Shield and other historic ales. Part of the Bass/Worthington history is the annual brewing of a Royal Ale. On 3 July 2002 The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in the town of Burton on Trent by Royal Train to celebrate 1,000 years of brewing in the town as well as 100 years of the production of Marmite. Marmite is made from surplus brewers yeast, and was sent out to soldiers serving in Mesopotamia (Iraq) where vitamin deficiency diseases were common. After visiting The Abbey Garden where monks first brewed beer in Burton around 1002 AD, they moved on to The Bass Museum and started the mash for Queen's Ale and Duke's Ale - a tradition started on 22 February 1902 by King Edward VII. The beer is a lovely mahogony colour and has a rich fruit cake and alcohol aroma and taste with a good sharp bite of hops to offset the sweetness. A very smooth and tasty but not too complex beer which leans toward a Barley Wine, but is less assertive.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from 2002. Sampled on May 16 2009. Thanks to Baresi/Mikael.
Light hazy pale golden colour. Cottony white foam. Jelly fruity, with floral uk hops in aroma. Flowery, berry-ish hop flavour with light bitterness. Incredibly fresh for being this old. Is it the effect of having tasted a 1982 Vintage Beer minutes earllier? Hopbitter finish. Citrusy fruit cake.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle on May 16, 2009
Slight bit hazy, pale golden color, white head. Fruity, floral, sweet, "hallonbåtar" candy, lemon like citrus scent. Fruity, bitter, "hallonbåtar" candy, hoppy taste. Spritzy mouthfeel, fresh. High bitterness.
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