Fernandes Empress of India

Brewed by Fernandes (Ossett)
Style: English Strong Ale
Wakefield, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Dover Beer Fest, 2006 Flowery, perfumey, white lilly type of beer of noticable strength. Hops are over balanced, resulting in a crude, smudged intensity.

Cask at Peterborough Beer Fest 2006. Slightly cloudy golden body, long lasting medium white head full of big bubbles. Nose is spicy forestry hops. Taste is surprisingly light, like one of those 3.8% English Bitter, although the hops have an American feel to them. Lightly fruity (mainly grapefruit), some pine-tree with mild to medium bitterness. Pleasant. I had this one at the Peterborough Beer Fest not knowing anything about it. It wasn’t on the official beer list booklet. A Fernandes that got in when nobody was looking? On our side of the ocean it’s the Gonzales who do that a lot.