3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On-Tap @ Bailey’s Taproom poured into Shaker glass. Winter in July.
Pours a murky deep copper color with a finger of tan colored head that never fully dissolves and remains a heavy layer atop the glass through-out the session. The aroma is toasted malts, spices and some earthy hops. The flavor has similar notes with toasty malts and nuts, slight brown sugar and some other spices. Wassail has a creamy medium body. The hops are more present in the aroma than in the taste which actually makes sense, since this was a dry-hopped version of the Wassail. The flavor is nice but could use some more noticeable hoppiness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Very dark brown pour with a smaller soapy off-white head. Nose is roasted malts and a hint of caramel sweetness and spice. Medium palate - decent weight. Taste is mild roast, dark fruit, a touch of caramel, and a hint of spice. Very nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught from the Mark Bar. Poured dark brown. Smallish to nothing head. Malty smoky oaky. Pretty decent stuff.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours very dark red with half a finger head. Nice lacing. Smell is very strong and rich. Bit of spice, lots of dark red fruit, almost a bit nutty. Taste is spicy, bitter. Pretty full bodied. Pretty good winter beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark brown with a small tan and some lacing. Aroma was brown sugar, roasted malt, and some hops. Taste is bready with some hop bitterness and some alcohol. Little more boozy than than 7% but its not a bad thing.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours out identical to the picture of it on this page. Sweet and roasted smell with a touch of hops in the nose. Taste is smooth and kind of sweet with a nice kick of alcohol. Definitely a winter warmer. Not bad really.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Moderate malt notes of toasted dark bread, light to moderate herbs and resin, faint dough for the yeast, with hints of raisin and dried cherry and faint spices. Head is small, fizzy, light tan, with no lacing but good legs. Color is dark mahogany. Flavor starts lightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is medium, watery with livley carbonation and finishes lightly alcoholic. A nice winter warmer and a good representation of as Strong English Ale.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From the bottle, pours dark red with a thick off white foamy head. Average weaker aroma, taste is not overly spiced or overly anything. Very dry at the end. Caramel malty, good overall.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
The aroma i fruit, spices, roast. The appearance is a deep amber color, off-white head. The flavor is much more roasty than the aroma, some toasted malts, spices. Roasty, spicy on the finish. Good.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured a nice dark brown color with a thin off-white head. Aroma has lots of caramel and some sweetness. A touch of bread as well. Taste is big and creamy with lots of caramel. Intresting grain flavors with some biscuit. Finish has a touch of alcohol and more caramel. Some chocolate too at the end. Overall very nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The Wassail is a very dark brown with tan head when aggressively poured and sticky lacing. At first I thought it might be a bock but it’s too thick and roasty for that. Chocolate malt aroma with a hint of alcohol. Medium sweetness out front and a nice balancing dry bitterness. Heavy bodied and cloying, though the hop flush prevent it from bogging down. Wish it was year ’round.
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