4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle.
A - Deep red-orange amber color. Decent sized, bubbly and foamy head that is a light beige ivory color. A little below average retention with almost no lacing left.
S - Good amount of toasted caramel malt, as well as some bready smell. Also some general fruitiness with apple and some orange being the strongest.
T - A lot of bready malt taste with some caramel and grain taste too. Some earthy hops along with a bit of floral hops as well. Also a fair amount of gold fruit (good amount of apple and orange). Sweet base and good amount of malts throughout., but fair amount of hop bitterness and fruity tang balances it out. Just a hint of alcohol taste is present.
M - Medium body with moderate carbonation. Rich and smooth and a bit creamy.
D - Easy to drink with great mouthfeel that goes down easy. Rich and full flavors with a good balance of malt/bread taste and some hop/fruity tang.
Notes: Really good beer that is full of English hops and bready malts as well as fruit. Really nice mouthfeel and flavors. Might get a little bready but well balanced beer. I would definitely recommend this.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
red, orange, clear, frothy, tan foam, caramel, citrus, floral, licorice, alcohol, light sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, oily feel, lively, long finish, bitter,
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
This is an awesome beer. Great flavors of burnt fruits and malty tones. Finish is warm and simply amazing. I love this beer.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours amber born with a medium-small head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of caramel and perhaps hint of hops. Taste is malty sweet, some fruityness, caramel and biscuits with a small hint of bitterness into the dry finish. Medium bodied and medium carbonation. Very fine beer, excellent strong taste.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
500mL bottle. Pours a brownish-ruby with off-white foamy head. Aroma is cranberry and other dark fruits, some booze, vanilla. Sweet flavor: caramel, dark fruit, some hop presence, alcohol. Noticeable carbonation; dry finish with a lingering taste of apple.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Excellent beer. Nice dark amber with a really nice head. Aroma of pale and caramel malts, fruitiness, and mild hops. Well balanced flavor between the malt and hops. Medium-full bodied with just the right carbonation. Again, very nicely balanced.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Much better than their ESB, this 1845 is absolutely amazing! One of the most flavorful strong ales that I have had in quite a long time! It has a nice warming effect from the alcohol as you savor this brew. Call me ’strange’ but this would be perfect (for me at least) paired up with some rum cake or a delicious fruit cake!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 25, 2011 This is a delicious, sweet, malty treat. The aroma is too sweet, alcoholic, and even ripe at first, making for a rather mixed first impression, but as it mellows out with temperature, it gets sweeter in a much more elegant and complex kind of way, with dried fruits, nuts and loads of caramel coming out, and the malt backbone taking more of a supporting role. The beer pours a beautiful brown and develops a medium head, but it doesn’t keep it for too long. The taste is wonderful, with the bread character of the malts really coming through. There’s also a nice bouquet of dark fruits and some nice but unexpected floral hops. It is full-bodied and elegantly carbonated. To me this is beer is an utter pleasure; everything about it exudes class. I could see how it may be too sweet for some (if not most) people, but it is a favorite of mine. Excellent.
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