4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
it was worth the 2 year wait, complex taste at their best, it is a shame i only bought one of these!
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Got this years vintage and i wasn’t disappointed. Very, Very good!
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
This is one great beer. I bought a couple bottles almost a year ago. Drank one right away and loved it. Drank the second a few days ago, and it was even better. This beer ages well.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Wow, by far the best beer in England, Has a fruity taste, you must give this a try, you will want to drink it all the time.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: JAN 16, 2003 This beer is simply amazing. There are a tremendous amount of hops in this ale which are, after 3-4 years, still fresh enough to bring tears to your eyes. The malt is honeyed, and defined and enlivened by these amazing hops. I have a tough time remembering a better English ale. And I’ve never experienced a longer finish.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Medium brown color, medium head. Deep malt aroma, intense malt flavors. Somewhat hoppy. Full flavor, fully rounded mouthfeel. Malts have an ‘aged’ taste, smoky sort of like a good scotch. Very smooth. Even with a high alcohol content (8.5%) not a noticeable alcohol bite. Finish is smooth and clean. Aftertaste is malty and smoky. A wonderful beer.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAY 4, 2005 Man what a good looking beer! Light brown(maybe a tinge of brown) in color and transluminate. Just looked in the bottle, yep, its really bottle conditioned, there is a fair amount of sediment in the bottle. Malty flavor, is this really 8.5% ABV it can’t be, no alcohol flavor at all. This is my favorite straight away ale. Good gush it good! Thanks Herbjones for this one.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
500 ml. brown bottle. Part of a vertical tasting held for my close friends. Poured out a hazy copper / orange color, with a tiny tan head. Still a little life left in this 10 year old girl. Aromas are of dark, rum soaked fruits, oak barrels, sweet malty tobacco. Flavors are of cherry pipe tobacco, rum soaked raisins, sweet malts. Hops have faded off into oblivion. Alcohol is so smooth, it’s barely noticeable.
Smooth mouthfeel, gentle carbonation.
Damn tasty after 10 years !
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 9, 2008 Bottle. It pours a dark red/brown with a small off-white head. It’s pretty hazy, with only slight carbonation. The aroma is heavy fruit, earthy, with spices and toffee. Taste is VERY full. Dark fruits, eathy, molassas, and a good kick of alcohol. Warming with a good balance of sweet and bitter. This is a damn fine beer. It’s sad that I’ll probably never have it again.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle # 06681, sampled April 1st, 2004 - Have been waiting for this beer wtih anticipation, im celebrating my 19th birthday with this stunning example of an fucking nice brew, pardon my french! So lets start to check the goodies out...
Brown to dark red color, with a medium beige head although its fast disappearing. Nice tiny bubbles on the inside of the glass. Ver malty aroma, with candied fruits and some nice notes of alcohol. The flavor is toffee, lots of maltiness, dark candied fruits abit like plum in madeira, some bitter chocolate and a nice dry finish with a very creamy mouthfeel. This beer fucking rocks! Splendid way to finish a nice birthday meal...
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