Gales Trafalgar 200

Formerly brewed at Gales
Style: Old Ale
Horndean, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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From bottle at Copehagen Beer Festival: aroma and taste of garden berries, vinous and delicious. A beer to savour in company with your best friends. My best experience at the festival, truly unforgettable.

A bottle from barley wine shared with Petrus. No head, no carb, still promissing nose with lots of honey, plums and figs. But the tast is a bit flat and sour. misstored or to old? Still drinkable but not as good as expected.

275ml Bottle - Hazy copper in colour. Leather, vinous fruits, caramel and mince pies in the aroma. Rich, fruity and slightly spicy taste with notes of mince pies, Christmas pudding, marzipan and nuts. In good condition after all these years and another reason to lament the closure of Gale’s.

Bottle opened 2009, 23 Mars. No head.Amber / golden color. The aroma has lots of dried fruit and dusty old room. Some small hop aroma still. Dry taste with alcohole and a small acidity. Small body.

Pours dark amber with no head. Aroma is roasted caramel, toffee, raisin and plum. Flavour is roasted caramel, sour and acidic. Strange taste.

Bottle. Pours a clear and dark golden beer with no head. The aroma is malt, sweetness and dried fruit. The flavor is malt, dried fruit and acidity. The palate is dry. Overall an average beer.

Aroma is very sweet and malty. Some fruit such as apples and pears. A bit dusty with dry hay. Very good aroma. The taste is quite sour at first and then dusty. Then old hay barn. Unbalanced. Tastes as if it has been stored in a bad way. Aftertaste is both dry and sweet.

Dark amber wit no head. Fantastic malty with fruity notes. Malt raisins and plums with slightly sour bitterness. Medium to full body with a sour / bitter aftertaste.

275 ml bottle from 2005. Appearance: Clear amber/brown with no head. Aroma: Malt, fruit and vinous. Flavour: Malt, dark fruit, vinous, prunes and despite almost no co2 and 10% ABV no dominant alcohol flavour.

Thanks Alex! Ugly brew - flat, full dark amber. Muddy with protein or yeast particulate. Rich aroma - some sherryish notes but mostly the bad kind of oxidized. Flat, oily, with some fruity tartness but generally an oxidized malty beer with out much life.