Gales Trafalgar Ale

Formerly brewed at Gales
Style: Old Ale
Horndean, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottled. Dark reddish brown beer. Salty, sour and bitter tasting. Not what I was expecting. Very sharp and very long on the palate. It’s like drinking tainted beach water.

Smakade på en gammal flaska, minns inte årtalet hösten 2008 som hade fantastiska honungs- och marsipantoner, torkad frukt, portvin. Jag är svag för denna typ av öl, därav det höga betyget.

Bottle at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. A clear, brown beer without head. Oxidation, some caramel, alcohol and dried fruits in the aroma. The flavor has some sweetness, caramel and oxidation, leading to a lasting finish with caramel and oxidation. Warming, full-bodied and flat. A nice one, but still not there. I like English beers like this one, but it somehow disappointed a bit. (080913

Pours brown with no head to speak of. Smells of caramel, dark fruit, sherry, port wine. Tastes sweet and sugary with a nice complimentary tartness and a fruity finish.

Bottle at KØ07. Very sweet, oxidized prune aroma. Clear red/brown colour. No head. The flavour starts off citric, turns sweet and then dried fruity. Very vinous and oxidized, with some alcohol notes. Very long raisin aftertaste. I just do not like old beer.

Probably the most expensive bottle of beer I have purchased. Was it worth it? Well what I got was a bronze coloured ale tasting a bit like a port.Strong inviting aroma ansd a compex mix of tastes.Strong alcohol presence with some sweetness but not overpoweringly so. The bottle said 10 per cent not 9. A unique, well balanced ale-not sure though if it really was worth the price but its too late to worry about that.

Reddish amber colour. Creamy white low head. Sweet aroma of red cherries, candied nuts, tanins, oak and cognac. Thick and sweet flavour woth a light oaky acidity. caramel, raisin, nuts and port. Alcoholic finish with touches of paint...

Bottled, 2005 vintage (10%). Clear brownish amber. Aroma of toffee and dry white wine. Richly malty with some peppery brandy character. There’s some leather, lactic acidity and licorice.Complex andvery interesting.

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2005 Bottled, Vintage 2005, 10% ABV. Rerate. Dark red-ish. Berry nose, slight marzipan and LOADS of Danish(which was it?) cheese. Cellary. Brother of Prize Old Ale, sour, syrupy, aged feel, wood, slight licorice, ripe apples. I like this one! Medium-full bodied. Complex. Nice balance of sourness, sweetness, and body. And an interesting bitterness.

Bottle with different label and 10% Abv. Trafalgar 200 Ale. Hazy dark amber colour with a small head. Sweet fruity light alcoholic aroma and a sweet fruity alcoholic light sour taste. Medium body and a sour alcoholic light sry finish.

Hazy orange almond color. Alcohol mixed with bandaid and cardoard nose. Sour, vinegar and gooseberry taste. Weird aftertaste.