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Harveys Elizabethan Ale

Percentile
91
overall
Brewed by Harveys
Style: Barley Wine

Lewes, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3103.59/5.03.58/5.08.2%61Snifter
Commercial Description:
Generally available only in pasteurised bottle. Has occasionally appeared in cask. Currently 8.2%, but has been brewed at 8.1% and 8.3%.
Originally brewed to mark the Queen’s Coronation in 1953, this golden barley wine proved so popular that it has been brewed ever since. It is comparable in strength to the beer produced by Tudor brewers during the reign of Elizabeth I. It has won many prizes and, at the International Brewers’ Exhibition 1968, was awarded the Championship Gold Medal. Regular drinkers simply asked for a ‘Lizzie’.
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 thomat (666), Göteborg, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Redish brown with a small off-white head. Sweet and malty tones. caramel, malt and some hops. Full body with a bitter finish.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Bottle. Rich copper beer with a small dark cream colored head. Sweet malt aroma. Sweet malt and light dried fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Sweet malt, dried fruit, and toffee linger.


 Geokkjer (256), Kristiansand, Norway
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Bottle @ The Warf, Aalborg.Pours brownish with an small off-white head.Aroma of grains, oat, alcohol and caramel.Sweet and fruity flavor with dried fruits and grainy malts.Full bodied .Nice beer.


jodah52 (50), Michigan, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/54/104/518/20
Sep 10, 2009  
1988 bottling, 21 years old. Deep amber with no head - just a whisper of bubbles on the surface, and it is still. Aroma is full and heady; rum at first, then powerful honey and apples and peaches with a stirring warm spice - like cinnamon or cardamom. The taste is a slap in the face; it hits a flat note like bread or wet cardboard, at first disconcerting; but then changes into a dry, winelike sweetness and complexity. It leaves a long aftertaste of apple, peach, apricot, and toffee. A rare treat.


 astrofrk (218), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/513/20
Sep 5, 2009  
Red-Brown. Fast, soapy head. Aroma: Caramel, plum, spice. Flavor: Caramel, dark fruit, malt. Bitter Chocolate finish.


 cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 27, 2009  
Bottle at Chris-Os Pre GBBF 09 tasting ... copper ... sweet toffee malt nose ... big sweet toffee ... light hop ... littl emalt.


 Magicdave6 (5490), London, Greater London, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 8, 2009  
Numerous bottles of different vintages going back a few years from the brewery the brewery shop and from the kind barman at that pub just down the road from the brewery. Alround rating: Sweet caramel and toffee malts, some sweet fruity esters dark berries and raisins, peppery hop and alcohol comes through the minerally character is there but far more subtle than in the session harveys beers. Anyway good stuff and im glad iv got some more.


 blipp (1652), Newark, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jun 18, 2009  
Bottle. 1996 vintage. Pours red brown with a thin beige head. Vinous dark fruity aroma, with raisins up front and a bit of a matly sweetness. The flavor features a nice lightly sour dark fruity sweetness, with raisin, cherry and plum, as well as tobacco, wood, and toffee. Not bad for a 13 year old beer.



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