Hepworth Noel

Brewed by Hepworth
Style: English Strong Ale
Horsham, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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500ml bottle, drunk on 4 December 2010. Bottled on 5 October 2010. Best before October 2015. Reddish amber colour. Good condition. Quite fruity aroma. A little hot alcohol. Some herbal bitterness on the palate. Fairly sweet. Pleasant enough but not as impressive as the previous Hepworth Christmas Ale. Probably a bit too young though. Flagged for re-rate if possible, with more bottled age

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich malt, caramel, nuts, fruits and hops.

Bottle 500ml. @ ChrisOs.

Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, overriped fruit, light alcohol, light hoppy, orange - citrus, mandarin. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity - berry, sweet berry, pale raisin, candy sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel has alcoholic notes. [20101204]

0.5L bottle from Ex Cellar, Fulham as Hepworth Vintage Noël Christmas Beer. Low gray-shaded blond head. Clear orangey amber body. Sugary aroma of honey, toffee, roasted nuts and alcohol-soaked yellow fruits. Substantially sweet malt flavor. Nuts and biscuits, toffee and fruit-cocktail. Carefully hopped, some bittering is noticable. Oily texture, bordering on sticky. Quite full. Sweet malty and fruity ending.

29th January 2011
Clear amber beer, little suddy white head. Sweet fruits and malt nose. Semi dry and semi crisp palate. Lagerish malt but sweeter. Sweet dried fruits with a touch of marmalade. The malt turns a little bit creamy. Finishes with more dried fruits. A tad over dry but a sweet drinkable X-mas beer.