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Brewed by Spitting Feathers
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Chester, England

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RATINGS: 3   MEAN: 3.07/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.85   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
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Cask, Seasonal; Heritage Ales is a venture by Spitting Feathers with the help of brewing historian John Murray of Cestrian Brewery. Our aim is to recreate, as faithfully as possible, some of the great beers and styles of bygone ages. By scouring the archives and records offices, conducting local research and by consulting historians we hope to unearth and reproduce ancient beers and ales of historic and cultural significance. Empire I.P.A. (5.2%) The beer brewed to quench thirsts around the globe-spanning British Empire. India Pale Ale was brewed specifically for export with properties to match. It was higher alcohol and hop levels to preserve the beer as it travelled back over the seas on ships that had sailed to the UK to deliver cargo from around the empire. Available Oct-Dec


2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
Strangebrewer (523) - Chatham, - AUG 24, 2011
hand pumped at JJ Moons, UK. Poured clear amber white a white head. Light hop aroma. Smooth mouthfeel, a bit watery. Earthy hop flavour, tart citrus notes. Bitter astringent finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BlackHaddock (1709) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - APR 7, 2012
Half pint, gravity poured at a beerfest in The George Inn, Eccleshall: Easter 2012. Good amber colour, thin white crown of foam. Hops rule the roost in both aroma and taste with any malt content happy to play second fiddle and prevent the beer becoming a mega hop-bomb sort of brew. About as hoppy I can go before the bitterness takes away my enjoyment.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
thepegjett (1200) - Cambridge (via Winnipeg), Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - APR 3, 2012
A - caramel with sweet citrus A - dark gold with lasting, frothy head T - sweet with light bitter P - mid and soft O - o.k., but not a golden. More an ESB.


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