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Islay Worts n Ales


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A Scotch Ale brewed by
Islay

Bridgend, Isle of Islay, Scotland

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53.4/5.03.24/5.09%0 Thistle P  Stats

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An ale has been brewed from Islay single malt for the first time. Paul Hathaway from the Micro-brewery “Islay Ales” has produced a powerful and heady brew. By interrupting the whisky–making process at the stage of mashing, 600 litres of the pre-fermented liquor known as ‘wort’ was shipped to Islay Ales brewery. Using brewer’s yeast the ‘wort’, obtained from a maceration of Optic barley, was fermented to a knee-trembling 9% alcohol ale. Brewer Paul Hathaway added Challenger and Bramling Cross hops for extra flavour: “The distillery usually gets a 7% alcohol using different yeast strain – but I managed to get a thumping 9% alcohol.” “It’s a crossover drink: it has the delicious malty richness of Bruichladdich’s wort and the bitterness of hops. The debut for this ale was Sunday 28th May at the opening day of the Islay Whisky & Music Festival “Feis Ile” at Bruichladdich Distillery. 1,800 bottles (33cl) entitled “Worts n’Ale” were produced in total. “At 9% alcohol this is special beer is for savouring - and certainly not for session drinking. You can drink it now – but it will get even better with time. A year’s aging would be ideal.”

 Magic_dave6 (3536), London, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 4, 2007  
Bottle from random shop on way to connect festival. Aroma gives alcohol, dried fruits, yeasty fruity character and honey sweetness from the pale malts. Taste is similar, an alright ale and like it is easily drinkable, but the yeasty character is a bit too much.


 ante (2451), Stockholm (Bromma), Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 23, 2007  
Bottled. Orange colour, almost no foam. Rich and dense smokey aroma of seasalt, tar, salmiak and eel. Tarry flavour of makarell, seaweed and salmiak. Full-bodied. Long intense finish of smoke and ink with a subtle malty sweetness. Well-hidden alcohol. really good. Thanks to omhper for this one and other interesting beers.


 omhper (10145), Stockholm, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/102/512/20
Feb 20, 2007  
Bottled. Hazy deep golden, airy head. Intriguing smokey malt aroma. Sweet and very peaty with dense mouthfeel. Most certainly with lots of islay whisky character. Peat and smoke dominates. I sense no hops, so the smoke lingers also in the finish and only have to battle the malt sweetness for attention. An interesting experiment.


 harrisoni (4930), Ashford, Kent, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 31, 2007  
Bottle from someone at the Burgundian Babblebelt meeting at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Whisky copper colour, slight haze. No head. Aroma of malt whisky. Iodine, peaty malt. Some creamy toffee and then medicinal iodine finish. Orange whisky aroma. It is like an Islay whisky. Pretty intense. Good whisky alcohol burn.


 JorisPPattyn (4248), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 30, 2007  
No head, clear orange, still beer. Fully tarry, leather grease, and indeed, watered-down Islay Uisce Beatha. Sweet with then smoked malt whisky, just not as alcoholic. No bitterness. It gives a watery MF - which it hasn’t - because one starts comparing it to whisky, rather than to beer... Very interesting. Still, I think I prefer it distilled.




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