Isle of Avalon Gordon’s 75 Gin

Isle of Avalon
Brewed at Wessex
Style: English Strong Ale
Bridgewater, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England

Clear medium to dark red amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wood - glue, rubber notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. Odd beer ! [20101201]

Cask (gravity dispense) at Pigs Ear Beer Festival, day 2 (beer #14) on 1 December 2010. Copper colour. No head. Not much sign of gin. Doesn’t really taste 7.5%, although there is a little alcohol warmth late on. Not really sure what’s going on here to be honest. Odd, but not unpleasant.

2nd December 2010
Pigs Ear. Clear brown beer, no head. Low carbonation, semi dry palate. Tastes vaguely porterish with a little dark malt in the taste (but not the appearance). Some semi sweet dried fruit underneath. Finishes dry with a little more porterish like malt. A trace of gin? Or is that the power of suggestion. Okay if a little odd.

A Sim rate (cask at Pig’s Ear): Aroma of cheesy wine. It’s rich and plummy but also off-puttingly sour. Taste of plum and white wine. Woody. "Is it aged in a gin barrel?" "It’s aged in a gin bottle!"