Keltek Revenge

Formerly brewed at Keltek
Style: English Strong Ale
Redruth, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Bottle @ Kookfest. Blackcurrantly fruit, spicy alcohol. Sweet with slightly sharp fruitiness in mouth. Quite drinkable for the first couple of sips but becomes cloying.

500ml bottle, bought from Tuckers Maltings, consumed at Kookfest, September 2006. Past its best before date, but I though it had held up reasonably well. Deep bronze colour. I thought it had a distinctly Belgian style aroma with yeasty and candi sugar notes. Very herbal tasting with plenty of liquorice too. Some sour cherry fruit. There’s a quite medicinal, herbal bitterness on the finish reminiscent of angostura. Rather thin body for a strong beer. All over the place, but interesting.

Kook’s Farewell Knees Up. Smells of old cabbage water. Smells old. Touch of vinegar. Muddy. Biscuit. Vague. Mostly unpleasant.

Bottle at Kook’s Leaving Do at Chris_o’s. Deep chestnut, lasting beige head. Odd aroma. Yeasty/film developer. Malt in mouth. It is a bit like a Belgian beer, bit of lemon to start, then later some choc malt, quite sharp and acidic. Not exactly nice.

Bottle (Chris_o Gathering06): Tight tiny bubbles in a brown body. Tight beige head. Very morish. Smells aged. Nice belgian berrie influence.

Cask Stillage at the Bhurtpore Inn, Aston 10/07/2003 Dark coloured strong in alcohol and slightly fruity. Some spicy flavours. Lasting malt finish.

I first rated this in may 2003 and wasn’t too impressed.The current rating is of a second bottle bought at the same time which must have matured.Either that or my taste buds have altered. This pours with a small but creamy head and resembles a stout.it is very dark with a complex slightly acidic range of flavours. Not to be messed with-rather to sup and enjoy.