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New Holland Pilgrims Dole

Percentile
85
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3383.45/5.03.44/5.0Winter10%42.2Snifter
Commercial Description:
A Wheatwine Style Ale.

In early 14th Century England, Sir William of Wykeham began a tradition to assist wayfarers on holy pilgrimages. Travelers would go to the Hospital of St. Cross in Winchester for a free ration, or "dole", of bread and ale. This became known as the "Pilgrim's Dole".
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 drewbeerme (2272), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 7, 2008  
22oz bottle. thanks to johnycorkscrew for this. i didn’t take notes on this but i recall enough to know i wasn’t a fan. pours dark amber with off white head. aroma is very sweet, bourbon, caramelly, boozy. flavors are very sweet and biting alcohol, caramel, cotton candy, very sticky. a boozy mess of a beer.


 Rogueone (506), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/57/20
Jun 2, 2008  
WTF. This beer has a disgustingly sticky aroma of candied crickets. It’s so strong, the beer was undrinkable for me without holding my nose. Extremely pungent, sweet malt, rum-soaked raisins/crickets, with a biting alcoholic nose. Tastes more like a cleaning solution fused with a vanilla car air-freshener that you just can’t escape from. GAH!


 Naven (869), Poway, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/102/517/20
May 30, 2008  
Nice looking deep, rich amber color. Nose is pure caramel and malt. Good lord this stuff is strong. Alcohol is way way way too strong. In fact, this almost seems bourbon barrel aged. This would be an otherwise delicious beer if the alcohol wasn’t so distracting.


 MrRain (427), O’Fallon, Illinois, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/102/52/20
May 29, 2008  
Bomber poured into a snifter. NHPD pours flat bronze with a tiny little head that you have to tease out with a little shake. The aroma is HUGE and sweet with apricots, peaches, pears and hearburn inducing alcohol. Wow! This beer sucks! It is very medicinal with alcohol, kerosene and bourbon. This is going to be a tough nut to get down. I’m determined though!


 gottalottaibu (243), charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
May 29, 2008  
amber pour with smaller bubbly head. carmel and alcohol in the aroma. flavor was slightly sweet with notes of raisons and malt and whiskey. alcohol is very warming.


 ATLBeerDog (280), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 17, 2008  
On Tap - Poured a beautiful golden orange yellow color with a thick ¼ inch head. This beer is fairly hazy. Smell: The aroma of honey and pears with a hint of hop bitterness. First sip is bittersweet. Then the fruity sweetness soon fades with the bitterness dominating the finish. Tastes of honey, malt, hops, wheat, pears are there, making this wheat wine complex and flavorful. Nice 10% ABV too! Very yummy.


 inkubus27 (248), Highland, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
May 8, 2008  
2008 bottle..Call me crazy but this reminded me of Angel’s Share a little bit. It has an aroma of caramel, bourbon, and maybe hints of vanilla. Flavor is suprisingly light and takes on a different character...very sweet with a slight amount of hop bitterness. Palate is very smooth for a wheat wine. Definitely worth checking out


 Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/510/20
May 1, 2008  
Objectively speaking: 2003 bottle which showed obvious signs of age. A wheat wine in which the wheat remains shy.
I like: Bottle-conditioned, though rather ugly sediments. Fruity (apricot, figs), toasty notions.
I dislike: Headless. Quite yeasty rather than clean. Rather tough alcohol despite advanced age. Advanced sherry-like oxidation (vanilla, powdery nut skin, stale honey). Absent hops. Timid wheatiness. Loose body with quickly dying carbonation.



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