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OHanlons Thomas Hardys Ale (vintage 2003 and later)

OHanlons Thomas Hardys Ale (vintage 2003 and later)

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A Barley Wine brewed by
OHanlons

Whimple, England

bottled
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7023.92/5.03.92/5.011.7%90 Snifter P  Stats

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Scarce, subtle and complex, Thomas Hardy’s Ale is the beer enthusiast’s equivalent of rare cognac. Bottle-conditioned to mature in the bottle like fine wine, this old ale/barley wine will improve with age for at least 26 years (and we’re still counting!). Not for the faint of palate, especially when young and brash, maturity brings an elegance of flavors unmatched by any other beer—if you have the patience to cellar it for at least a decade.

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 BeerBlockaid (462), West Palm Biatch, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/518/20

Sep 23, 2006  
I hope this site is still around in 26 years for my second rating............. ....I picked up a few bottles @ Total Wine, with successive serial numbers. Cause im cool.....P: 37975..... Pours dark murky brown ale like. Taste is exubriantly sweet and cloying of syrup and congac. Alchohol is present and felt by all. Lot’s of dark fruits from plums, rainsins, some apple and figs, a little corriander. Very full and sweet. I think I’ll enjoy it much more as it grows a beard. Where can I buy ones from older generations?

 Juelze (676), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 23, 2008  
2005 Bottle - No. P10152 Edition Pours a dark syrupy brown color with light tan head. Aroma is of intense brown sugar, dark fruits, malt, and caramel. taste is much the same but some light vanilla and peat flavors mixing it up with the dark fruit, malt and brown sugar. Very malty and a tad harsh for my liking. However, this is a decent sipper that surely will get great with age.


 Petrucci914 (337), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 23, 2008  
2005 Bottle - No. P10152 Edition Pours a dark mahogany color with a thin creamy off-white head with some residual lacing. Aroma is strong - cognac, vanilla bean, dark fruit, raisin, and alcohol. Taste is about the same - very rich with vanilla and cognac. I would push this more towards an old ale than a barley wine.


 roder_60 (871), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 16, 2008  
2007 bottle - only have one so here it goes. Opens with little carbonation and no head except a few quickly gone bubbles. Color is hazy dark orange/brown. Aroma very sweet, bit winey, raisins, and oranges. Flavor very sweet and syrupy fruity oranges, sweet grapes and a bit of caramel cream. Overall, i can definitely see how/why this would age well. Enjoyable drink. Wish I had another to age.


 grandridge (138), Port Clinton, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 15, 2008  
2005 Bottle. Pours deep amber with a large fluffy white head. Aroma is fig raisin, syrup and all other thing dark fruit and sweet. Sweet malty taste, smooth but still a little harsh. Flavor is sweet dark fruits, plums and the like. Very good. I’ll crack another 2005 in 2011.


 Haslinger (518), Syracuse, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 5, 2008  
2006 bottle, Pours a chocolate brown with zero head. The aroma is winey with a bit raisin. The taste is sweet, winey, definitely sweet. Almost overly so. I can imagine this beer would be incredible in 20 years. I can’t wait to find out.




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