RCH Ale Mary

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Brewed by RCH
Style: English Strong Ale
Weston-super-Mare, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

bottled
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RATINGS: 202 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.24 SEASONAL: Winter EST. CALORIES: 180 ABV: 6%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A bottle conditioned version of Firebox with the addition of spice oils.
Pale malt, chocolate malt; Progress and Target hops; ginger, cloves, cinnamon, corriander, nutmeg, pimento. A dark, rich spicy bottle-conditioned ale, resonant with Christmas seasonal flavours and designed to take the chill off the coolest winter night. Ale Mary has a warm and sweet aroma of cloves, coriander and ginger. The palate provides touches of rum, raisins and sultanas, with a dry fruity finish. This ale has been exclusively brewed for us by Paul Davey of RCH Brewery.

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2.7

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20

KAggie97 (3170) - Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA - JUL 4, 2007

UPDATED: JUL 10, 2007 Bottle. Pours a ho-hum amber with a thin body and little lacing. Very dull and lethargic body. Aromas of spice-- ginger, clove, and nutmeg-- are complemented by a heavy dose of Sangria wine. Tinge of peach seems to be poking through as well. Flavor is flat spice with a mediciny aftertaste. Thin mouthfeel that leaves a bitter, medicine-like film on the tongue. Too flat for a second try. If this beer had more body and more oomph, it could be spectacular.

2.8

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

ThomasE (5176) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - JUL 4, 2007

Hazy golden colour with an off white head. Honey sweet and spicy aroma. Caramel sweet flavor with notes of dark berries.

3.1

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

MiP (11256) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - JUN 29, 2007

Bottle, 6.0% at KØ07. Spicy aroma with a little ginger. Hazy golden colour, very small head. Quite nice spicy flavour, again reminding me of ginger.

2.6

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20

Papsoe (21781) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JUN 19, 2007

(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Fruity aroma with a hint of ginger. Fairly full-bodied with lightly sweet malt notes and then a solid dose of ginger. The finish is somewhat astringent. 120507

3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

Ibrew2or3 (4699) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - JUN 17, 2007

0.5L bottle purchased from Beverage Castle in Tampa that poured out clear copper with nice lasting off white head. In the aroma I get dark fruit like plums and dates in a cinnamon covered pie. It has a very interesting flavor with cinnamon coated plums and dates then a slice of apple and sweet grape juice. I also get other spices like bits of coriander and maybe cloves. There is an un-mistakable level of tobacco smokiness that seems to ride along as an undercurrent just beneath the other flavors.

3.2

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20

TheGrandMaster (2308) - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - JUN 16, 2007

Bottle at the MicroBar in Clapham, a thick hazy brown with a foamy off-white head. Strong alcohol aroma with cloves and ginger, and some cherry notes for me. A strong ginger flavour in a thin mouthfeel - more hoppy and bitter in the finish.

3.5

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

anders37 (9280) - Malmö, SWEDEN - JUN 15, 2007

Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small off-white head. Sweet malty and very spicy aroma. Sweet malty fruity raisin flavor with some spicy hints. Fruity spicy finish with a slightly spicy aftertaste.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

MesandSim (7108) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUN 14, 2007

A Sim rate (50cl bottle from a Waitrose 3 pack): Great spicy aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, slightly herbacious (sage?) and with a swish - something more alcoholic, like a port. Flavour is a slightly dulled down version of the aroma with the addition of orange and clove. Nice murky amber colour with a well kept head. Short spicy citric finish.

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