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Shepherd Neame 1698

Score
5848
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: English Strong Ale
Faversham, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 240   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.14   EST. CALORIES: 195   ABV: 6.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle conditioned.
"Kentish Strong Ale".
First brewed in 1998 as a special @ 10.5% abv to celebrate Shepherd Neame’s tricentenary. A cask version at 4.5% was also released. Was made a pasteurised bottle regular at 6.5% under the name Celebration Ale. Relaunched in March 2005 as a bottle conditioned strong ale @ 6.5% simply as 1698.
Only local hops and malted barley and water drawn from our artesian well are used to brew 1698 Bottle Conditioned Kentish Strong Ale. Hops are added three times, hence it is "thrice hopped".


most recent ratings

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
sfhodense (4792) - Odense NØ, DENMARK - MAY 14, 2013
Pours amber with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, heavy dried fruit, raisin and light alcohol. Flavour is caramel, dried fruit, alcohol, pine and light grass.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
wimpyjoe (1669) - Manchester, Greater Manchester, ENGLAND - MAY 11, 2013
Deep golden colour, glows copperlike. Noticeably strong, its rather soapy sweet aroma isn’t too appealing. Any flavours don’t come through given its strength, but it does have a pleasing bitterness about it.

2.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
spacecube (339) - Leeds, West Yorkshire, ENGLAND - APR 21, 2013
500ml bottle 6.5%abv, sweet as hell, very malty & sugary with littlle or no hop balance. If this was 10% abv then this sweetness would be still pretty bad but understandable.. It’s not a particularly strong beer, it tastes of piss with loads of sugar to make it taste better. Total cack.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
tampierre (361) - Pilsen, CZECH REPUBLIC - MAR 30, 2013
Bottled ; Devon ; UK ; Caramel,roast and floral aroma ; Clear amber color with smaller head ; Sweeter taste with light bitter finish ; Medium body ; Pretty good.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
wekker84 (1218) - etten-leur, NETHERLANDS - MAR 26, 2013
Bottle a dark golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts spicy citrus some sweetness and hops flavor malts spicy citrus and hops

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
hens (195) - Tallinn, Estonia, ESTONIA - MAR 25, 2013
0,5L bottle. The scents might be stronger. Taste are light. Stronger beer like this might be more strongert flavors and aromas. Because flavors are light comes alco taste up. Little watery and very soft bitterness. I think beer is worth 3 and kind a drinkable.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Osprey87 (518) - London via, WALES - MAR 19, 2013
Dec 2012 - bottle. A bit disappointing really. It’s OK but nothing special. Lots of British hops, a bit watery with a light body.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
rand (1000) - SWITZERLAND - MAR 17, 2013
Bottle 500 ml from Bier-Bienne (CH). Coppery amber beer, yellowish foam drawing laces, average crackling. Aromas of roasted malt, hop, earth, point of butter and sweetmeat. The taste is soft, full, nice malted presence, fruity, toffy, grassy hop. Hints of butter, toast and dry fruits. Dry and long, warm and hoppy finale.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ianwelby (203) - SCOTLAND - FEB 28, 2013
An amber beer with a frothy head. I didn’t think the aroma was particularly distinct. The flavour is sweet, slightly hoppy but not especially distinctive.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
The_Bish (861) - West Midlands, ENGLAND - FEB 19, 2013
In 1998 I went to Thailand for a month. Things happened there that should’ve stayed there. They didn’t.


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