Ushers Ruby Ale

Brewed by Wadworth
Style: English Strong Ale
Devizes, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Provdatum: 2003-03-12 Hmm den var rätt god vad jag kommer ihåg Anteckningar:

Ruby body that was clear and had a compact almost tan coloured head that left layers of brussels lace. Aroma is some malt, caramel, a touch of spice and then a hint of oranges. Fruity sweetness is what you taste at first. Malt shows up as you taste this further then some bitter characters. Syrupy texture with a medium going on full body. Liked this beer but wouldn’t drink a lot of it. Almost like a Sauterne with only half the alcohol. Cheers!

Smooth n’ malty, maybe a bit too sweet.

After trying this one I was convinced it was more of a seasonal strong ale than a table ale. Tasted from the bottle and poured it into a chalice glass, cool and not cold. Copper coloured, with the clarity of honey, and topped with a thin dense pad of beige foam. Head lasted the distance and left an abundance of rings down the side of the glass. Generous fruity nose, lightly herbal and quite vinous, bordering on port-like. Treacly and sweet in the mouth, medium bodied and very soft in carbonation, it had an assortment of tangy and sugary dark fruits across the palate that became dry in the back. Quite husky and peppery, with flavours of dark berries and burnt grain, caramelised sugars and hints of raspy and acrid herbs (not detrimental). Reasonably bitter, more from the malts, in the back before a long and port like, sweet swallow. Licking my lips I could still taste the sugary sweetness left there between mouthfuls and it was quite full on in the mouth making for a sipping beer, that I would have honestly struggled to quaff. Not a bad drop, all things considered, and a little unique among British ales. Quite nice!!! (500mL bottle, BBE 07/05)

Bottle. Pours a hazy brownish red with an off-white head. Sweet, malty aroma. Flavour is sweet and fruity with notes of alcohol. Well-balanced. Round body. Has a red wine-feeling to it. I find it a bit too sweet, though.

(on bottle, bit too cold) Rustred, nice clear brew with a disapearing white head. Sweet and tender nose of bark, vanilla and burnt almonds. Good full mouthfeel and more hard flavours of carameld almonds and tosted ryebread. Super finish; gets bitterfresh, witch balances the alcohol nicely.

Clear ruby colour with a nice creamy off-white head. Sweet malty aroma. Niice lightly malty and fruity taste with a good bitter finish. The alcohol is fairly apparent; full bodied, lightly carbonated. A decent and enjoyable strong ale.

Amber coloured beer with a light brown medium sized head. Malty, vinous taste. Slightly sweet start with a light bitter finish. Had this with a wonderful grouse dinner. Excellent to the food.

Pours a intruiging slightly oily looking, murky dark almost opaque amber colour with a fine bubbled medium size shortish lasting beige head. Aroma is mainly fruity malt with a hint of something medicinal. Palate is smooth and medium bodied, slightly cloying with low carbonation. Flavour is medium strong molasses and generic cola sweet toated grainy malt. The bitterness seems added on like an afterthought appearing late in the finish as an over roasted almost burnt malt with little to none hop bitterness.

Sweet hop malt aroma. Amber red clear colour with fair head and lacing. Sweet malt flavour with candy aftertaste. Flat palate