Ushers Tawny Ale

Brewed by Thomas Hardy (Burtonwood)
Style: English Strong Ale
Burtonwood, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

1998 Vintage. Fruit, caramel and roasted malt aroma. Copper, with a large toffee head, continuous stream of bubbles like a sparkling wine, and pleasing lace. Robust nutty flavour, combined with malt, almonds, earthy too. Very much like a port, except for it's wonderfully bitter aftertaste. A terrific choice for #600! Thanks Michael of Chester's Beers Of The World.

Dark amber color. Malt aroma, with sweet and fruity light notes; then some good hop; herbal, and some yeast. Malt, caramel, light liquorice; unimpressive; rather dry, average body. quite long palate, not enough aromatic.

Sweet and nutty. Malty bitterness in the finish. A bit thin.

Cellared two years. Orange amber beer with good beige head. Aroma with bitteralmonds, apples, spices and syrup. Smooth flavor with graphite and licorice tones. A bit tanninous. Chemical tone with little bitterness. Growing, cookiedough and cardboard. Quite excellent beer actually. Too bad the vintage dated bottles is no more.

Indeed full bodied. Very malty and rich in the flavor. There is fruit and hops in a successful balance. More than a thirst killer, this is to be enjoyed on its own while solving the great riddles of life.

Its not too bad. perhaps a bit sticky and sweet as mentione by pilsnerrogge. Malty and then hoppy, kind of bittersweet taste, also noticed hints of vanilla in there, has a unique character i think, but not quite to my style.

Sticky sweet and too strong.

UPDATED: JUL 6, 2007 Red-brown. Somewhat dry, nutty, well balanced and very complex. One of my very favourite ales.