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Whim Old Izaak Ale (Bottle)

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Score
8868
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at Broughton
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Biggar, Scotland
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 89   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.39   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle; Pasteurised.
NOTE: Only the bottled version of this beer is brewed at Broughton. The cask version is brewed at Whim (which is under the same ownership). Ratings for the cask version should be entered there.
Ingredients: Pale, Crystal and Black Malts; Northdown hops.
Deep reddish amber in colour, with a thick creamy head and delightful hop aroma. On the palate, it is predominantly dry, though the malt character is evident in flavour and body, and it finishes with a long-lasting and pleasant hop bitterness.


3.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
edden (927) - cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA - AUG 3, 2003
8/2/03: bottle.
sour malt aroma with a dark red-brown body. no lacing. sweet malt flavor with a medium-light hop finish. sharp tongue tingle.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
bender (293) - Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA - AUG 2, 2003
Brown body with a quickly dissipating tan head.
Smells malty and butterscotch-like.
Hoppy, sweet with a metal note. DMS is obvious but acceptable for the style. Lingering bitterness. Weird balance and flavors.
Smooth but a little cloying body. Body is thin too.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Braudog (4473) - Hampton, Virginia, USA - JUL 28, 2003
Poured invitingly, dark brown and well-topped. There's a pleasantly warm, roasty nose. The flavor is initially sweet, and light-bodied, but finishes a bit acidic and mellow, not at all what the aroma would suggest. Turns out this is a lightly flavored, mellowly hopped beer, not the heavy warmer the look and smell would lead you to believe. Still good.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
TChrome (1315) - Bedford, Texas, USA - JUL 10, 2003
Hard to figure how this qualifies as English Strong Ale, as its 5% ABV, but o well. Aroma is pleasent with notes of currant and light hops. Beer pours nice thick off white head that is retained. There is some moderate lacing. Flavor is initially malty sweet and the finish is lightly hoppy/bitter and dry. Nice ale.

4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
UnionMade (621) - Connecticut, USA - JUL 7, 2003
Pours a deep amber color, with a moderate antique white head. Aroma is seriously malty and powerful. Light estery fruitiness, english hops, and lots of malt. Flavor is strong and decidedly british. Carbonation is british, which seems to be slightly lower and smoother than american brews. Somewhat spicy hop finish, with a nutty aftertaste. Smooth for it's presence.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Suttree (3766) - Knoxville, Tennessee, USA - JUN 21, 2003
Redish Brown, with a big sturdy head. Sweet nuts aroma (Heh Heh "sweet nuts" Heh Heh) Initially tastes almost exactly like a Fullers ESB, but I couldn't do a side by side tasting to be sure. Mellow malt flavor at the front, then a nice hop finish. Not bad, all in all.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Drew (2411) - Kent, Ohio, USA - APR 27, 2003
Mildy bitter with some nice fruity notes. As it warmed it gained a slight chalky-ness. Overall, it was soothing and mellow.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Schroppfy (2319) - Łódż, Warsaw, Poland; Michigan, Ohio, USA - APR 14, 2003
Sweeeeet and sour, malty as heck, a wonderfully complex old ale - that's not too strong. Beautful and clear. Sooooper long hop tingleyness.


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