Christmas Ale (2006)
(Batch of Christmas Ale)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Winter Out of Production|
Score
5.76
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5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Rating added 11/19/2006500 ml bottle.Some stables scent, horse blanket and horse droppings, a bit of fruitiness and old cheese. Clear copper color, white to tan head. Thin, a bit metallic, estery taste, and some acetone. Too ripe banana, some chewing gum. No bitterness. Sweet aftertaste.5/3/5/2/10=2.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2006
at 08:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Trafalgar Wines, Brighton. Amber colour with lasting off white head. Shep yeast and rich fruit aroma. Too much boiled sweet malt. Relatively good strong bitter hop finish. Interesting mix of raisiny candy sugar and strong hop. Curiously likeable. Candy sugar is a bit too obvious. Shame really as the rest is pretty good. Raisiny cherry plum fruit and good bitter hop finish. Some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2006
at 12:59