Breckland Braggot

Little Earth Project in Sudbury, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Mead - Braggot Regular

Score

6.73

ABV: 10.1%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

Braggot is traditionally made with 50% malt and 50% honey and it has a fascinating history, dating right back to medieval times. In fact, it is used in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to evocatively describe the sweet lips of the carpenter's wife:
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Her mouth was sweete as bragot or the meeth,
Or hoord of apples leyd in hey or heeth.'

Our interpretation of this historic beer was made with Suffolk hops, barley and hiney from the north Suffolk Breckland. It was fermented with our own wild yeast and aged in a whisky barrel. Not surprisingly, it has picked up some really interesting, funky flavours that are continuing to develop and mature all the time.

It is very much a drink to sip and savour!

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6.1

Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Breckland Braggot from Little Earth Project 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Keg at BD Sheps Boost, 26/07/18. Light haze on a golden blonde pour with a decent off white cap that clears to a swirl. Nose is damp clothes, barnyard notes, soggy buttery popcorn, grains, light diaper notes. Taste comprises more buttery notes, rotting peanut butter, barnyard esters, light brett dollop, funk, wooded notes, sharp fruits. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a warming level of alcohol. Quite challenging!

Tried on 27 Jul 2018 at 06:45

7.1

Tommann (7627) reviewed Breckland Braggot from Little Earth Project 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Pours hazy dark orange with no head. Aroma is woody ashy sour. Taste has a sharp sourness and a little whisky to start. Sharp sour ashy finish. Funky honey aftertaste. Challenging, but in a good way.

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2018 at 20:21

6.9

Cheeseboard (6251) reviewed Breckland Braggot from Little Earth Project 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On keg at Small Bar, Bristol. Pours pale yellow golden with vitually no head. Aroma: honey, lemon, oak, light bretty funk, herbal. Taste: light to moderate sweet, sharp with honey, lemon, herbal notes. Light bodied, no carb with a semi dry finish. Another interesting LEP creation, like a funky honeyed barley wine cider

Tried on 01 Feb 2018 at 22:56

6.8

cagarvie (39800) reviewed Breckland Braggot from Little Earth Project 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

10.1.. keg at the salt horse... Amber.. No head.. Soft honey.. Dry cloves... Odd fruits.. Nose... again little odd.. Herbal fruit.. Light honey.. Herbal honey.. i wanna like it but i just can't get behind it

Tried from Can on 11 Nov 2017 at 11:53

6.9

Stuu (34926) reviewed Breckland Braggot from Little Earth Project 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at salthorse. Pours orange, nose is funk, oak, bretty, taste is juicy honey, dry, funky, oak.

Tried on 10 Nov 2017 at 03:26