Batemans Vintage Ale

Vintage Ale
(has 3 batches)

 

Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
6.77
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 55
This beer is from the Batemans 30 year old Barley Wine recipe and the flavour has been matched with bottles which had been left undiscovered for 31 years only to be found in 2007.

It is packed full of succulent malt and after maturing in oak, has flavours of plums, port, malt, brandy, vanilla and almonds.
 

Sign up to add a tick or review

Join Us


     Show


6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2013. Pours ruby amber with a small white head. Crackers, bread and caramel. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2013 at 06:13

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of straw, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2013 at 12:41

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled @ RB Danish Summer Gathering 2013 day 2, Ulfborg. Bottle. Clear orange color, small off - white head. Smell and taste malts, leaves, sweetness, lightly raisins. Average body and carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2013 at 14:55

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ DØE meeting. Pours dark amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, wood, caramel, sweet dark fruit. Flavor is malt, caramel, little dark fruit, wood, booze, light moldnotes. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, warming alcohol in the finish. 280813
Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2013 at 11:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled@CPH BF 2013. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, toffeeish and quite floral with some mild raisins as well. Flavour is a bit nutty, some plum, sweet fruits, wood and mild floral with toffee as well as some slight alcohol as well. Quite a pleasant flavour, although the aroma leaves a bit simple.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2013 at 21:13

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy caramel and dark fruit finish.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2013 at 07:54

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
DØE. Clear amber without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, fruity and a little alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 240513
Tried on 07 Jun 2013 at 06:40

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ DØE. Clear amber with tiny head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted and toffee. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, toffee, sweet an a little oak.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2013 at 01:04

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample @ DØE. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, flowers, malt and hops.
Tried on 29 May 2013 at 15:47

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle DØE13. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy tofee aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2013 at 12:50