Jack Brand - 1659 Smoked Ruby Beer
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
6.43
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This new light brown beer, exclusive to Wetherspoon in cask, has a subtle, sweet, smoky aroma, with its smoky flavour containing hints of raisins, dates and coffee, along with a restrained bitterness, leading to a dry finish.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear dark brown, thin beige head. Aromas of light smoke and fruit. Taste is more fruit than smoke. Thin, ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2015
at 17:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a deep ruby color, clear, topped with a decently sized tan colored head. Mild smoked aroma, malty, nothing else to pick up. Taste is slightly malty, there is a presence of smoked taste but pleasantly mild. Drinkable, slightly smokey and that’s it.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2015
at 05:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Holborn Whippet, Holborn, London, 1 Dec 2014) Ruby red colour with brief, beige head. Malty, fruity, slightly smoky nose with dried fruit, apricots, caramel and a touch of Lapsang tea. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried fruit, apricots, caramel, gentle flavours of smoke and a balanced spicy bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Interesting and tasty, with a gentle smoke character. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2015
at 14:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
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Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jan 2015
at 18:51
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask at the Bridge House, Tower Bridge, 03/01/15. Dark chestnut brown with a moderate light tan swirl and edgeing. Nose is smoke, vinegar, toffee - way past its best. Taste comprises smoked malt, lighter vinegar than on the nose, toffee. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. They shouldn’t have been selling this but as it’s their own pub the critical rating stands.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jan 2015
at 14:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Pelt Trader, Cannon Street. Reddish-brown pour with a beige head. Orchard fruit and toffee apple aroma. Flavours of cherries, light smoke and lots of red fruit. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Dec 2014
at 14:28
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Blue Moon, Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Saturday 20th December 2014. Reddy brown colour with off-white head, smokey on nose a little sausagey, bit thin and a tad watery, bit too cold. Could have been much better with a bit more body a little more oomph. A7 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
on 21 Dec 2014
at 00:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 4.7%. Mildly smoked aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Small tan head. The flavour is nicely smoked, also quite roasted. Good watery finish, actually. Still quite flavourful. And good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2014
at 10:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours clear dark copper brown with small off-white head. Clear aroma of malt, with notes of fruit, hops and smoke. Bitter, hoppy flavour with malty notes and rather mild smoky touches. Mild, bitter and estery aftertaste, with smoky hints in the very finish. Okay but not quite as flavourful as I had expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2014
at 09:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Translucent brown, with a little bit of head & considerable lacing. Minimal aroma: woodsmoke, chocolate malt, rosehips. Smoke dominates the taste: more tobacco than wood. A liquid cigar. Finish is a bit thin. Adnams’ foray into ’craft’ has been met with mixed results, with this (in my opinion) one of the less successful attempts. However, kudos for them raising their head above the parapet & giving new things a go.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2014
at 15:04