Ilkley Brewery Longhorn

Longhorn

 

Ilkley Brewery in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Imperial Special
Score
6.55
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 13
We conditioned Holy Cow, our Cranberry Milk Stout in Speyside Oak barrels for 10 months, and the result is a sumptuous 8% beer with a sharp edge and a full finish. Only 700 bottles were hand-bottled.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to McNeillR. Appearance - amber to copper. Thin fawn head. Nose - wood, vinous and light booze. Taste - dry wood but still quite a sweetness like a spiced cake. Dried fruit too but very dry. Palate - medium bodied with a very dry middle and finish. Overall - past its best but with signs of past greatness.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2019 at 14:47


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Wine Rack, Leeds. Black-brown no head. The whisky influence is strong in both aroma and taste and gives it a porter-like character. There’s a sweetness throughout the ale.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2015 at 16:04


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle. Clear, copper-ish brown colour with small, ceamy, fairly lasting and lacing, beige head. Sweet-ish, fruity, hoppy aroma has notes of red berries, cherries, a yoghurt touch, cautious malty, milk chocolate background. Taste is initially slightly sweet malty and fruity hoppy, seemingly in close correspondence to the aroma, but before you can take time for further reflection upon that issue immediately and thoroughly erased; substitution takes place by oak, leather and vanilla notes of BA. Inharmonious, overdone BA.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 09:50


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at Bruce’s pad, thanks to LKS, 24/10/14. Hazed chestnut brown with moderate beige spotting and edgework. Nose is bourbon, light roast, toasty notes, toffee, light booze, spice. Taste comprises more bourbon notes, toffee, woody rinse, spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close with a hint of booze. Ok drinkable affair but pretty simplistic for a BA impy.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2014 at 13:46


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared in London - sourced from BeerMerchants. Pours deep brown with a bubbly tan head. The nose has some old bread, cocoa, earth. Medium sweet flavor, some sugary dark malts, dusty cocoa dried berries. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with a bit more cocoa, toasted wood, slight earthy bitterness, mild alcohol, faint raisins. So so.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2014 at 13:18


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours deep brown with a small light tan head. The nose is smooth, roasty, earth, vanilla, whisky, honey, toffee, candy and marshmallow. The taste is bitter, earthy, toasty, ashy, charred wood, mild whisky, light astringency and medicinal feel. Medium body and fine carbonation. Nose is rather better than the taste. OK.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2014 at 13:12


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Craig’s. Hazy brown, no head. Aromas of light whisky, spice, berries. Taste is more of the same. More rounded than the world’s end, fuller body.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2014 at 01:26


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours reddish brown, light fruity nose, taste is sweet, light whisky spice, dry toffee.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2014 at 13:05


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

bottle at home ... deep brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft sweet roast ... light malt ..light whisky ... soft sweet roast nose ... soft malts ... soft toffee ... soft fruits ... soft malts ... light berries

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2014 at 13:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

27th February 2014
Almost clear amber - brown beer, few tan bubbles for a head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, very light carbonation. Mildly bitter toffee - malt, quite light. Tangy fruits, cranberry. Light mellow whisky. Light dry finish with bitter woody whisky linger. Kinda works but the body needs more bones.

Tried on 08 Mar 2014 at 06:16