Timothy Taylor's Havercake Ale

Havercake Ale

 

Timothy Taylor's in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.33
ABV: 4.7% IBU: - Ticks: 12
Captain Tom was born and raised in Keighley, like us, and was himself a Havercake Lad - joining the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in May 1940.

This robust Yorkshire ale has been created using a mixture of amber malt and two types of oat malt. This delivers a full-bodied, moreish ale with a creamy head and slight sweetness. Fuggles and Goldings are in the hop mix, which adds to the overall taste. A traditional English hopped style beer.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

This is a Timothy Taylor beer I’d not come across before, but they do seem to have been brewing it for a number of years. Anyway, cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours bitter brown with a small white head. Not much of a nose – just some vague maltiness. Malts again in the mouth, where it is slightly sweet. Some floral hops and hints of oranges as well. Finiah is a little more bitter. Reasonable.

Tried from Cask on 05 Nov 2022 at 23:54


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Town Hall Tavern, Leeds. Mid- to dark gold with a big off-white head. Light malty aroma with some grassy notes. Sweet taste with a herbal taste and some salted caramel. Bitterness overtakes the initial sweetness with an intensity far outlasted the long finish. This is a great ESB.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2021 at 17:13


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle from b&m. Pours clear dark amber with a this chi, rocky off-white head. Aromas of toffee, nuts, light raisins. Taste is mineral, iron, toffee, more nuts. Chalky finish. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2015 at 14:57


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

500ml bottle from b&m. Colour Amber with a thick white head. Nutty caramel aroma. Taste is a touch sweet

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2015 at 15:52


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

Live rate on 16th June 2015 while cooking a minced beef chilli after cutting the lawns and walking the dog: this is my reward to myself. Tangerine orange body, not quite fully clear when poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard. The head is deep and full, off-white blanket of uneven foam which appears to be lasting. Malt lead in both the aroma and taste, semi-sweet initially with toffee and caramel hints, grapefruit flavour mid-sip, with a dry hoppy finish that seems to have a peppery and metallic twang to it. All good apart from the finish: what a shame. Bought from B&M Bargains, so cost cock all but my score is lower because of that metallic like feel in the finish.

Tried on 16 Jun 2015 at 10:03


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

50cl bottle from Tesco, Aldershot. Amber with a tight white head; grassy malt aroma; caramel taste with some grain; and a pleasant bitterness to follow, leaving a dry toasty finish. A satisfying Yorkshire bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2014 at 10:34


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from local offy. Golden, with a thick, white, lasting head. Biscuit, light caramel, citric fruit zest. Some pine wood. Taste is light sweet, with a light, burnt bitterness. Nice, easy drinker.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2013 at 16:20


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Keighley Beer Festival. Light golden brown in colour with a head. Has a sweet malty character.

Tried on 26 Sep 2013 at 16:27


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. A golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of spices, malt, and peaches. The falvor is sweet matly with notes of caramel cinnamon and elderberries, leading to a dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2008 at 12:15


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Clear, deep golden with a creamy, white head leaving some laces. Slightly unclean, nutty nose. Medium body with lightly sweet, roasted and nutty accents. Subdued bitterness. 201107

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2007 at 12:39