Harvest Ale - Matured In Calvados Casks
(has 6 batches)
J.W. Lees in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.40
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. A- Bread dough, wine grapes, molasses, subtle iron. A- Mahogany color, clear liquid, minimal head. T- Burnt sugar, medium sweetness, baked apples, grapes, slightly boozy. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, boozy finish. O- Bottle from 2013. Okay, but definitely heavy on the apple brandy. A bit sweet too. I can’t decide if I like it or not. It’s also got a odd tangy booziness to it. Definitely not worth the price at $12 for a 9 oz bottle. Not sure if I want to try other variants now or not...
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2017
at 21:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Found on tap at The Hay Merchant in Houston. Aroma is like an aged tawny port, holy shit, grape and apple with wood hints. This is serious sniffing business, tannins and caramel, out the park here just sit back and waft it in baby. Has minimal head but a pretty brown dark copper body with carbonation hugging the glass. Flavour is heavy and sweet with lots of syrup with apple and caramel shining through. Fruity notes too. Alcohol is well hidden but this is too syrupy. Leaves a cloying feel on the mouth. Still, some very compelling things going on here.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2016
at 19:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
0.33l bottle thanks to Cristobal37. Hazy brownish dark orange body, practically no head with huge chunks of sediment. Aroma of dark sugar syrup, apple brandy, cider and oak. Taste of caramel, burned sugar, toast and apple cider. Quite boozy beer. This cider brandy character makes it very unique for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2016
at 11:42
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Hazy deep amber liquid with small to medium off-white head. Aroma of booze, wood, raw sugar, toffee and raisins. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of raw sugar, raisins and booze. Full bodied with low carbonation. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2016
at 12:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2010 bottle at the May 1st DC tasting. Poured a dark brown, ruby color with a fizzy off-white head. Aroma was boozy malts, light barrel notes. The flavor is better than the regular J.W. Lees, in that there’s a bit more complexity here. Light barrel notes, toffee, sweet character. --- Beer merged from original tick of Harvest Ale (Matured in Calvados Casks) on 11 May 2016 at 00:39 - Score: 7. Original review text: 2010 bottle at the May 1st DC tasting. Poured a dark brown, ruby color with a fizzy off-white head. Aroma was boozy malts, light barrel notes. The flavor is better than the regular J.W. Lees, in that there’s a bit more complexity here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2016
at 13:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the DC RateBeer Tasting, thanks radagast83! Slightly hazy brownish orange with beige head. Aromas of raisins, caramel, toffee, butterscotch. Tastes of caramel, toffee, butterscotch, light booze, oak. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2016
at 18:48