1698

Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Strong Ale - English Regular

Score

6.40

ABV: 6.5%

IBU: 26

Ticks: 139

First brewed in 1998 to celebrate Shepherd Neame's tercentenary, this copper-bronze, bottle conditioned beauty is an intense yet uniquely intricate offering thrice-hopped during the brewing process. This adds rich resinous notes and spikes of citrus to a moreish strong ale already rife with notes of liquorice, Masala wine, caramel and spicy orange. A frisson of dark fruit freshens the finish.

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7.2

theplanck (7492) ticked 1698 from Shepherd Neame 2 years ago

Nice classic english pale. Clean crushable and a nice pint beer. Not perfect, a little bitter. Kellys ams

Tried on 30 Jul 2023 at 19:54

dgh (385) ticked 1698 from Shepherd Neame 2 years ago

Tried on 07 Apr 2023 at 18:59

eurosoba (18570) ticked 1698 from Shepherd Neame 3 years ago

Historic check-in

Tried on 31 Jan 2023 at 07:35

7.1

Hanoi (1998) reviewed 1698 from Shepherd Neame 3 years ago

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

Absolutely stunned this is not reviewed. Nose is malt, toffee, slightly fruity. Taste is toffee, fruity, good malty body, hint of caramel, slight touch of smoke. Full body.

Tried on 22 Jan 2023 at 20:38

6.6

lad_newton (4207) reviewed 1698 from Shepherd Neame 3 years ago

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

Bottle on 16th December 2022 from Tesco, Kentish Town. Pours clear copper with shallow off-white foam. Sweet caramel malt aroma. Sweet berry fruits and slightly toasted caramel maltiness in-mouth. A finish of candies, fruits and sweet malts. Full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2022 at 22:51

6.4

Reubs (35480) reviewed 1698 from Shepherd Neame 3 years ago

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

Bottle picked up at Tesco and drunk at home in Streatham, London (03/11/2022) - Sweet and toasted malty with notes of caramel and light toffee, dark fruit, hoppy undertones, medium body, sweet malty close.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2022 at 19:01

6.8

Davros (5279) reviewed 1698 from Shepherd Neame 3 years ago

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

Pours amber with a large fading head.Nose shows toffee, sultanas, bready malt and golden syrup.Flavours include treacle, bready malt, soft cardboard and booze.

Tried on 31 Oct 2022 at 07:12

simplereviews (784) ticked 1698 from Shepherd Neame 3 years ago

Light carbonation.toffee,sweet and malty.some alcohol flavour.dry bitterness in the end.no quality problems despite the BBF:11/2021.

Tried on 12 Mar 2022 at 18:38

6.5

Kolemkoukolem (4663) reviewed 1698 from Shepherd Neame 3 years ago

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

# 2767; 2/2022. Malty, sweet, fruity aroma, toffee. Brilliant amber body; off-whithe head with low retention. Sweeter, fruity, caramely, malty. Full body. Typicall english strong ale. 0,5 l, bottle, supermarket, Lincoln (Midland, UK).

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2022 at 21:05

Eddie78 (1316) ticked 1698 from Shepherd Neame 4 years ago

Pours a clear light copper colour with no head. Aromas of caramel, fruit cake, a little spice and a little alcohol. Taste has the same notes again, caramel, fruit cake, alcohol, more spice, some burnt toasty bread and also a touch of sweet honey on the finish. Medium body, average carbonation and smooth oily mouthfeel. Very nice winter warmer.

Tried on 16 Jul 2021 at 23:15

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