Thomas Hardy's Ale (2016)
(Batch of Thomas Hardy's Ale (2015-2017))
Interbrau in Villafranca Padovana (PD), Veneto, Italy 🇮🇹
Brewed at/by: MeantimeBarley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.32
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8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2026
at 20:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2026
at 20:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
25/4/2026. Bottle courtesy of Mario, cheers! Bottle #18,466. Rating #25,000. Brewery #7,000. Aroma is bready, toffee, malty, dried fruits, fig. Sweet, mellow, esrthy, bready, fruity. Rich, and developed very well. Tasty sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2026
at 20:09
6/10
March 17, 2017
Bottle@yesprs - Orange Amber pour with white head. Sweet malty with notes of caramel and toffee, some fudge, a plethora of dark dried fruit, some brown sugar, light spice into the close. Decent.
Bottle@yesprs - Orange Amber pour with white head. Sweet malty with notes of caramel and toffee, some fudge, a plethora of dark dried fruit, some brown sugar, light spice into the close. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle from 'Slik for Voksne', 2016 vintage, best before November 2026. Hazy, ruby with a few off-white bubbles on top of it. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity and a bit boozy aroma of strawberry jam, raisins, prunes, caramel, honey and some bourbon (?). Fairly sweet, malty, gently fruity taste of raisins, strawberry jam, prunes, vanilla, honey, bourbon and some orange peel, followed by a long, moderately bitter, gently boozy finish. Full body, almost oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Expectedly rich, saturating and boozy sipper, aged very well. One to enjoy in front of the fireside, not by the pool.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Slik for Voksne
on 25 Aug 2022
at 19:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma: Dried fruits with oak and sweet berries. Flavour: Sweet malt and sweet fruits with dried fruits and brown sugar. Aftertaste is very sweet with an alcoholic warmth. Colour: Dark orange brown with an offwhite head. From: Bottle as Thomas Hardy’s Ale Vintage 2016 bottle no.: 21468 (tasted 2022)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2022
at 16:12
8/10
OMT Advent Day 19 - Two vintages of the same beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2019
at 00:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, vintage 2016. Color: Reddish amber, very thin and fast disappearring beige head. Aroma: Red and dark fruit, caramel, fudge. Sweet. Boozy. Taste: Sweetish, sirupy. Dark and red fruit, caramel, sugary and boozy. Herbal hints, hints of camphor, mint. Subtle notes of orange, mandarin. Medium to over medium sweet, moderate bitterness. Boozy finish. Over medium body, low carbonation. I've had quite a few of Thomas Hardy's from Eldridge Pope in the 90's and liked them at that time. Can't remember whether they were just as sweet as this new vintages or it's just my changing taste or maybe a lot more good beers nowadays, but I liked them better in my remembrance. Still not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2019
at 18:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
2016 Vintage. Amber color. Plums, Some remaining hops in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with dried fruit, figs, hints of grass, Full bodied. Warming alcohol. Very nice.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 08:34
7/10
Too young
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2019
at 00:19