Elizabethan Ale
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.28
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trapped (8267) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Draught (yes, kegged) @ City Hops, (6/3/19) Cloudy copper-amber with large spongy light beige head, woodsy acidic aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter mildly sour woodsy caramel malt taste, extremely smooth body, long finish. Incredibly smooth and satisfying. I looked for a keg version to rate, but there doesn't seem to be one.
Bierkoning (17704) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Apple and raisin in the aroma. Very sweet, sugary and malty flavor with apple and raisin. Vinous, like dessert wine. Distant but noticeable hopbitterness. Not without class, but the sugary sweetness make this beer less complex as it should be.
Kyotolefty (14846) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Royal Oak. Nose is citrus, caramel, light oxidation. Lovely rich malt flavor, spicy hops, tart, with citrus and apple notes.
Idiosynkrasie (17715) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
275ml bottle. Minimally milky, redd-ish, dark amber colour with small, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white to beige head. Sweet-ish, malty and floral, fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of rose petals, rose hip, hibiscus, bergamot, strawberry, hints of marzipan and marmalade. Taste is sweet malty, notes of honey and marzipan, floral and fruity hoppy hints of strawberry, rose hip, some marmalade; oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft palate.
shrubber (15736) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Brown sugar, raisin, caramel malt, hay, and alcohol aroma. Cloudy brown with minimal head. Very sweet brown sugar, raisin, caramel malt, and moderately bitter alcohol/hay flavor. Nice body and balance. Very nice.
BeardedAvenger (8926) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Takeaway bottle from Royal Oak, Borough. Musky fruit aroma. Stewed fruits, honey and booze. A ruby tinged amber. No head. Medium bitter. The booze hits and then takes control. Light bodied. Watery although it does leave a slick mouthfeel. Long but low key finish. Provided that warming sensation that I appreciate in a barley wine, but in terms of taste and palate is somewhat one dimensional.
obguthr (12411) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Rich toffee, walnut, bread nose. Clear tea, headless. Toffee and dates, grape. Medium body, soft carbonation, alcohol not noticeable. Beautiful British malt character, lovely texture.
thejackpacker (3383) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from the brewery. A sweet & bitter taste combining to make a perfectly drinkable beer despite the high abv. Very flat and slightly characterless however. --- Beer merged from original tick of Elizabethan Ale - Sparkling Barley Wine on 23 Jun 2024 at 18:53 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle from parents for Christmas. My 3000th rating and what a special brew to mark it with. Brown ale / bitter nose. Caramel gold /Mahogany with lively carbonation. Lovely sweet dried fruit and nutty flavour with sweet clean ending and no roughness. As smooth as Queen Lizzy herself's reign.
Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to James, 30/12/15. Clear golden orange with a decent beige swirl. Nose is rich fruit cake, candied fruit peel, brown sugar, caramel. Taste comprises fruit loaf, dates, prunes, caramel fudge, light spice. Full bodied fine carbonation, light warming booze in the close. Decent barley wine.
77ships (14509) reviewed Elizabethan Ale from Harvey's 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Thx!) 330 ml. bottle sampled @ “2de Bierproeffestival van De Dijleschuimers”. Clear dark orange, little white. Nose is odd fish guts yeast, dull sugar (odd fermentation temperature?),… Taste is rather German like given oily nature, heavy fish guts, yeast notes, basic oily sugary sweetness, caramel, orange, tad marmalade,… Oily, slick fish guts body. Reminiscent of the “De Molen / Hair of the Dog Fred”, serious disappointment much like that beer, zero complexity, fish guts, mild esters, thinned oily base sweetness,… I was really hoping for more and as usual I question its historical accuracy.