Luckie Ales 1885 Sixty Eight Shilling

1885 Sixty Eight Shilling

 

Luckie Ales in Leven, Fife, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular Out of Production
Score
6.90
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 14
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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. It pours cloudy deep amber with a small white head. The nose is rich, malt-driven, Victoria Sponge cake, jam rolly polly & custard, dried raspberry, wood and caramel. The taste is bitter, toast, dried fruits, fruit cake, jammy, damp wood, leather, spice, alcohol warmth, malt loaf and wet leaves with a lingering dry-woody finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Mmmmalty. Nose is crazy good. Not as drinkable as I had hoped, but interesting anyhow.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2014 at 12:04


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

26th September 2014
Post Borefts Tasting, Tulip Hotel Room 118. Hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Oxidised tasting caramel malts. Little dried fruits. Little spice. Semi dry finish. A rich malty treat and always good to try these blasts from the past.

Tried on 16 Nov 2014 at 05:03


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at The Tulip tasting. Hazy brown lasting beige head. Decent smooth. Good malty vibe. Good fullness. Thanks BenH

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2014 at 00:33


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

Bottle at the Room 118 tasting, Tulip Hotel Bodegraven, post BBF 6 day 1 26/09/14 thanks to whomever supplied this one. Hazed orange amber with a moderate light beige covering. Nose is bitter citrics, tangy orange, spice, dark malts, fruit loaf. Taste comprises apricot, citric tang, spice, dark malts, caramel. Medium + body, fine carbonation, sweetish close. Decent enough offering, nice malt load.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2014 at 07:03


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

Bottle @ Borefts - Opening Dutch Bottles Over The Sink, Tasting 2014. Pours unclear amber with a small head. Wood, thick caramel, glue and filth. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2014 at 10:38


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

@Borefts 2014, Hotel room tasting, wazig oranje met witte kraag. aroma mout, zoetig, hop en mout. Smaken zijn zacht, iets pittigs, zoet (honing), moutig en caramel, afdronk zoetig en iets droog. licht bittertje, marige body, ok --- Beer merged from original tick of 1885 Sixty Eight Shilling on 25 May 2018 at 16:33 - Score: 7

Tried on 30 Sep 2014 at 10:54


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

330 cl. bottle sampled @ Borefts 2014 Hotel Room tasting. Thank you! Bottled on 02/11/2013. Hazy orange, little tanned head. Sweet mocha, caramel & sugar nose. Sweet mocha, spices, caramel, brown sugar, light spices taste, faint metal. Creamy body. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2014 at 09:26


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

Bottle @ hotelroom tasting. Hazy orange color, small to average sized off-white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly sweetish initially, lightly bitter finish, a light fruityness. Decent body and carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2014 at 14:22


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Imported from my RateBeer account as Luckie Ales 1885 Sixty Eight Shilling (by Luckie Ales):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5

26/IX/14 - 33cl bottle @ hotel room tasting Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: XII/2016 (2014-1113) Thanks everyone for sharing the bottles!

Cloudy amber beer, small irregular yellowish head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: spicy, malty, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: orange peel, malty, soft bitterness, some spiced. Aftertaste: bitter, dry, spicy, alcohol, some caramel, bit malty.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2014 at 13:02


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at James’s. Pours reddish brown, sweet dry toffee and caramel, bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2014 at 01:20