Gale's Prize Old Ale - Barbera Barrel Aged
Marble Beers in Salford, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Collab with: Fuller's BreweryTraditional Beer - Old Ale Regular
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Score
7.54
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Brewed in collaboration with John Keeling and with the kind permission of Fuller's, Gale's Prize Old Ale is brewed to the original recipe and aged with Gale's unique brettanomyces culture. This edition is aged in Barbera wine barrels.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at In De Wildeman. Clear dark brown with beige head. Lots of sweet berries, port, toffee, sweet malts, toffee, vanilla, sweet creamy malty dessert notes. Quite sweet, light bitter. Full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2018
at 14:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Brettfest. Wildeman. Tap. Black with light tan head. Big sweet deep roasted malts, chocolate, sour wood, cherries. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Prize Old Ale Barbera Barrel Aged on 28 Jun 2018 at 22:10 - Score: 7
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2018
at 14:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ In De Wildeman, Danish tick style sample. Red-brown color. No head. Aroma's: brett/funk, dark fruit, sweetish. Retronasal: fruity, sweet & sourish. Flavor is light sweet, light (fruity) sour. Medium bodied. Light bitter finish. Quite OK for the amount of brett.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2018
at 19:26
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ [ Hackney post-Pig's Ear Tasting ] - The Leighton House, Hackney, London. [ As Marble / George Gale & Co. Prize Old Ale Barbera Barrel Aged ].Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, barrel, wood, red wine - vinous, riped red fruit - fruit compote. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, tart berry, wood, caramel, barrel, berry, red wine - vinous, riped red fruit - fruit compote. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20171205] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2018
at 12:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5th December 2017
Pigs Ear after party at Chez Smith. Light haze on this amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth thin malts, lightly caramel with a little toffee. Tangy ripe red fruits followed by sherry red wine. Light finish leaves a spicy linger. Very nice.
Pigs Ear after party at Chez Smith. Light haze on this amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth thin malts, lightly caramel with a little toffee. Tangy ripe red fruits followed by sherry red wine. Light finish leaves a spicy linger. Very nice.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2018
at 06:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle sourced online from the brewery. Pours clear deep dark brown with a tinge of ruby red, off white head. Aroma: toffee, cherry, wood, dark fruits. Taste: moderate sweet, light bitter, vinous, raisins, prunes, grape skin funk, sweet oaky wood, hint of vanilla. Medium bodied, soft carb, dryish, vinous finish. Soft with decent balance. Good one
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2018
at 07:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... deeo brown .. thin tan lacing ... sofr sweet floral toffee fruit nose .. rich sofrt boozy sweet toffee malts .. juicy sweet toffe malts .. quite fruity .. juicy sweet malts .. hints of orange liquer
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2018
at 20:06
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours deep orange amber, nose is raspberry, cherry, floral, caramel, oak, taste is similar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2018
at 14:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at LKS - big thanks to Kenny! It pours deep red - brown with a small beige head. The aroma is fresh, bright, juicy, tangy, jammy fruits, vinous, vanilla, oak and Victoria sponge. The taste is dry, vinous, juicy, oily, jammy, Victoria sponge cake, fruit compote, grape action, oak and some boozy warmth with a dry, vinous finish. Medium+ body and fine carbonation. Plenty of depth and well - rounded. Pretty delicious stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2018
at 09:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle picked up from Beer Revolution, Hay on Wye, Powys, Wales, consumed at home Thursday 4th January 2018 in the company of Isobel. Pours rich dark brown with very good clarity and a little ruby red hue. Much like the bourbon and also the traditional version (as I recall) there is lots of wood on the nose and honts of vanilla. The barrel ageing does a lot towards soften this beer otherwise it would be far tarter than it is. Tangy, fruity, with that usual hint of balsamic showing, the nod to a Flemish Brown shows again, it's good but I am not totally wowed and I am not as yet picking up the individual barrel characteristics. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov15 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2018
at 22:30