Morland Old Crafty Hen

Old Crafty Hen

 

Morland in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Strong Ale - English Regular
Score
6.59
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 40 Ticks: 158
OLD CRAFTY HEN IS ELEGANCE AND MYSTERY IN ONE. ENJOY THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, WITH THIS INGENIOUS RARE BLEND OF OLD SPECKLED HEN WITH THE LEGENDARY OLD 5X.

Our Master Brewer has created a premium, vintage oak-aged beer which delivers a variety of sophisticated tastes. The marvellous 5X brings resonance, depth and an eruption of fruity, raisin notes, underscored by the malt and toffee from Old Speckled Hen to create a perfectly smooth and rounded beer. Complex, mysterious… and a question and answer all in one.
 

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7

Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2025 at 00:14


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

Draft from draught 55. Brownish pour. Malty. Pretty decent and toffeesh exemplar of style.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 01:12


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Old rating from 27-03-15 - 500ml bottle, pours clear copper with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, toffee, biscuit, bread, raisin & malt. Moderate body. Moderate bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2025 at 17:48


6

Strong, malty, caramel

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2025 at 17:42


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

Bottle 0,5 ltr: Cleat dark amber colored brew with an refined dry bitter taste with some sweetness. Hints of caramel, slightly something of wood, lightly roasted malt and some fruitiness.

Tried from Bottle from Kelly’s Expat Shopping (Den Haag) on 02 Mar 2025 at 11:40


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

Amber pour, small beige head. Sweat malty aroma, subtle cherry,and dark fruits. Light hoppimg, touches of wood abd oak. Not bad, but not great, a tad too sweet.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:28


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Аромат классиечский для Англии. Весьма много континентального хмеля, немного намеков на карамель, много солода обычного, оттенки травянистости. Цвет темно коричневый, пенки почти нету, мыльная и быстрая. Вкус солодовый, умеренно хмелевой. Немного травянистости снова при глотке. Почти нету карамели, но немного сливы. На этом все, слишком невзрачно и горько местами.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:28


7

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:51


6

Tried on 18 Sep 2024 at 13:08


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Lukt: Malt, smør, frukter. Utseende: Gulbrun. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Malt, smør, frukter. Medium: Rating:3-546411, Flaske@500ml, ABV@6.5%, Når@04.09.2024. Hvor: VP Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme. Morland Old Crafty Hen (Bottle) Strong Ale - English

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2024 at 08:25