Old Crafty Hen
Morland in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
6.58
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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.
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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6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500 ml clear bottle, from Tesco Express, Belfast. ABV is 6.5%. Beautiful brownish-red colour, moderate off-white head. Strong aroma of lightstruck hops, oak, toffee and caramel. Medium sweet flavour of malts, caramel and oak. Too modest hops. No masterpiece.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2017
at 05:15
5.5/10
(#528)(#14 ENG)(#1 Suffolk)
Bought it at "Tesco - Eden", Praha, CZ
Bought it at "Tesco - Eden", Praha, CZ
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2017
at 10:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2016 catch up - I got the temperature just right and the flavour was excellent. Malt, oak and a very nice level of bitterness. The alcohol was well hidden and there was a very nice mouthfeel. I like this a lot.
Tried
on 03 May 2017
at 08:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sandy coloured creamy head left a cover on a translucent mahogany coloured, effervescent body. Big aroma of malt & berries. Medium bodied, smooth on palate & prickly on the back - just like an English Bitter should be. Malty with vanilla & a nutty edge to the fore with a long bitter aft of berries & general tanginess.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2017
at 14:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol October 2016. Amber in colour with a moderately sized, off-white, head. Aroma of red fruits, oak, booze and leafy hops. Flavour was sweetish with caramel, more fruit, chewy malts and a moderately bitter and warming finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2016
at 04:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Booking Office. Appearance - golden with a nice head. Nose - pale malt mostly. Some citrus. Taste - more citrus and pale malt. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - the sum of the parts etc, etc!
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2016
at 07:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW - London. Pours clear copper with a lasting, creamy off-white head. Toasty bread in the nose, with suggestions of caramel and ripe berries. Light-medium sweet flavour with sturdy earthy bitterness, more bread, toffee, old leathery fruits, dates. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. A little sticky on the finish, with more ripe berries, brown bread, some fruitcake. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2016
at 13:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the standing order. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, sweet toffee, taste is chewy toffee, caramel, light fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2016
at 13:18
5/10
Tried
on 12 Oct 2016
at 22:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask hand pull at the crosse keys Jdw. A reddy copper coloured pour with a lasting sticky speckled off white head. Aroma is sweet toffee, brown sugars, liquorice, jammy fruits, burnt toffee. Flavour is composed of medium sweet layered malts, unrefined sugars, burnt toffee and treacle. Some tangy fruit cake vibes. Palate is medium sweet, tangy, warming alcohol. Medium bodied. Lingering harsh. Solvent alcohol, rum.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2016
at 14:18