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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Reddish amber colour, small white head. Aroma is wood, vanilla, some slight sweet malts as well as some floral and a bit metallic notes (not in a bad way here though9. Flavour is sweet malts, some wood, mild sugary notes as well as some raisins and quite nice floral and grassy bitterness towards the finish. Wellbalanced, and a quite nice GK brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2014
at 14:23
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Dobre piwo w elegandzkiej butelce. Vintage Ale ale nie podany jest rocznik. W zapachu morele suszone i daktyle. W smaku takze wyczuwa sie te suszki i do tego dochodzi drewno wilgotne i stechle. W zapachu wilgotny material jakby nasaczony rumem. Lekka nuta alkoholowa w koncowce.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2014
at 07:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Black Door. Deep clear copper color, small creamy off-white head. Nutty, toffee aroma. Perharps a bit buttery too. Medium-bodied. Sweetish nutty flavor. Light toffee and Earthy English hoppyness. Quite traditional English strong ale.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2014
at 04:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
lekki zapach skunksa (pewnie przez butelkę), do tego karmel i jabłka. kolor rdzawy, piana bardzo skąpa, klarowne. w smaku karmelowe, palone, wyraźnie słodowe. pozostawia lekki kwaśny posmak, niska ale przyjemna goryczka
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2014
at 20:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Keg at Black Door, 20140411) The beer poured brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts and molasses. Palate was medium bodied and sticky with medium carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, malts, caramel and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. A way too sweet brew.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2014
at 11:56
8/10
Tried
on 24 Mar 2014
at 22:02
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein kupferfarbenes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, nussig, würzig, leicht alkoholisch. Geschmack röstmalzig, fruchtig, würzig, Karamell, nussig.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2014
at 15:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from supermarket. A very rich and dark brown beer. It’s a touch sweet, but with a good maltiness and a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2014
at 15:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From Sainsburys. Copper coloured with a slight, off-white head and moderate carbonation. Aroma of barley sugar, oak and a touch of marmalade. Flavour was a bit skunky to start, with some stale malts and sweet fruit, before being redeemed by some deep orange, berry fruits and a warming alcohol finish. A mixed bag, but pretty good overall.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2014
at 11:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Part of the Morland Variety 4-pack at the LCBO for Christmas 2013. Pours a clean deep amber colour with a frothy-bubbly, light-beige head with decent retention and lots of soapy lace. Aromas of toffee, mild raisin, nuts and some grassy hops which starts off sharper, but gets milder. Refreshing, but with some bitterness, but not too crazy. All balanced with the caramel, raisin and some light alcohol. Seems like the Old Speckled Hen, but smoother and with some fruitiness to it. No vanilla though. Still, nice and smooth.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2014
at 22:42