Old Crafty Hen
(has 2 batches)
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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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
From 500ml bottle. Clear amber light copper color with off white head. Malty aroma, caramel, bready, light fruity, wood, alcohol. Sweet and light bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2015
at 03:41
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
500ml bottle from the Co-op, Amble. Pours clear copper, short-lived white head. Aromas of butterscotch, vanilla, raisins. Like Old Speckled Hen crossed with Innis & Gunn. Taste is sweet, faint hints of oak if you search for it. Mostly demerara sugar. Cloying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2015
at 11:33
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Skunky aroma with underlying hops and decent caramel body. Medium lively body with hops and caramel but soured skunk from the damn clear glass. Decent body and a decent beer by I suspect would be surprisingly nice fresh-shame. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 08 Feb 2015
at 05:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the Coop. Appearance - amber with a nicely proportioned head. Nose - toffee Taste - toffee and burnt orange. Floral honey. Palate - medium to full bodied with a big tangy texture and a finish that is a combination of dry and sweet. Overall - interesting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 16:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a bottle that is almost a year out of date. Dark copper with a small light-brown head. Aroma is caramel, nuts, alcohol. Flavour is the same followed by a bitter aftertaste. This is a good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2014
at 12:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tesco Express Jewish quarters of London 2014-07-14, London Old crafty hen, bottle AR: brown sugar, caramel, AP: amber clear, fluffy beige head F: caramel, bitter nutty, dry, brown sugar
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2014
at 22:59