Armada Ale
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.21
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Armada Ale was one of the first new 'Golden Ales' that emerged in the 1980s. It has a pronounced yet balanced hop character, derived from Fuggle and Golding hops. Originally commissioned by the National Maritime Museum, it quickly established itself as a piece of living history. Robust, refreshing and still a port of call in any beer-drinker's voyage of discovery.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2015
at 11:58
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Harvey’s. It pours clear pale gold with small bubbly white head. The nose is toasty, grainy, straw, earth and bread. The taste is lightly bitter, grainy, straw, watery, pithy lemon, grassy, musty and bread with a short, dry finish. Light body and low carbonation. Pretty light, earthy and musty. Nowhere near as good as the cask version. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2014
at 10:03
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Hand-pulled pint in the brewery owned Royal Oak, Borough, London. The Sussex Best Bitter was very poor on my visit on 11th Sep 2014 so I got my little party this next: it was in worse condition if anything. Really disappointed with the cask quality and i should have taken every beer I bought back to the bar, but others around us seemed to be drinking their pints. This rate will be altered (hopefully) on my next trip to London although I doubt my wife, son and his father-in-law will ever venture into a Harvey’s pub ever again.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2014
at 13:05
2.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 1
04.08.2014, cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg:
Small bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is strange, sour socks, grass, wet grain, sulfur, weeds. Taste is harsh, weeds, grass, flowers, wet grain, bark, hay, light malts, paper. Medium bitterness, dry harsh and watery mouthfeel. Drainpour.
Small bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is strange, sour socks, grass, wet grain, sulfur, weeds. Taste is harsh, weeds, grass, flowers, wet grain, bark, hay, light malts, paper. Medium bitterness, dry harsh and watery mouthfeel. Drainpour.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2014
at 03:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Smooth fresh beginning. The mainpart has caramel, smooth malt, nice fresh hops but sadly not such a nice ale character. The aftertaste is smooth, fresh. Malt, slightly bitter, caramel with hints of earthy bitterness. Fresh, hoppy bitter and caramelly malty aftertaste that stays relatively long on the tongue!
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2014
at 12:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours amber, sweet and thin, dry toffee, floral fruits, ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2014
at 12:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Small offwhite creamy head. Slightly hazy paleish amber body. Faint floral barnyard aroma with resiny notes. Sweet-acidic funky earthy taste with apple notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, flat mouthfeel. Dryish caramelized sugar and apples aftertaste with floral mineraly notes. Totally unusual, but nice. Highly drinkable. (0.237l cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen.)
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2014
at 08:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home .. golden amber ... small white head ... soft fruits ... floral fruits .. soft hop nose .. juicy fruits ... soft light flortlaa fuits ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2014
at 13:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ the Wharf, Aalborg. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. Very drinkable. 231213
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2013
at 11:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle from Noble Wines Tunbridge Wells. Golden colour, mid-sized white head. Malty with a grainy touch and hints of fruit, pleasant hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2013
at 04:01