Winter Star
Twickenham Fine Ales in Twickenham, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Winter|
Score
6.60
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AVAILABLE DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY
With loads of chocolate malt, this Old Ale is a rich dark beer with a sweet, chocolatey edge.
With loads of chocolate malt, this Old Ale is a rich dark beer with a sweet, chocolatey edge.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, cask ale after breakfast at Coronet (JDW). Good looking in the glass with crocheted lacing from a durable beige head, bright copper coloured body. Inviting caramel-chocolate aromas. Fine balanced taste of caramel and chocolate offset by moments of dark fruits. Rounded dark malt-fruity end. Clean on the swallow. Fits the season. (London, 06.12.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2023
at 19:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Hope and Champion, Beaconsfield. Poured a poured a clear dark reddish brown colour with a short-lived, frothy, off-white head. The aroma is light roasted malt, light chocolate. The flavour is light sweet, with an earthy, grainy, malt, red berry fruit, light chocolate palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope & Champion
on 19 Dec 2021
at 19:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask from the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. A mahogany brew with a beige head and a mild frothy fizz. Tiffee and dry wood and cream up front, sweetness develops with raisins coming through. A little pepper in the finish. Nice to have an old ale, it's a style I like but which has become hard to find.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Feb 2020
at 22:09
6/10
Tried
on 12 Mar 2019
at 19:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Ledger Building, CW, 23/01/17. Dark mahogany brown with a decent light tan cap. Nose is dark malts, spice, toffee, hint of fruit loaf. Taste comprises fruit pudding, light cocoa sprinkle, vanilla, figs, toffee, spice. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent old affair.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2017
at 15:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark reddish brown in colour with a very small loose off white head that quickly disappeared. Malty with a light chocolaty aroma. Moderately sweet, some caramel and malt. A bit thin and watery; a light dry bitter finish. Not impressed.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2017
at 11:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. Darkest mahogany in colour with a ring of beige head; aroma of Demerara sugar; rather thin and sweet in the mouth with a sugary caramel taste; then a dry finish with a touch of licorice.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2016
at 03:34