Alchemy XIV
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.66
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Malts: Pale Maris Otter, Wheat malt, Wheat
Hops: Hallertau Northern Brewer (bitterness), Hallertau Hersbrucker (aroma)
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cagarvie (40076) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
tap at Borefts festival 2011 ... copper ... sweet hop ... juicy hop nose ... orange hop fruit ... juicy hop ... soft fruits ... sweet hop... ok
fonefan (84534) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (gravity) @ Borefts Bier Festival 2011, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110923]
Benzai (24515) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled at Borefts Beer Festival @ De Molen, Bodegraven. Clear golden / copper color, no head. Smell some sweetness and bitter, taste alcohol and bitter. Dry finish. Decent carbonation, medium body, thin texture.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap @ Borefts Beer Festival, 2011. Pours clear golden with no head. Sweet and fruity with a touch of alcohol. Dry and fruity hoppy end. Smotoh and full bodied. Fine.
Fin (18365) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask, gravity at Boreft Beer Festival, De Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands, 24.09.11 Pours amber/orange, crystal clear with no head. Quite thick in the mouth with a steady warmth and a middling sweetness, fruity with some hoppiness showing. Pleasant but not as good as some of the Thornbridge beers on offer here. A6 A5 T7 P3 Ov13 3.4
yespr (55501) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and light hoppy. Bitter, fruity and light hoppy. Toasted malty and fruity finish.
Convair880 (6926) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Craft beer Co, Clerkenwell, London. An amber coloured pour with a small fluffy white head. Sweet, fruity aroma. Tastes sweet, fruity, sherbert. Quite boozy and warming, some Belgian influence for sure, a little unrefined but pretty good.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Craft Beer Co., London. Pours clear ruby with a bubbly, white head. Ripe fruit and booze in the aroma. Medium to big sweet flavor, some toffee and caramel, lots and lots of alcohol, some ripe fruit. Warm finish, heavy booze notes, some ripe and sugary fruits. Some cherry liquor in there. A rather boozy character on the whole. Not awful, but a little rough.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Alchemy XIV from Thornbridge Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
26th August 2011
On tap at Craft Beer. Clear dark amber beer, little bubbly off white head. Light and very dry palate. Low, almost non existent, carbonation. Sweet dry caramel starts before getting a smack in the chops from astringent bitter bitter orange and bubblegum. Extremely dry finish with a long bitter bitter linger. Struggled through quarter of a pint of this and then drain poured. I like big beers and Thornbridge have done some fantastic big beers but this one ticks no boxes at all for me. Original rating 2.0.
24th September 2011
Borefts Beer Festival 3. A retry of a beer I really didn’t like, never going to be a fan of this but a little time has passed and the dryness and the bitterness have faded a bit. Caramel toffee malt, bitter english hops, mild orange citrus. Ok now - at least drinkable.