Audit Ale
Lacons in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Series|
Score
7.07
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Heritage Range
The roots of ‘Audit Ale’ can be traced back to at least the fourteenth century. Our archives show Lacons Audit ale was enjoyed by a number of Cambridge and Oxford University colleges to celebrate the end of their annual audits. By popular demand this ale was exported to the USA in champagne style bottles from 1937.
This strong dark copper barley wine has a prominent flavour of berry fruit, laced with pronounced spice. The finish is warming, smooth and sweet. A unique style of beer with ‘hop wine’ overtones.
The roots of ‘Audit Ale’ can be traced back to at least the fourteenth century. Our archives show Lacons Audit ale was enjoyed by a number of Cambridge and Oxford University colleges to celebrate the end of their annual audits. By popular demand this ale was exported to the USA in champagne style bottles from 1937.
This strong dark copper barley wine has a prominent flavour of berry fruit, laced with pronounced spice. The finish is warming, smooth and sweet. A unique style of beer with ‘hop wine’ overtones.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Lacons Audit Ale ].
ABV: 8.0%. Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dusty, sweet malt, rich, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, rich, caramel, oxidide malt, alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20190806]
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Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2019
at 16:06
6/10
Tried
on 08 Aug 2019
at 18:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6th August 2019
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a light creamy sweetness. Tangy and slightly spicy ripe orange. Little orange peel. Marmalade finish. Fine. Has some unexpected flavour unlike most of this UK cask nonsense.
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a light creamy sweetness. Tangy and slightly spicy ripe orange. Little orange peel. Marmalade finish. Fine. Has some unexpected flavour unlike most of this UK cask nonsense.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2019
at 18:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Cambridge Winter Beer Festival, Friday 20th January 2017 in company of FatPhil and Anna Copper in colour, not much of a head. Nice aroma, there is a touch of orange mingled with Werthers original. Light hoppiness but actually some bitterness on the finish, orange oils, toffee nice beer, drinks very well considering its quite pokey. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2017
at 22:55
9/10
Loads of juicy fruity yeasty esters. Super balance. A great audit ale. Note traditional ale not bw.
Tried
at
Chelmsford CAMRA Summer Beer & Cider Festival
on 07 Jul 2016
at 18:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Paisley beer festival... Copper... Small white head... Soft sweet toffee caramel fruit nose.. Sweet woody toffee malts.. Sweet malts sift sweet toffee caramel frw
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2016
at 06:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at Cambridge Winter Ales Festival 2016, golden brown, clear and reasonably flat. Barley sugar and orange peel in the light aroma. The initial taste is resplendent: sweet with a hint of creme brûlée and banana, but it vanishes into an uncompromising bitterness far too soon. Bitter-as-hell finish. Intense and oh so British.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2016
at 17:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at St Albans beer festival 2015, St Albans, Herts. An orange/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Sweet, fruity, strawberry, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes similar, sweet, malty, fruity, caramel and quite boozy. I understand that this a recreation of an old recipe brewed for college students in the 1930’s. I thought it was delicious and would love to get hold of some more.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2015
at 06:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half at GRAF. Amber colour with thin white head. Sweet malty aroma. Taste is caramel and bitter hops. Sweet finish
Tried
on 25 Jun 2015
at 16:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Maypole, Cambridge. It pours deep amber-brown with a small white head. The nose is wood, orange, grapefruit, candied peel, fruit cake, wood, spice and toffee. The taste is bitter, toasty, brown bread, booze, raisin, fruit, stewed orange, pink grapefruit, wood, resin and hint of smoke with a dry, citric finish. Fulsome body, soft carbonation and viscous mouth-feel. Good depth and rather punchy. Perhaps a bit boozy, but I kind of like it...
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2014
at 10:14