Audit Ale
Lacons in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Series|
Score
7.03
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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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6.9/10
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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...
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from Cask
on 21 Jul 2014
at 10:14