Old Master Hen
(has 3 batches)
Morland in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
7.27
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Old Master Hen is a limited edition beer brewed at 7% ABV and is bottled conditioned to mature with age. Strong and full-bodied with a deep amber colour, it offers masses of characteristic toffee and fruit, notes of citrus orange, and traditional English hop bitterness.
Brewed under direction of head brewer Ross O’Hara, it is made with pale malt and 8 per cent crystal malt which gives the beer its amber colour and rich flavours. It has a big combination of all English hops to balance the malt notes: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles, Goldings, and Pilgrim.
Brewed under direction of head brewer Ross O’Hara, it is made with pale malt and 8 per cent crystal malt which gives the beer its amber colour and rich flavours. It has a big combination of all English hops to balance the malt notes: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles, Goldings, and Pilgrim.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[50cl bottle from Waitrose, Bracknell.] An impressive, elaborate cardboard box, containing a standard looking bottle. An attractive bright copper coloured pour with a rapidly fading cream head that left just a thin, patchy covering; aroma of tart apples and toffee; rich chewy apple taste, immediately releasing a hit of alcohol in the throat which makes it way quickly to the belly; leaving an aftertaste of dried figs, raisins and treacle toffee. Quite tasty, but would be better if the alcohol could be hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 18 Jun 2023
at 18:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Waitrose, West Byfleet. Aroma is fruity, jammy, with a gluey streak and some sourness. Clear light chestnut. Creamy off-white head soon develops a bald spot. Burnt caramel sweetness swiftly followed by a wave of booze. Grainy bitter core. A tad liqourice. The booze and a herbal element combine for a medicinal effect. Light-medium bodied. Slick. A tad sticky. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. My initial - brief seconds - impressions were that it was a sweet hit. However the medicinal element takes over and it just not that enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2023
at 19:21