Thomas Hardy's Ale The Historical 2024 (French Oak)
Interbrau in Villafranca Padovana (PD), Veneto, Italy 🇮🇹
Brewed at/by: Hepworth & CoBarley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
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Score
7.67
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The first vintage of Hardy's in 1968 was inspired by the classic 19th century English Barley Wines and was matured in oak barrels.
“The Historical” is a tribute to this time-honoured tradition. The 2024 edition was aged for months with French oak wood, which releases its typical roasted and spicy notes, rounding up the warm and sweet aromas of the classic Thomas Hardy’s Ale.
“The Historical” is a tribute to this time-honoured tradition. The 2024 edition was aged for months with French oak wood, which releases its typical roasted and spicy notes, rounding up the warm and sweet aromas of the classic Thomas Hardy’s Ale.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
250 ml bottle No. 00390, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 11.3%. Slightly hazy brown colour, small white head. Aroma of malts, molasses, caramel and oak. Sweet and rich flavour of oak, caramel and old sherry. Minimal bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore)
on 17 Feb 2025
at 22:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle bought at Chichester Beerex 2024. They were selling them for a Fiver on the stage. Opaque dark amber. Thin but bubbly white head. Aroma is warming. Boozy, dark fruit and malts. A sweetness to it. Caramelised fruit. Citrus edge, alongside a more boozy element. Marmalade but a very sugary example. Medium-heavy bodied. Oily. Soft carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Sweet and sugary with the barrel aging then providing a counterbalance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2025
at 22:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
0.25 l bottle from 'Craft Bier Bude', 2024 vintage, bottle #266. Clear, deep ruby with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, slightly fruity aroma of molasses, caramel, vanilla and raisins. Very sweet, malty, moderately bitter, slightly fruity taste of molasses, vanilla, raisins, dark honey and some prunes, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, minimally boozy finish. Full body, smooth and oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Rich but well-balanced and sophisticated brew, very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Craft Bier Bude (REWE von Wantoch)
on 06 Feb 2025
at 18:45
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle from HOTM; clear copper pour with a thin beige head, aroma has raisins soaked in cognac, taste sweet fruits dipped in pure alcohol, red wine, some dark fruit, sweet caramel, vanilla hints, a fine beer --- Beer merged from original tick of Thomas Hardy's Ale - The Historical (2024) on 26 Jan 2025 at 13:41 - Score: 9. Original review text: Bottle from HOTM; clear copper pour with a thin beige head, aroma has raisins soaked in cognac, taste sweet fruits dipped in pure alcohol, red wine, some dark fruit, sweet caramel, vanilla hints, a fine beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2025
at 13:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
250ml bottle, #7077. Clear dark amber, small beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, caramel, toffee. Taste is sweet, malty, malt loaf, raisins, dried fruits, prunes, figs etc. caramel, slightly oaky and spicy, warming. Lovely mouthfeel. Grew on me, but finish seemed slightly harsh, an odd bitterness there, otherwise really nice but I do wonder if it was much better in the past to deserve being called "iconic".
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2025
at 20:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Utseende: Lys brun.
Lukt: Karamell, frukter.
Smak: Karamell, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Flaske@250ml, ABV@11.3%, Når@18.01.2025.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Thomas Hardy's Ale The Historical 2024 (French Oak)
Stil: BARLEY WINE
Bryggeri: Hepwort
Lukt: Karamell, frukter.
Smak: Karamell, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Flaske@250ml, ABV@11.3%, Når@18.01.2025.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Thomas Hardy's Ale The Historical 2024 (French Oak)
Stil: BARLEY WINE
Bryggeri: Hepwort
Tried
on 18 Jan 2025
at 19:19
7/10
bottle at home ...deep red brown ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..juicy caramel ..soft woody caramelised toffee fruit malts
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2025
at 11:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear, dark amber with a thin off white head. Sweet, boozy, fruity aroma. Flavour has caramel, fruit, some woody notes from the oak aging, a toastiness to this with some warming spice and a lasting boozy warmth too. Sweet, warm, rich and delicious.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2024
at 22:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
#00186. Mørk amber. Klar. Filmskum. Eikearoma. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Smaken rosin, mere eik og antydning til sherry. Søt & lett tørr avslutning. Hint av honning.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 20:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours slightly hazy deep red - brown with a bubbly off - white head. The aroma is rich and unctuous, oily, toothy, dry oak, sappy, resin, old leather sofa, stollen, dried fruits, glace cherry, raisin, sultana, toasted fruit cake, brown sugar, toffee, malt loaf and jammy vibes. The taste is slick, oily, toothy, chewy, rather jammy, plenty of dried fruits, firmly dry glace cherry, fig, sultana, raisin, prune, date, fruit cake, date scone, warning booze, dry oak, bitter toffee, toasted brown sugars, brown bread, touch of tannin and warming booze with a drying oak finish. Fulsome body, light carbonation and slightly oily mouth feel. Rich and unctuous, oily and rich. Fun stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 17:27