Ayr Brewing Company Death and Dr Hornbook

Death and Dr Hornbook

 

Ayr Brewing Company in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.94
ABV: 7.2% IBU: - Ticks: 9
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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from the Glen Park Hotel. Appearance - golden copper with a white head that quickly disappearing.. Nose - sweet bread or panetonne. Raisin and cake spice. Taste - raisin, syrup, orange peel and general cakiness. Palate - medium bodied with fairly apparent booze. Overall - good if a bit boozy.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2023 at 15:47

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Rocky off white head stayed on a slowly carbonating amber coloured body. Sweet malt & yeasty aroma. Medium bodied, lively in the tongue with a smooth cloying back. Sweet malt, spicy, toffee & herbal tastes with a peppery finish. Deece.
Tried on 24 Sep 2022 at 16:06

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle, online from the source. Pours clear mid golden with a white head. Aroma: sweet malty, caramel, light fruity. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet & light bitter, sweet malt, plenty of caramel. Medium body with moderate carbonation
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2021 at 18:10

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 06/03/21. Clear golden amber with a moderately presented off white cap. Nose is fruit esters, caramel, brown sugars, syrup, wooded notes. Taste comprises fruit cake, raisins, brown sugars, caramel, mellow yeast esters, bread pudding. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Pleasant enough easy drinking Belgo leaning affair.
Tried on 06 Mar 2021 at 17:17

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Panda at home thanks to SHIG. A clear mid dirty golden coloured pour with a halo of loose bubbles. Aroma is semi sweet, light straw, spicy belgian yeast, hint of vanilla, light tang. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, little toffee, mellow belgian yeast phenols, custard, ok, bit dull. Palate is rounded, sweet, fine carbonation. . Ok, just a bit meh.
Tried on 28 Feb 2021 at 19:16

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
27/2/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of toffee, fruit, golden syrup, malt, biscuit. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture, soft carbonation. Sweet caramel finish. Best of the 5 from Ayr that I've tried today.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2021 at 14:25

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to MrsSHIG: Poured a golden with a white frothy head. Aroma is sweet malty, light fruity. Taste is very malty, light fruit, caramel, sweet.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2021 at 21:31

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
7.2.. Cask at the jolly judge... Golden amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet oily juicy fruits nose.. Soft sweet oily orange fruits.. Soft floral bready fruits.. Soft mellow fruits
Tried from Cask on 26 Mar 2019 at 15:35

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the jolly judge. Pours clear golden amber, nose is caramel, marzipan, toffee, taste is sweet, almond, vanilla, chewy, caramel.
Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2019 at 07:53