Humpty Dumpty Brewery 15

15

 

Humpty Dumpty Brewery in Reedham, Norfolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
Score
6.41
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 19
In celebration of our 15th anniversary of brewing cracking real ale on the Norfolk Broads, we have brewed a 9.0% barley wine, cunningly called “15”. A Rich, Smooth Ruby Red Barley Wine Hopped with Amarillo and First Gold Varieties.
 

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. A hazy, dark golden beer topped by a small, light beige head. Sweetish aroma with a herbal touch and some alcohol. Fruity too, with a faint touch of dried apricots. Honey too. Slightly sourish on the palate, full-bodied and sort of dry, even though it’s quite sweet. Honey, fruityness and some alcohol in the flavor, some bitterness chiming in towards the end. Not very good or interesting one. 140301

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2014 at 13:32


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, grass, alcohol, malt and hops.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2014 at 13:26


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and a little alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. 010314

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2014 at 13:26


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Aroma is peachy and grapefruity, light toasted malt. Bitter, smooth fruity. Solid dry and bitter into the finish, sharp hops profile. Bone dry.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2013 at 18:02


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the Tuesday Evening Horal Chugging Tasting - London. Thanks to Kenwise for this British gem. Pours hazy amber with a frothy white head. Leathery dried fruits on the nose, some earth. Medium sweet flavor, a bit alcoholic, with dry bread and more dried fruits. Medium to full in body with fine carbonation. Lightly warming to finish with earthy bitterness, leathery berries and dried bread. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2013 at 02:35


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, thanks to Kenny at the Tuesday Horal Chugging Tasting. It pours hazy amber with a small white head. The nose is sweet, juicy, raisin, sultana, brown sugar and brown bread. The taste is caramel, toffee, decent bitterness, raisin, stewed fig, varnish, burnt wood, spice and alcohol. Medium+ body and fine carbonation. Nothing too special, but an OK high abv English beverage nonetheless.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2013 at 03:30


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Craft Clerkenwell, Tuesday Horal Chugging Tasting, bottle thanks to Kenneth, 17/09/13. Murky dark amber with a thin off white head that clears edgeward. Nose is bitter fruitsm orange, hint of ginger bread biscuit. Taste comprises fruit cake, caramel, bitter orange, dark fruit, light spice. Fullish body, moderate carbonation, dryish finale. Ok barley wine but no world beater.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2013 at 12:27


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

17th September 2013
Craft Clerkenwell. Tuesday Horal Chugging Tasting! Hazy deep amber beer, good pale cream coloured head. Palate is smooth and softish. The malt is not as rich as I expected but carries cream and caramel. Ripe orange hops, not too bitter. Finishes semi dry. A bit lightweight but inoffensive.

Tried on 18 Sep 2013 at 07:16


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Gravity poured half-pint at The Kings Head, Norwich on 20 Apr 2013. Deep amber body with a thin white head. Sweet and malty in both the nose and taste: rich fruity notes within the maltiness, too rich to have a pint, I was on a mission anyway, the pub had four strong barrels of different beers on gravity as well as a host on hand-pull. Tried all the strong ones and three hand-pulls before moving on.

Tried on 27 May 2013 at 07:47