Gales Trafalgar 200

Trafalgar 200

 

Gales in Horndean, Hampshire, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.59
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 46
Bottle conditioned: Special - 2005.

Brewed at Gales Brewery near Portsmouth, the home of Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory.

The method of producing this commemorative beer has remained largely unchanged since the days of Nelson's great victory at Trafalgar on the 21st October, 1805.
 

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6.4/10 โ€” Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Small head with short duration. Color is hazy amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, caramel and malt. Vinous beer.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2008 at 07:35

6/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, licorice, sweet, malt. Flavour is sweet, alcohol, vinegar, sour, licorice. Too much vinegar in the body.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2008 at 06:52

7/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. A quite dark golden, clear bear without head. Nice oxidized nose with alcohol and sweetness. Port as well? Sweet, slightly vinegary flavor, proving that oxidation can be good, but itโ€™s too sourish/vinegary in the finish. Medium body. A complex, lovely oxidized beer. Suspect itโ€™s even better fresh, though. (080118)
Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2008 at 14:23

6.5/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Red/brown body with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet malt, alcohol and a bit roasted coffee. Flavor is very sweet malt, liquorices, alcohol, coffee, some kind of sour bitterness. Nice, but I think Iโ€™m not completely convinced.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2008 at 13:27

7.2/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy dark amber with floaties and a tiny short lasting head. Sweet vinious aroma with hops, ripe fruits and caramel. Sweet flavor with notes of alcohol, caramel, oxidation.
Tried on 24 Feb 2008 at 15:53

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with small particles of sediment floating around under a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of fruit as well as light notes of wood and oxidation - due to 2ยฝ years of storing. The flavor is very sweet and very fruity combined with medium notes of prunes, and again a slight oxidized note and notes of alcohol, which is felt on the tongue. Thanks BelJohansen for sharing this.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2008 at 13:19

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
27.5 cL bottle (2005), thanks to faroeviking. Pours amber to deep orange with no head. Aroma is dark malty, slight dried fruity. Flavour is slight sour portish, still dry and also dark malty flavoured. Slight woody finish. Nice but somewhat too old in flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2007 at 04:35

7.6/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Rating 500!!!!!!!! Bottled 2005: Deep clear Orange with no head. No exceptions whether you poor aggresively or whatever! Vinous sweet vinegar aroma. Very sweet taste with notes of port and again fruits like plum, prunes & raisins. Easy flat body but has a filling feel. Warmth from alcohol but very anonymous really. Moderate bitter finish!
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2007 at 03:43

7/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Amber colour with a small off-white head. Sweet malty vinous aroma, with some fruity hints. Malty bitter flavor with fruity hints. Malty dry bitter and warming aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2006 at 15:14

6.8/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy brownins beer with a strong head. The aroma is fruity, sour and dry and the flavour malty, vinous and tart. Overall a nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2006 at 17:59