Blue Anchor Brewery Spingo Special

Spingo Special

 

Blue Anchor Brewery in Helston, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.45
ABV: 6.6% IBU: - Ticks: 28
Smooth, Strong Ale.

Dark Reddish in colour

Malty, Fruity, Well Hopped in taste with a smell of a rich fruit cake.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask hand pull at the Blue anchor Helston. A clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting cream light tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, cola cubes, sticky dried fruits, apple, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody bark, dried fruits. Woody bark, dried fruits, apple. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, woody tannin, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2022 at 14:27


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Clearing out the fridge. Bought off the online shop. Clear ruby red. Ring of loose beige bubbles. Nose has burnt sugar malt. Has a damson jam thing going on. Some hedgerow fruit hoppage. Taste is pretty sweet with a slightly medicinal bitterness. Medium body feels a bit flabby. Fine carbonation. Tiny bit of acidity. Bittersweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2022 at 18:54


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Darts Farm, just outside Exeter. Pours hazy mid brown with a beige head. Aroma: sweet malt, toffee, fruitcake, dried fruit. Taste: moderate sweet with light bitterness, rich malts, toffee, caramel, dried fruits. Light to medium body with light carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2021 at 19:49


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from the brewery online shop. Appearance - deep amber to red. Beige head. Nose - chewy toffee and hazelnut. Sweet chocolate. Taste - Toblerone and Ferrero Roche. Palate - medium bodied. Creamy middle and fairly rich finish. Overall - good.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 13:57


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

Bottle at ash's. Pours clear reddish amber, nose is caramel, toffee, nutty, some fruit, taste is chewy caramel, red fruits, marzipan, sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 13:54


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours clear chestnut brown with a thin off-white head. Aromas of toffee, light spice. Taste is more of the same, light red fruit. Clean, flinty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 13:54


6

Bottle from the Blue Anchor, Helston. Deep brown colour with a thin off white head. Malty caramel sweet. Slightly thin.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2020 at 19:45


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hand-pulled half-pint on 2nd Nov 2019 at the Fortescue Hotel, Plymouth. Looked, smelled and tasted like a flat glass of 'Vimto' with alcohol added. Semi-sweet and blue/black/loganberries to the fore. No head. Not overly impressed.

Tried on 06 Nov 2019 at 09:31


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

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Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2019 at 23:30


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

Cask gravity at Kent & East Sussex BF 2019. Dark brown colour thin beige head. Malty toffee sweet mild. Good sweetness. Sticky toffee pudding topping. Yes good enough. Liked it in a malty way. Hides abv well. No bitterness

Tried from Cask on 15 Jun 2019 at 10:17