Beheaded
Keltek Cornish Brewery in Redruth, Cornwall, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
6.49
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Beheaded is our strongest ale; dark and deceptive with a smooth, slightly sweet first impression and none of the alcoholic twang often associated with strong beers. Its complex, indulgent flavour is legendary.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a caramel brown with a beige colored head. Aroma is malty, dark fruits, toffee, caramel. Taste is rich malts, caramel, toffee, light starchy, nice balance of sweet and bitter, finishes on the dryer side.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Cornwall Beer & Wine Centre (Keltek Brewery)
on 23 Apr 2026
at 02:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
19/7/2024. Cask at the 2024 Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival. Poured clear dark reddish brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, nut, malt, toffee, bread, toasted notes, hint of chocolate. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Very smooth, with soft carbonation. Gentle warming finish. Enjoyed this.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2024
at 16:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Copper coloured with a small off-white creamy head. Aroma is sugary sweet toffee, mild nutty notes, some alcohol as well as mild ripe fruits. Flavour is ripe fruits, some toffee mild floral notes as well as some alcohol, mild sweetish malts and nutty notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2022
at 17:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Purely Cornish. Appearance - fresh cherry with a slightly off-white head. Nose - cherry and toffee. Taste - more toffee and strawberry laces. Palate - medium bodied and a little sweet. Persistent. Overall - nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2020
at 14:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear mahogany with a thick off-white head. Aromas of toffee and honeycomb, light red fruit. Taste is sweet, honeycomb, toffee. On the sweet side, but enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2020
at 14:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle) Slightly hazy, dark amber to brown colour with a short and slightly off-white foamy head. Earthy malty aroma with hammy and nutty notes, subtle fruity accents and woody/korky hops. Mildly sweet flavour, medium to full bodied with a calm carbonation. Earthy and slightly nutty taste with berry fruits, hints of smoked ham and mildly woody hops; mildly sweet-bitter finish with caramel and a well-masked alcoholic strength. Interesting. 11.I.18
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2018
at 18:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Clear, light ruby-amber coloured, slowly collapsing loose off-white head; moderate sweet caramelly-toasty nose with traces of dried berries and wood(!?); moderate sweet-bitter flavour, medium bodied with a slight tartness; lingering - a bit tangy - sweetish fruity-caramelly finish with traces of alcohol and herbal hops in the aftertaste. Not great, but still quite well drinkable...
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2017
at 15:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear amber brown colour, small foamy off-white head, dissipates quickly, minimal lacing. Strong aroma, toasted malts, honey, dark fruits, brown sugar. Taste medium to heavy sweet, light bitter, toffee, caramel. Full body, oily to sticky texture, bit tingly on the tongue, average carbonation. Finish mild sweet, roasty, slightly bitter, raisins, some alcohol, overall a decent strong ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2014
at 12:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewer’s own stand at the Good Food Show at Birmingham NEC. Ruby coloured. Really fruity this one- plums and raisins and Christmas cake- backed up with good toffee malts. Heady alcohol is pretty well integrated into it. It’s sweet (but not overly so), potent and warming, reminiscent of a nice barley wine. I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2014
at 13:54
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Copper coloured with a sugary sweet toffee nose and a small creamy head. It certainly doesn’t feel its strength with a fairly bland taste but a smoothish texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2014
at 05:45