Spooks Ale (Bottle)
(Batch of Spooks Ale)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.48
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Nut brown colour with an off white head. Caramel malt and hoppy aroma. Flavour about the same with a fruity edge.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2012
at 09:32
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 50 cl. Amber, clear with a medium offwhiote head. Aroma of malt, hops and caramel. Sweet taste with a caramel fruity end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2012
at 15:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2012
at 15:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a huge tan head. Aroma is toasted maæty and light breadish. Bitter, toffee and crisp hoppy. Toffee malty and light caramelish. Medium dry and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2012
at 05:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
En bra engelsk bitter. Torr och lagom sötma. Smak och doft av malt, knäck, karamell, apelsin. En trevlig beska som är lite pepprig och kryddig i karaktären.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2012
at 12:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from SB cons 2012-09-11 Göteborg AR: cherries, caramel, fruit syrup, cookies AP: clear ruby, 2 cm thick stothy/wee rocky yellowish white that is lasting F: cherry cookies, cream brulee, wee roasted malt, full heavy body, medium bitterness, soft wee carbonation, wee sugary feeling, finishes wee cherry and citrus
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2012
at 10:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle from Systembolaget. Pours mahogny with a big creame white head. Malty, sweet and slightly spicy aroma. Taste of light rosted malt, lemon cest and some citrus juice. Too sharp carbonation, otherwise a rather nice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2012
at 11:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rödbrun färg, lågt skum. Knäckig doft, fruktkaka, russin, rostad mandel. En doftbild som jag förknippar med engelsk öl som är ett par procent starkare minus alkoholtonerna. Riktigt fin. Smaken avslöjar att det är 4,7%. Lätt ganska torr kropp, murriga smaker av höstskog, lite mineraler, torkade apelsinskal knäck och en för England ganska markerad beska. God men doften lovade ännu mer. Ändå en strålande special bitter. Helt min kopp te.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2012
at 12:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark copper colour, clear, with a rich foamy head. Fruity, malty aroma, some burnt sugar. Roasted and malty taste, rough bitterness at the end.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2012
at 11:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small but reasonably persistent cream-coloured head, leaving even some lace, over deep foxy-amber beer. All kinds of cookies aroma’s, with caramel and even toffee, giving mental images of Petit Beurre, Café Noir, biscuit and even oatmeal cookies. And a tad spicy. Taste is way drier than the nose suggests, hoppy, with even a serious hint at bitterness, tangy, which goes on for a long time. Mocha retronasal, becoming sweeter again after some warming up. Light to medium bodied, quite slick, and quite dry finish. I’m a bit... spooked indeed as how nose and flavour give each other the lie... Far from bad - would love to sample this from the cask.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Aug 2012
at 11:55