Fathers' Folly White Rabbit
Compass in Carterton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.80
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Curiouser and curiouser - a dark beer called White Rabbit. What’s the story here? Well, on a golden afternoon in late summer 2010, the Fathers’ Folly brewers pursued the fancy of a winter beer, inspired by the twisting and turning imagination of Lewis Carroll, who in 1862 set sail up the Isis from Oxford’s Folly Bridge to tell the tale that became Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Rich and toasty, this dark brew is a fine balance of pale, crystal and black malts with Columbus, First Gold and Bramling Cross hops, expertly blended to cast a fruity and spicy spell. Dark and complex, this is a beer to brighten up your winter wonderland and keep you safe and warm when you’re down the rabbit hole.
Rich and toasty, this dark brew is a fine balance of pale, crystal and black malts with Columbus, First Gold and Bramling Cross hops, expertly blended to cast a fruity and spicy spell. Dark and complex, this is a beer to brighten up your winter wonderland and keep you safe and warm when you’re down the rabbit hole.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Tasting by Fin & Loz ].Clear light dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, cacao. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate, caramel, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111021]
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2011
at 09:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed 21.10.11 This bottle purchased in Oddbins Summertown, Oxford sometime ago. Soft in the mouth with a surprising bitterness that I wasn’t expecting. Its quite malty too with some cocoa and then a little lemny dryness also apparent. The appearance is dark with a light haze, fruity, not too bad. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov13 3.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2011
at 00:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Deep dark cola-coloured beer with small, fine-bubbled yellowish cream head. Rich porto- or madeira-like nose, nutty. Like an aged beer, but apparently this sample isn’t beyond its BBdate. In fact, quite nice with the melanoidins. BItterish, woody & hoppy and pretty dry. Sweeter cookies in the finish, but hops remain main feature. Quite good! Light body, watery finish, flavours petering out. A very good British dark ale, with typically British non-existent MF. And yet another one I don’t know where I got it - so...
Tried
on 18 Jul 2011
at 10:40