Once Upon a Time, November 15th, 1901, KK
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Buzzards Bay BrewingTraditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.48
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Once upon a time, on Friday, November 15th, 1901, an Edwardian brewer stepped into a London brewhouse and brewed a beer that confounds expectations many years later. An ale darker than most Porters that uses more hops than a modern IPA. Thanks once again to the talents of brewing historian, Ron Pattinson, we can reproduce this moment in time from the original brewday document. This ‘KK’ beer is brewed with several pale malts, brown malt, caramelized brewing sugars and two classic English hop varieties, Bramling Cross and Kent Goldings.
O.G. 1.075, 7.8% ABV.
O.G. 1.075, 7.8% ABV.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter caramellic flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2016
at 10:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample from Bottle - dark brown pour with beige head. Aroma and taste is roasted malty, choc, caramel, citrus and tropical hoppy, nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2014
at 10:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Reynolds314! Pours murky chestnut with a medium brown creamy head that dissipates with nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is malty, nutty, toffee, bready, a bit woody perhaps. Complex. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, malty, nutty, earthy body. Really strongly bitter finish takes away from an otherwise nice beer. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2014
at 20:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 66cl, from trade with Papsoe. It pours a very dark brown body topped by a dense, two-finger tan head. Old leather, licorice, mothballs, loft and a burnt touch in the aroma. It’s semi-sweet on the palate, with some alcohol notes, burnt malts and leather. Not as much licorice as in the aroma, but some is there. It’s soft and full-bodied on the palate, faintly warming and it dries up towards the end. I have problems with this one. I mean, it’s lovely as hell, complex and tasteful, really enjoyable, but it’s sort of like nothing else I’ve had. Would be wonderful to get hold of the receipe and try it for myself. 130405
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2013
at 16:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Dark ruby bordering on brown with a thick cap of soapy head that laced all the way down. nose is old shoe leather and English malt. Flavor is dry roast, old brunt coffee and again the old leather note. Medium body with normal carbonation. I’m still learning about this style so it’s hard for me to understand what the brewer intended here. Interesting and odd.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2013
at 17:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, hop, berries, yeast, caramel. Flavour is roasted malt, berries, yeast, caramel. Bitter finish. Medium to full body. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2013
at 00:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
65 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 29.04.2011
Aroma has exotic, ripe fruits, some berries and vanilla. Like smelling a raspberry quark. Flavour is a bit messy with hops, raspberries, bilberries and vanilla. Very complex, unique and good!
Aroma has exotic, ripe fruits, some berries and vanilla. Like smelling a raspberry quark. Flavour is a bit messy with hops, raspberries, bilberries and vanilla. Very complex, unique and good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2013
at 09:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Rasmus place. Pours very dark brown with a creamy light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, burnt caramel, fruity hops. Taste is malt, licorice, caramel, chocolate, peach, fruity hops. Medium body, soft carbonation. 240512
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2012
at 08:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nice creamy head with excellent duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are burnt caramel, brown sugar, roast malt, rich hops, nuts and notes of fruits. Nice and complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2012
at 12:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Almost black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, dark sugar and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 240512
Tried
on 24 May 2012
at 12:20