Wensleydale Beaters' Winter Ale

Beaters' Winter Ale

 

Wensleydale in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.64
ABV: 8.5% IBU: - Ticks: 9
A rich, dark ruby colour with a thick, creamy head. Vinous and bitter plum aromas blend with rich, fruity sweetness suggesting honey and figs with rum soaked raisins. There is a lovely, lingering bitterness which rounds off this old style ale.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

10th December 2012
Clear dark red brown beer with a good pale tan head. Light palate, semi dry. Carbonated nip. Very mild dark malts with a vaguely Dr Pepper like fruity tang. Smooth lactose cream sweetness. Softish finish. All really well joined up. Impressed by this one - very nice.

Tried on 14 Nov 2012 at 14:50


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle from Jacks ’Westholme Stores’ Goring-on-Thames, Oxon, and consumed same day 20.10.11 Pours dark brown with no head yet some clear bubbles popping through surface and it is a tiny bit gassy, not sure what happened to the head though. On first taste I think coke (soft drink version) on second taste I still think the same, it just tastes like a soft drink to me and that drink is coke, there is a little tiny, tiny bit of alcohol there but it is well hidden. Its ok for an alcoholic soft drink. A5 A4 T5 P3 Ov10 2.7

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2011 at 11:46


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. A chestnut brown beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of malt, yeast, straw, caramel, and phenols. The flavor is sweet with notes of burnt plastic, malt, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2011 at 14:16


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

shared by papsoe, clear dark brown, small light brownish to offwhite head. nice malty, caramelly and bitter aroma. sweet yet dry, also slightly fruity. complex. flavor is dark fruity, malty, caramelly, bitter. Quite unusual compared to other english beers i\ve had. almost sort of belgian, except the yeast.

Tried on 03 May 2011 at 10:24


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

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is light smoked and dark roasted malty. Bitter, dark chocolate malty and smoked flavoured. Slight honey and sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2011 at 10:17


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

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a clear brown with an orange hue and a small beige head. The nose has some sweet roast, caramel and licorice. Solid body, sweet dark malts, dark overripe fruit, ashes and a smoky touch. Some warming alcohol in the finish. There’s a lot going on here, messy or adventurous? - take your pick. 030511

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2011 at 10:09


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 330ml. @ home.Clear medium to dark red - brown amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fruity, rum soaked raisin, plum, prune, figs, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110314]

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2011 at 11:34


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Black pour with a beige head. Licorice and chocolate aromas. Malts, chocolate and dark fruit flavours. Quite dull, still the aroma was nice.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2011 at 14:05


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

Bottle at home... picked up in St. Andrews when ferrying Jan for some bottles and beers ... nice ruby copper ... bubbly tan head ... sweetrich spiced toffee ... fizzy ... again big warming spice ... toffee ... roast malts ... cola and coffee... is that right ... nice ... cant place all the flavours ... but rich and balanced ... very tasty

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2010 at 10:48