Kingmaker Ale
Warwickshire Beer Co. in Cubbington, Warwickshire, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
5.69
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Premium Ale with fruity, malty and toffee aromas with overtones of spice and caramel. A warming dry finish.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle: can’t see a BBD, poured into a UK pint sleeve on 9th Dec 2012 @ home. Dull almost hazy red/orange hue to the body: thin biege head that stayed. It does have a strange taste and smell with whisky hints in the mix: certainly peaty malt feel to the flavour and aroma, chocolate also easy to find. This is both complex and interesting, not your run of the mill UK brew that’s for sure. Caramel sweetness comes along as the beer warms: so my thoughts then moved onto thinking about a chocolate bar dropped into a Peat Bog and then dipped into malty molasses before being boiled with a few hops (Challenger and Goldings are used actually). Good depth of body and the alcohol is almost hidden, those whisky undertones however do not go away. Different and pleased I found it. 9th April 2015: gravity pour at the Isle of Man CAMRA beer festival. Still a very good beer, my initial thoughts and scores still stand.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2012
at 06:29
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. It’s a clear, pale amber beer with a dense, off-white head. Citrus-peel, pinecones and not much else in the aroma. The flavor has a distinct sourness, quite lemony, leaving most else in the back. Some malts. Medium body. Not very good, I like the aroma, but that’s it. Sure off. 110129
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2011
at 04:27
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber orange color with a large to huge, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, acidic fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, candy sweet, citrus acidic, fresh. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20110129]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2011
at 08:39
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours amber with a slight haze and a small off-white head. Tart citric acid in the nose. Light body, I guess there’s some caramel underneath, but everything is pretty much overpowered by the tartness. Damm. 290111
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2011
at 09:16
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
500ml bottle. Pours a hazy amber colour with no head. Aroma is sweet with malt and spice, also some beetroot in there too! Taste is of spice and some caramel sweetness. Finish is light and with not much body, a bit watery considering it’s 5.5%, but this could be the complete lack of carbonation. An okay beer, but not one I’d have again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2010
at 14:26
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle t home ... amber ... thin white lacing ... sharp lemon sourness ... soft toffee fruit malts ... wit a hint of tartness... not ruinign it ... but not convinced shoudl be there... in fact possible adding just a little zezt
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2010
at 11:35