Winter Cheer
Twickenham Fine Ales in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter|
Score
6.21
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A dark, malty, spicy seasonal ale. Brewed with black, pale chocolate, and crystal malts and English hops. In keeping with the Yule season, this beer is spiced with mistletoe, ivy, and poinsettia. Just joking about the spicing; so you can put away the stomach pump. Actually spiced with coriander and juniper berries. Thanks to Glenn and Davy at Alvinne brewery for their advice about juniper berries.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Twickenham Winter Cheer (by Twickenham Fine Ales):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
4/III/2012 on cask @ ACBF (Moen) - BB: n/a (2012-210)
Clear nut brown beer, no head. Aroma: caramel, toast, nutty, bready, little sweet. MF: no carbon, light to medium boy. Taste: little bitter, green banana, toast, nuts. Aftertaste: bisquit, shortbread, bitter walnuts, green banana. This sure is an English style ale, more in aroma than in flavour though. Solid, but not big. Still good for it's ABV though. /me adds another point for overall score.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
4/III/2012 on cask @ ACBF (Moen) - BB: n/a (2012-210)
Clear nut brown beer, no head. Aroma: caramel, toast, nutty, bready, little sweet. MF: no carbon, light to medium boy. Taste: little bitter, green banana, toast, nuts. Aftertaste: bisquit, shortbread, bitter walnuts, green banana. This sure is an English style ale, more in aroma than in flavour though. Solid, but not big. Still good for it's ABV though. /me adds another point for overall score.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2012
at 09:09
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask. An amber beer. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and malt, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2012
at 10:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and deep brown to almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and breadish. Dark roasted malty and breadish. Bitter and dry. Lasting roasted malty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2012
at 09:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Duchess of Cambridge, London. Pours clear, rich amber-brown with a faint film. Very subtle ripe fruits in the nose with some dark malts. Light to medium sweet, with toast, berries, faint burnt caramel. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry finish with mild leafy bitterness, dark toast and light fruits. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2012
at 08:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Sussex Arms, Twickenham. A dark ruby coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Fruity, malty aroma. Tastes fruity, malty, spice. Rather thin for a winter beer but it is OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2012
at 14:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2011. Deep copper colour, small off-white head. Aroma is herbs, fruits, some mild wooden nand chocolaty notes along with some mild spices. Flavour is quite similar along with quite syrupy sweetness as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2011
at 06:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ realale.com, 371 Richmond Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, England TW1 2EF.Clear dark amber color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, spices, winter spices, moderate hoppy, citrus - orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20091230]
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2010
at 12:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask handpull at The Harp, Chandos Place, London. Very dark brown. Thin beige head. Pretty deent slgihtly syrupy malty dark beer. Good malty aroma, Slightly sweet in mouth. Decent if a little on the sweet side.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2010
at 09:44