Pitfield's Brewery 1890 Stock Ale

1890 Stock Ale

 

Pitfield's Brewery in Moreton, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.59
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 31
Recipe from Durden Park Beer Circle - "Old British Beers and How to Make Them"

Ingredients: Maris Otter; Crystal Malt; Northdown hops.
 

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
2008 Vintage as 1890 Stock Ale, from Citry Beverage Co, London. It pours clear orange, with a medium white head. The nose is sherry, white grape, fruit cake, tinned nectarine, icing sugar and candy cane. The taste is nectarine, tangerine, tinned peach, tangy fruit, candied peel, alcohol warmth, sherry and wood, with a dry finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and sticky mouth-feel. Too boozy for me. Doesn’t quite have the body to carry it off.
Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2012 at 12:48

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
As 1890 Stock Ale
Appearance: 2008 edition. Light brown, slight golden. Clear, some off-white head. Aroma: Alcohol, nectarine, malt. Caramel. Taste: Quite strong alcohol, earthy, vinous fruit. In your face. Info: 375ml bottle, 19/8-2011, 37/300M
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2011 at 10:07

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled (2007)@The Chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011 "Donkey Dork Lord Edition". Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, earth and some slight yeasty and mild wooden notes. Flavour is quite much the same. Rather mellow. Hayish in the finish. Mild alcohol sweetness lurking as well.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2011 at 05:17

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle (2007) at ChrisO’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011. Clear gold pour, flat head. Boozy nose, some caramel and bits of sweet malt. Very sweet flavor,some ripe fruits. Medium bodied with flat carbonation. Mild warming finish, slight dark sugar and ripe fruits. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2011 at 15:40

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
2007 Bottle at Chriso’s. Orange a,ber color, no head. Aroma of apricot, sherry, stewed peaches. Flavors of peach, sherry, alcohol. Great oily, slick, full body. Great stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2011 at 12:50

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
25th November 2007 Fairly flat orangey looking pale beer. Distinctly sweet and fruity start gives way to malt and a slighty bitter finish with noticeable alcohol. 3.5 19th November 2017 A nine or ten year old bottle from the deepest cellar recesses! Almost clear gold - amber, no head. Smooth palate, no carbonation to speak of. Smooth sweetish malts, light dried fruits. Fine cognac, light though. Trace of sherry. Smooth finish. Has aged very well. Very sippable.

5th August 2023
Another slice of the 2007 vintage. Don't think this has swerved much from 6 years ago. Cognac, sherry a little dried fruits. Completely flat but sipping well.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2011 at 10:51

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
375ml bottle. Pours a hazy orange with a tiny head. Aroma is caramel malt with sour white grape notes. Earthy notes start. Orange to end with alochol burn on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2010 at 03:57

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity spicy and slightly alcoholic aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2010 at 22:52

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Pours a cloudy amber colour with no head whatsoever. Seems a bit flat if truth be told. Aromas of sour cherries, tangerines, barley, grapefruit. Quite a sour/fruity nose. Flavours of toffee, citrus, slight sourness, vinous, ginger, some herbs. Moderate alcohol burn. Finishes malty and sweet with a warming alcohol feel. Not too bad.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2009 at 09:16

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 500ml.[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear light to medium amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, vintage malt, light roasted, dark berry - dried fruit, licorice notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091114]
Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2009 at 04:54