Christmas Ale (Cask)
(Batch of Christmas Ale)
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.18
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned at the Royal Oak, London SE1. Reddish-brown in colour with a slight, off-white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, earthy hops, wood and spice. Flavour of barley sugar, red fruits, oak, the house yeast and spice, with a hoppy, dry finish. A great beer on a cold day.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2009
at 05:37
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at Charlie’s Pub, Copenhagen
Dark amber to brown color, hazy; a few lonely bubbles on the surface. The aroma is mild, vinous. It has a good body structure, very rich caramel flavor and malt, quite sweet, with a light woody astringency, light wine sourness that brings also a light fruitness; if possible, in the end there are some very light spices. The bitterness is quite high; the alcohol is present only as mouth warmer. Lovely.
Dark amber to brown color, hazy; a few lonely bubbles on the surface. The aroma is mild, vinous. It has a good body structure, very rich caramel flavor and malt, quite sweet, with a light woody astringency, light wine sourness that brings also a light fruitness; if possible, in the end there are some very light spices. The bitterness is quite high; the alcohol is present only as mouth warmer. Lovely.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2009
at 00:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A chestnut brown beer with a thin light tan head. The aroma has notes malt, caramel, as well as lighter notes of notes and spices. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of malt, caramel, hops, alcohol, and very ripe berries, leading to a bitter and alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2009
at 09:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours hazy dark orange with no head, golden glare. Light spiced and roasted malty aroma. Sweet malty and overripe fruity flavoured. Velvet mouthfeel. Sweet lingering malt flavoured and slight spiced flavoured. Sweet overripe fruity lingering sweet flavoured into the finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2009
at 05:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Handbottled @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09.Clear medium brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090801]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2009
at 05:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark amber with a smalloff-white head. Spicy aroma with white pepper dominating, and dark sogar in the back. Sweet caramel flavour with spicy notes
Tried
on 11 Sep 2009
at 16:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Hand Bottle unfiltered at Chris-Os Pre GBBF 09 tasting ... copper ... sweet toffee nose ... sweet toffee little hop ... quite juicy
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2009
at 14:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Mahogany with a medium off white head. Aroma was sweet with roasted malt and caramel notes. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, caramel and hints of chocolate. Finished mild bitter.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2008
at 10:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
2008.Cask @ Market Porter with Magic Dave6 and Mes. One of the best of the Pub crawl. Impressive dark amber red color, no head at all. Lots of fruit aromas. Mostly citric,candy sugar and spices. Lovely orange flavor. Dry hoppy finish. Very very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2008
at 09:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 Nov) Dark brown colour with tawny notes. Fruity, sweet, vinous nose with notes of syrup and wood. Slightly closed. Fruity, sweet taste with notes of black-currant, prunes, raisins and caramel. Viscous, syrup-like, body. Sweet, but not overwhelming. Very warming and, actually, surprisingly nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2006
at 16:46