Headcracker
Woodforde's in Woodbastwick, Norfolk, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.42
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Send your taste buds on a sensory explosion with this easy drinking, strong Norfolk ale. A moderate bitterness engulfs the palate whilst the sweetness from the fruit and malt make for a full bodied finish.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50cl. @ home.Clear light to medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, fruity, excotic fruits - tangerine - madarin, plum. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, a light alcohol - peppery burn and a long finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. The beer is nice but it gets quick tomuch.. (190808)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2008
at 05:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottled at Monk’s Cafรฉ, Stockholm. Hazy golden, no head. lactic black currant aroma. Medium sweet with rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and lightlyu caramelly. Some alcohol is evident, but overshadowed by lactic citricity. Fairly low bitterness. The acidity puzzles me. Is it intentional? It seem somewhat out of place, but also gives an interesting twist.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2008
at 04:11
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet fruity hops and mild notes of berries. Flavour is quite much alcohol, sweet fruityness and quite harsh grassyness. Aftertaste is just alcohol and some grassyness. Somehow I came to think of a malt liquor meeting an ale when I had this...
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2008
at 01:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours very unclear, dark amber golden with an off-white head. Fruity nose. Quite full-bodied with a very soft mouthfeel and soft, fruity accents. The bitterness is very subdued. 070907
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2007
at 16:04
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a thick orange head. The aroma is sweet and quite spicy, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2007
at 15:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From 50 cL bottle, pours slight hazy orange with a white head. Grainy and a hay and fruity nose. Slight sweet and grainy flavour. Reasching into to the dry. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2007
at 07:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Mild compared to American barleywines, but a nice change. Gold and only a little cloudy. Considerable hops for the style, and they come through with fruit in the aroma. Flavor has malt, some sugar, wildflowers, and light hops.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2007
at 15:06
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask Pale amber, clear beer; small off-white head. Flowery, herbal hoppy nose, UK yeast esters very apparent. First hit is maltsyrup taste, ending in a more cookie flavour. Thereโs a liqueurish taste there as well, maybe upheld by some fusels. Whatโs gone are the hops. Ending, warming up, as some oversugared orange marmalade. Quite slick, nearly oily. Well, yeah... not without its merits. A sugared, beefed-up Bitter?
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2007
at 03:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
500ml bottle sampled with Finn at the Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Hazy orange. Almost no foam. Compact dark fruit aroma. Flavour: Sweet dried fruit with a yeasty touch. Full bodied (23.09.2006).
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2006
at 06:43
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 0,5l. Golden coloured. unclear. A tiny head. The alcohol is well hidden - in fact most of the beer was hidden. Disappointing for a barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2006
at 12:58