Wychwood Brewery Bah Humbug! (Bottle)

Bah Humbug! (Bottle)

 

Wychwood Brewery in Witney, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer Regular
Score
6.26
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 4 Ticks: 118
Bah Humbug is a brew using not just the traditional malted barley and hops, but also a big sprinkling of cinnamon. The effect of the cinnamon is to give a spicy, almost banana-like flavour as often found on German wheat beers; and this blends with the sweet-honeyed flavours of the Maris Otter barley to create a beer with all the fruit flavours of mince pies, Christmas Pudding and Christmas cake all rolled into one.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pours deep copper brown, medium off-white frothy head. Stays. Well-lacing. Caramel malts, cake, cinnamon, sweeted peanuts on aroma. Medium body. Oily to creamy. The flavour comes in with caramel, syrup, goes on with dry fruity and nutty notes and ends with spiciness with hoppy background. Light to medium bitter long grassy finish. Quite unusual and of very decent quality.

Tried on 19 Dec 2016 at 14:07


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at The Railway Inn, Winchester. Sharp citrus in the aroma, also malts. Light chestnut. Good frothy off-white head. Medium bitter, Malty, as per the aroma. Some citrus and spice in there. Light bodied and watery. Quite refreshing.

Tried from Cask on 16 Dec 2016 at 07:00


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

50cl bottle from Kaubamaja, Tallinn. Pours clear dark ruby with an off-white head. Caramel and ripe bananas with notes of spice and hints of honey. Sweet, caramelly and somewhat fruity with a lightly bitter and slightly spicy finish. Too much on the sweet side for my taste, but fairly enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2016 at 11:02


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours clear dark reddish brown with small white head. Aroma is malt syrup, caramel, rock candy, port wine, cinnamon and pears. Taste is medium sweet, light bitter, light acidic and faint salty. Body is oily with light carbonation. Finish is long and balanced sweet and bitter with notes that follow the nose plus Taveners licorice drops and rye bread.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2016 at 14:53


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy spicey aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Cinnamon, caramel and some ginger. Oily palate.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2016 at 13:48


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Clear, copper-golden colored, small beige creamy head. Aroma is of malt, quite spicy, cinnamon, some caramel, dried fruity, bit apple. Taste is medium- sweet malt, caramel, bit toffee, spicy cinnamon, bubble gum, light+ bitterness, bit dried ruits. Medium- bodied, average- carbonation, bit watery.

Tried on 30 Nov 2016 at 04:18


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Kvickly. Clear brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, light banana and spicy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 221116

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2016 at 11:46


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Thanks Vanja L.! Bottled at Pivoteka. Clear ruby-amber body with an off white head. Light malty aroma, vague orange. Full malty taste, earthy (yup, Maris in evidence), maybe vague bubblegum and cherry notes, ending in a very light bitter end, somewhat flat. Meh, OK beer, didn’t thrill, didn’t offend. Thankfully, the cinnamon didn’t come out flavor-wise as, well, cinnamon.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2016 at 05:21


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cobriza de escasa espuma que no dura apenas. Aroma terroso, notas de caramelo. En boca es ligera, aguada, de poco caracter y cuerpo. Sabor acaramelado, miel, dulzón, un tanto jarabe.

Tried on 05 Nov 2016 at 16:44


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled 500ml. -at Pivoteka Zagreb. Nice amber coloured, small pale beige head, caramel in the nose. Sweet malty, fruity, caramel, some X-mas spices and notes of cinnamon with mild caramel again in the finish. Surprisingly pleasant and not bad at all.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2016 at 17:04