Old Spirited Hen
Morland in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter|
Score
6.68
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Toffee Apple liqueur ale
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Tesco, Warrington. Copper coloured ale with a small head. Has a sweet nose, but abundant in its toffee and apple here as well as its taste. It is a beer for Halloween, and it represents the night superbly. Has a sweet taste too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2016
at 16:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Lord Clifden, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is light toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate sweet with a smooth sweet malt toffee big apple, light liqourice spice palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Not sure how they did this but it’s precisely what it says on the label. I don’t really get the earlier low ratings. The keg version does not deserve such criticism.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2015
at 15:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Tesco - Not the nightmare I was dreading given previous postings. Nose is an apple-tinged caramel note, very sweet, but nothing obviously bad. Taste is sweet toffee upfront, not much different to Old Speckled, but with the added cideriness. Not a disaster, not to everyone’s taste. I get it, but won’t have it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2015
at 09:13