Subsidiaries
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
250ml bottle, #7077. Clear dark amber, small beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, caramel, toffee. Taste is sweet, malty, malt loaf, raisins, dried fruits, prunes, figs etc. caramel, slightly oaky and spicy, warming. Lovely mouthfeel. Grew on me, but finish seemed slightly harsh, an odd bitterness there, otherwise really nice but I do wonder if it was much better in the past to deserve being called "iconic".
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2025
at 20:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Utseende: Lys brun.
Lukt: Karamell, frukter.
Smak: Karamell, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Flaske@250ml, ABV@11.3%, Når@18.01.2025.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Thomas Hardy's Ale The Historical 2024 (French Oak)
Stil: BARLEY WINE
Bryggeri: Hepwort
Lukt: Karamell, frukter.
Smak: Karamell, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Flaske@250ml, ABV@11.3%, Når@18.01.2025.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Thomas Hardy's Ale The Historical 2024 (French Oak)
Stil: BARLEY WINE
Bryggeri: Hepwort
Tried
on 18 Jan 2025
at 19:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
(Draught at Dynamo Bar de Soif , Brussels, 19 Oct 2024) Dark red colour with brief, pink head. Fruity, funky nose with cherries, red fruit, almonds and barnyard. Fruity, tart taste with notes of cherries, red-currant, almonds, lemon and a dry finish with a clean acidity. No bitterness. Medium body, dry. Rich and well made kriek. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 19:45
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
keg at the blue blazer 19th December 2024...copper ..thin off white lacing ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...oily fruit nose ...soft sweet caramel ..big oily fruit ..soft sweet caramel toffee ...soft sweet sticky caramel toffee fruit ..oh wow ..jicy sweet caramel 8.6
bottle at home ...copper ...thin white lacing ...soft sweet caramel fruit nose ..juicy sweet caramel toffee fruit..soft sweet fruits ..nice but no keg oddly 7.8
CASK at the blue blazer nov 30th 2025 (2025 vintage ) copper small off white head ...soft oily orange vanilla ..juicy peel big citrus floral toffee ..big sweet juicy fruit ..long floral citrus ...sweet floral fruit 9
bottle at home ...copper ...thin white lacing ...soft sweet caramel fruit nose ..juicy sweet caramel toffee fruit..soft sweet fruits ..nice but no keg oddly 7.8
CASK at the blue blazer nov 30th 2025 (2025 vintage ) copper small off white head ...soft oily orange vanilla ..juicy peel big citrus floral toffee ..big sweet juicy fruit ..long floral citrus ...sweet floral fruit 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2025
at 11:24
7/10
bottle at home ...deep red brown ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..juicy caramel ..soft woody caramelised toffee fruit malts
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2025
at 11:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness consumed on christmas day, no notes taken
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate)
on 02 Jan 2025
at 16:05
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 0,33 ltr: Cloudy amber colored brew with an heavy sweet taste with an overall present delightful burning alcohol. Load of hints of dried fruit, caramel and butterscotch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:13
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2024
at 18:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear, dark amber with a thin off white head. Sweet, boozy, fruity aroma. Flavour has caramel, fruit, some woody notes from the oak aging, a toastiness to this with some warming spice and a lasting boozy warmth too. Sweet, warm, rich and delicious.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2024
at 22:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Mørk amber. Filmskum med litt farge. Aroma av søt frukt & bær. Smaken jordbærsyltetøy. Veldig søt. Fortsetter inn i avslutninga. Tørr etter hvert blir tørr. På grensen til tungdrikkelig.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 21:10