5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle at CWC II; murky dark red/brown pour, zero head, aroma has light wood and some vinous action, taste has earthy fruits, some oxidisation, great to try old beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2016
at 02:59
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle Share at Ratebeer meet up, Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham Saturday 5th March 2016 cheers to Beersiveknown for this one. Pours a rather murky gloomy brown colour it is as if the beer is breaking down a little and colour is leaching out, a few tiny blobs of something float about. Quite oxidised, tart and sourness prevail, fruity. The beer has long gone leaving a few remnants of what once was. I have had a few aged beers of late, i.e. Pannepot Reserva, Westvleteren 8, Fullers Vintage 1999, I am coming to the realisation that ageing for the majority is pointless, yes 2-3 years maybe but any longer is a huge gamble. A5 A3 T5 P3 Ov10 2.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2016
at 23:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried at Cotteridge 2. Murky drown colour. Aroma is stewed fruit aroma, a touch christmas pudding. Taste is light sweet. nice considering age.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2016
at 05:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tried at Cotteridge 2, 2005 vintage. Deep amber colour with no real head. past its best, but had dark fruit and caramel, taste was ok but as i say not at its best.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2016
at 04:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at Kennyโs 20K tasting - London. Many thanks to Paul for this old geezer! Pours clear gold. Pretty knackered, but not bad overall. Moderately sweet, lightly tangy, with notes of bready malts, faint citrus fruits. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation. Some further tangy fruit elements in the finish. The beer held up reasonably well, but certainly its best years are behind it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2016
at 15:17
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle shared at Kennyโs 20K tasting - London. Many thanks to Paul for this oldie! Pours clear amber-gold with no head. Smells strongly of solvent, glue, paint. Light sweet flavour, tangy, with more paint character, some berries. Light bodied with a smattering of carbonation. Tangy finish. Quite rough overall. Not the most enjoyable thing to drink. Certainly past its best, although still interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2016
at 15:13
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle shared at the Kenny 20K mega monster tasting. 15/01/2016. Many thanks to Scopey for this one . Amber orange coloured pour with a small white head. Aroma is oxidisaed, minty, toffee, Granny Smith apple,, some woody, dried fruits. Palate is fucked, no condition. Flabby. Flavour is composed of sweet fruit cakey malts, Toffee, raisin, little oxidisation, vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2016
at 15:55
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle shared at the Kenny 20K mega monster tasting. 15/01/2016. Thanks to Paulo for this one. Aroma is tart granny Smith apple, nutty, tangy. Hazed orange golden coloured pour with a halo of white head. Flavour is composed of hot alcohol, solvent, granny Smith, tangy, nutty. Palate is low no condition, flabby, oily. No.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2016
at 15:51
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 275ml. @ [ madmitch76 - 20K Tasting ] - chriso & Boudicca House, London. [ As Gales Portsmouth 800 ].[ Vintage 1995 ]. ABV: 6.5%. Clear medium amber color with a small, open and fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, oxidide, caramel, fruity, glue, wood - earthy, toasted. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt ,pale malt, oxidide, cardboard, tart notes. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20160115]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2016
at 08:17
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 275ml. @ [ madmitch76 - 20K Tasting ] - chriso & Boudicca House, London. [ As Gales Millennium Brew ].[ Vintage 2000 ]. Clear medium amber color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, oxidide, apple, wood, glue, tart notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, old malt, oxidide, apples, wood, tart notes. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20160115]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2016
at 08:15