Wales Ales - Gruit Ale 7.9%

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Wales Ales - Gruit Ale 7.9%

Post by ArmChair » Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:03 pm

Wales Ales - Gruit Ale 7.9%

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Opens with a good hiss and pours a deep brown colour, with a ruby red hue. The head is a thick fluffy pale brown colour, that leaves good lacing and stays all the way down the glass.

On the nose, the first thing you pick up is ginger and thyme then a rosemary undertone. I can not pick up any malt, due to the amount of herbal aromas coming out the glass.

On to the taste, and at first I thought I was drinking mud.... Sorry but that's the first flavour that came to mind. Then comes this big hit of rosemary, that then develops into a gingery lemongrass flavour. The body is rather thin for an
8% ale, but you can taste the alcohol there, it has a warming feel and a dry finish.

It's not an ale for me sadly.
FV1 AG#95 Farwell Freddy
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Litres Brewed in :
2013 - 655
2014 - 719
2015 - 726
2016 - 74
Started BIAB 11/02/2013

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Re: Wales Ales - Gruit Ale 7.9%

Post by ArmChair » Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:00 am

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FV1 AG#95 Farwell Freddy
FV2
FV3
FV4
Litres Brewed in :
2013 - 655
2014 - 719
2015 - 726
2016 - 74
Started BIAB 11/02/2013

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