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Abbeydale Last Rites

Abbeydale Last Rites

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Abbeydale

Sheffield, England

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193.03/5.03.01/5.011%4.2Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular (but not in continuous production).
Brewed only with pale malts and American hops, this is a pale, fantastically strong barley wine with tons of flavour. It is dangerously more-ish and some people have drunk far more than was good for them.
High A.B.V. beers have been described as "gimmick" beers, to be enjoyed only in small quantities for their hideous potency. They are also often dark - to hide the murkiness. This is not the case at all with Last Rites. Patrick set out to create a high gravity beer which was as pale as it could be, and truly drinkable.
Last Rites really IS a premium brew, unusually pale in colour and full of rich malty flavour to tease and satisfy the palate. At 11% alcohol by volume, Last Rites is more of a wine than a beer and its drinking should therefore be treated with the respect becoming such a solemn undertaking.
It is brewed only two or three times a year. Whenever we can it is lagered for 100 days to give time for the flavours to mature and develop. This gives an unusually smooth beer with strong tones of smooth subtle toffee and a hint of roasted sugar which doesn't overpower the full malt flavour base. The bitterness from the hops keeps the sweetness in check and allows the fuller spectrum of flavours to reach the palate without the cloying burning honey and acid effect of many high alcohol recipes.
In short, in spite of its fearsome alcohol content, Last Rites is a thoroughly delicious drink which has been brewed with every care for it flavour and potability.

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 DJMonarch (4091), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20

Dec 14, 2005    Updated: Feb 11, 2007
1. Cask Stillage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham 29/03/2003 Golden coloured quite a rich feel and very strong in alcohol. Some fruitiness and a warming finish. Listed in the festival program as 11.5% ABV 2. Sampled a month later at Wilkie’s Tavern, Warrington 17/04/2003 with the same results as above and a very reasonable £2 a pint! 3. Cask Handpump at the Marble Arch Inn, Manchester 20/01/2007 Fruity very strong aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and very strong in alcohol. Some citrus flavour. A little dryness in a crisp and bitter lasting finish.

 Magic_dave6 (4000), London, Greater London, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 22, 2008  
Cask at Peterborough beer fest. Alround rating: Wow alcohol, pale malts, actually pritty thin and boring and alcoholic.


 fonefan (4850), Ulfborg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 4, 2008  
Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Light light unclear light to medium amber color with a small - small, virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity / berry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration. Alcohol is very well hiden. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat. (180108)


 harrisoni (5331), Ashford, Kent, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Feb 26, 2008  
Cask gravity at Bricklayers Arms 2nd Annual Yorkshire BF 08. Smells of homemade peach wine. Like peach flavoured turps. Bit of plastic on aroma. Doesn’t taste of 11%, but it’s just too acidic. Aroma has good fruit, but no great body. It’s like my dad’s homemade peach wine.


 Carlus12 (361), London, Greater London, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Feb 21, 2008  
Cask @ Croydon BF ’07. Aroma is caramel, honey, fruity alcohol. Taste is syrupy, malty, some hops, dark fruits. Finish is alcoholic and malty.


 RichardGretton (2678), Leicestershire, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 26, 2008  
Cask@Derby Winter Beer Festival, 2008. Golden beer with a very strong and fruity spirits aroma. The flavour is strongly syrupy. Overall an average strongly syrupy beer.




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