Gales Trafalgar 200

My bottle [275ml] shared with HogTownHarry courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a very deep amber with thick floaties and chunks and no head. Nice malty aroma, a bit tart, along with light hops, some wood, fruit and light sugary sweetness. Flavour’s also malty with a good a mount of hops in there, some light alcohol, wood and fruit. Average bodied. Pretty good, it held up well.

Bottle ( 275ml ). Shared by blankboy via trade with madmitch76 - cheers! Hazy amber, tiny frothy head, plenty of small dark floaties. Fairly strong aroma, alcohol, dry wood, light sweet malt, faint fruit and just a hint of tannins. Taste - a lovely UK-style barleywine/old ale - medium-strong alcohol, wood malt, green fruit, cranberries, maybe some armanac or golden port - a hint of burnt peat. Average body, slick, somewhat acidic and dry, somewhat boozy in the linger, with a dry acidity remaining on the tongue. Shows its age, but Ho! the British, what?!

Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours slightly hazy copper with gold edges and thin tan head. The aroma is full with prunes, cherries, red apples, caramel candy and a thin layer of earthiness. Smells very much like yum. The taste has cherry and sherry notes. Toward midway it also picks up caramel and earthiness. It ends sweet and smooth. It tastes like this beer is only getting better.

Pours a deep amber. Nose is booze!, fig, dark fruit, musky basement, sweet ripe cherry, cardboard and sherry notes. Flavor is almost tart sherry oxidation mixed with ripe fruits and sweet malts. Lots of warming alcohol flavor. Very nice beer.

Bottled (from Ölkonsortiet, Aalborg). Amber colour, no head. Aroma is raisins, alcohol, some sap a bit sherrylike stinging. Flavour is very dry madeiralike with mild raisiny sweetness. Some wooden notes lurking in the background too. As it warms up also some llicorice and alcohol start showing in the flavour. A bit caramelly finish along with some smooth alcohol.

(Bottled 275ml). Clear amber color, floating yeast particles, no head. Sherry-like, fruity, rose berry aroma. Sweetish, very Madeira/sherry-lke flavor. Light licorice in the finish with backing alcohol and toffee. Outstanding balance. Seems that whole bunch of raters have sampled a bad bottle. What a shame.

Thin coarse brownish head. Opaque brown body with yeast sludge at the bottom. Wooden vinuous banana and licorice aroma with yeast, honey, and alcohol notes. Dry-sweet fruity roasty alcoholic taste with wooden yeasty bananaish notes. Thin-bodied. Dry acidic wooden grainy metallic barnyard aftertaste. Not a success. Might have been stored improperly. (0.275l bottle from gr0ve.)

Pours amber with no head and only a faint lacing around the glass. Smells tarte and sweet with some citrussy touches. Tastes of sweet caramel, molasses, some dark fruit, boozy on the finish.