Gales Trafalgar Ale

Formerly brewed at Gales
Style: Old Ale
Horndean, England

Hazy orange almond color. Alcohol mixed with bandaid and cardoard nose. Sour, vinegar and gooseberry taste. Weird aftertaste.

Raisins, hops, caramel, honey and dust in the nose - smells like sweet paper or like a book somehow. Hazy mahogany and a low foamy head. Sugary sweet with a sourish middle - like a fermented fig or something. Wierd blend really. Thick body with a hint of alcohol after the swallow. A little like Thomas Hardy, but not as good. Very dissappointing and not worth it.

275 ml corked bottle (*) - fun bottle for a not so fun beer. Murky chestnut brown with bigbubbled head, that quickly disappears. Nose is maybe a bit sour but not bad. Flavor is pretty awful: Sour (but not the nice acidness you might encounter in a oud bruin or a soured porter) - it is more like the acidness you can encounter in homebrew that has been repitched on the yeast cake too many times- Some bubblegum too. Nice bitterness though. Body is almost watery and way out of place for a beer this strength - i suspect excessive amounts of tablesugar has been used. At €6,50 This beer has the worst price/perfomance ratio ever. *Not* recommended!
*) This was the 2005 version @ 10% ABV

Bottle (10% ABV). Unclear dark amber, minimal head. Malty, fruity, touch of orange marmelade, vegemite, alcohol, bonfire finish. Pleasent mouthfeel. Well balanced and nice.

12/11/04 Pop the cork and the aroma was like a big fruit punch, saltanas. Dark brown in colour, no head. Tasted like a bad port with big saltana tatse. Thanks Mullet

(cask at The Wharf)Mildest old ale I´ve ever had. Sweet toffesent. The mouthfeel somewhat fruity. big bitter sweetness.But an old ale; i´d never thought that.

Served on Hand Pump from the Cask at The Alexandra Hotel in Derby. No sparkler. Looked beautiful, dark brown & had a nice tight head but the taste, whilst not bad, was nothing that great, shame really

Still, clear, dark copper colour. Lots of crazy aromas going on - lime cordial, other fruits (pineapple especially), tobacco, leather, soap, scotch and it’s vaguely Lambic-like. Quite thin-bodied, which was a surprise. Very vinous flavour, with nowhere near enough malt. Very fruity, sour, bitter, salty, then sour again. Smells very interesting but it really doesn’t taste that good. I dunno about this one, it’s pretty crazy and funky but what’s the point when it doesn’t taste good? Thanks beer_ledgend!