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Gales Trafalgar Ale

 (RETIRED)
Percentile
54
overall
Formerly brewed at Gales
Style: Old Ale

Horndean, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
293.14/5.03.12/5.0Winter9%20.7English pint, Snifter
Commercial Description:
Bottle Conditioned.
Brewed using only the materials that would have been available in Nelson's day when the Royal Navy had traditionally taken beer to sea as its keeping qualities were better than those of water.
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 Ungstrup (15250), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 27, 2002  
A dark red beer with a good head - but it doesn’t have much aroma. It has a great balance between the sweetness and the bitterness. It’s a very nice hops that has been used for this beer. It is pretty light - a little watery - I think mine was 4.2% abv.


 omhper (12229), Stockholm, Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 12, 2005  
Bottled, 2005 vintage (10%). Clear brownish amber. Aroma of toffee and dry white wine. Richly malty with some peppery brandy character. There’s some leather, lactic acidity and licorice.Complex andvery interesting.


 MiP (9090), Sønderborg, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 17, 2007  
Bottle at KØ07. Very sweet, oxidized prune aroma. Clear red/brown colour. No head. The flavour starts off citric, turns sweet and then dried fruity. Very vinous and oxidized, with some alcohol notes. Very long raisin aftertaste. I just do not like old beer.


 fiulijn (7170), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 29, 2004  
Dark amber color. Very strange, flat; sherry with malt. Disappointing. Probably I got a bad bottle (which I hopefully stored for at least 5 years).


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/512/20
Feb 22, 2005  
Bottle with different label and 10% Abv. Trafalgar 200 Ale. Hazy dark amber colour with a small head. Sweet fruity light alcoholic aroma and a sweet fruity alcoholic light sour taste. Medium body and a sour alcoholic light sry finish.


 Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/512/20
May 30, 2004  
It pours with no head, a muddy dark brown with ruby hints, earthy in appearance. Aroma reveals its advanced age with balsamic vinegar notes. It’s extremely vinous, rather sweet and apparently rather acid. In mouth, this gets confirmed where the taste is not particularly pleasant with sweet flavors of licorice, rhubarb, vinegar, old plums. Mouthfeel is still.Finish is rich, sweet and slightly chalky/astringent. This may be a little too old and this cork uually doesn’t forgive.


 duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 31, 2003  
Odd "aged" feel to it. Sour, vingary, tart. Bruised apples, caramel/toffee, slightly syruppy and sticky at times, but with quite a big tart, dry character aswell. Odd traces of salted licorice or something aswell. Lots happening, but i'm not really sure the complexities blend together all that well. Interesting anyway.


 Bov (5455), Bienne, Switzerland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 1, 2004  
clear reddish colour, absolutely no foam, aroma of cognac, licorice and cherry, sweet and very oily with some sourness, sirupy, very low carbonation, long cloying sweet finish - disappointing



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