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RCH Ale Mary

Percentile
70
overall
Brewed by RCH
Style: English Strong Ale

Weston-super-Mare, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1803.26/5.03.24/5.0Winter6%62.4English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
A bottle conditioned version of Firebox with the addition of spice oils.
Pale malt, chocolate malt; Progress and Target hops; ginger, cloves, cinnamon, corriander, nutmeg, pimento. A dark, rich spicy bottle-conditioned ale, resonant with Christmas seasonal flavours and designed to take the chill off the coolest winter night. Ale Mary has a warm and sweet aroma of cloves, coriander and ginger. The palate provides touches of rum, raisins and sultanas, with a dry fruity finish. This ale has been exclusively brewed for us by Paul Davey of RCH Brewery.
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 Gethinbeer (1001), Nova Scotia, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 15, 2007  
From bottle. Now this was a surpriseI. Iwasn’t expecting anything from this beer but what a lovely treat. Completely different to all the previous beers sampled today. Aroma of apples. grapes, summer fruits. Rich summer feel. Slighlty cloudy ale with a thin head. Rich in flavour, getting the grapes and spices coming through. Tangy spicy finish, ginger perhaps. Very nice beer and refreshing in the sun.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 13, 2007  
Bottle sampled. Pours copper with a small tight off-white head. Aroma of Caramel, spices, and grain. The flavor is sweet, spices, caramel, fruit, and finishes bitter.


 KAggie97 (2452), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/55/102/59/20
Jul 4, 2007    Updated: Jul 10, 2007
Bottle. Pours a ho-hum amber with a thin body and little lacing. Very dull and lethargic body. Aromas of spice-- ginger, clove, and nutmeg-- are complemented by a heavy dose of Sangria wine. Tinge of peach seems to be poking through as well. Flavor is flat spice with a mediciny aftertaste. Thin mouthfeel that leaves a bitter, medicine-like film on the tongue. Too flat for a second try. If this beer had more body and more oomph, it could be spectacular.


 ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 4, 2007  
Hazy golden colour with an off white head. Honey sweet and spicy aroma. Caramel sweet flavor with notes of dark berries.


 MiP (9080), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 29, 2007  
Bottle, 6.0% at KØ07. Spicy aroma with a little ginger. Hazy golden colour, very small head. Quite nice spicy flavour, again reminding me of ginger.


 Papsoe (14996), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Jun 19, 2007  
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Fruity aroma with a hint of ginger. Fairly full-bodied with lightly sweet malt notes and then a solid dose of ginger. The finish is somewhat astringent. 120507


 Ibrew2or3 (2761), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 17, 2007  
0.5L bottle purchased from Beverage Castle in Tampa that poured out clear copper with nice lasting off white head. In the aroma I get dark fruit like plums and dates in a cinnamon covered pie. It has a very interesting flavor with cinnamon coated plums and dates then a slice of apple and sweet grape juice. I also get other spices like bits of coriander and maybe cloves. There is an un-mistakable level of tobacco smokiness that seems to ride along as an undercurrent just beneath the other flavors.


 TheGrandMaster (1860), Auckland, New Zealand
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/102/512/20
Jun 16, 2007  
Bottle at the MicroBar in Clapham, a thick hazy brown with a foamy off-white head. Strong alcohol aroma with cloves and ginger, and some cherry notes for me. A strong ginger flavour in a thin mouthfeel - more hoppy and bitter in the finish.



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