Shepherd Neame 1698 Tercentenary Ale

Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: English Strong Ale
Faversham, England

Bottle @ thewolfs pre-festival tasting, Kolding.
Bought on nettorvet.dk.
[vintage 1998]
Pours deep brown with an impressive creamy beige head. Aroma has port, vinious, caramel and a little hops still. Low to medium carbonation and very oily palate. Flavour is great, some cellar-notes that only make it better, port, caramel, sweetness, vinious, prunes, rum. Very well balanced for this old a beer.

Bottle vintage 1998. Thanks to TheWolf. Pours deep brown with a creamy white head. Aroma is super matured malty - caramel, vinous/port. Low carbonation. Oily & slick palate. Some dark fruits raisin & plum. An old cellar feel but doesnt really hurt the experience! Impressed & improved vintage!

Bottle 1130ml @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Clear light amber color with a small, virtually none, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dry berries, port, tawny, alcohol, vintage. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet sweet with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat. ;o))

Bottle @ thewolf-and-his-flock-of-sheep tasting session. Clear orange color, medium off-white head. Aroma reminding of a good barley wine, sweet, malty, slight alcohol. Nicely balanced. Loved this.

Bottled. Tasting @ Kolding Bryglaug. Aroma has malts, raisin, is vinous and has some alcohol. Clear, copper coloured with an off-white head. Taste is sweet, with dark fruits, wine and malts. Good beer. Slick palate.

(on bottle) Orange, with small, white head. The aroma is madeira/Port; complex. The carbonation is short and perky.Swet taste; dark fruits, figs, prunes, raisins. The malt gets candy like, long strings of sugar getting both bitter, burnt and like cane sugar, melasses too. Very wine like finish, the fruits are very present.

Bottled, Amber colour, not much head. Madeira-nose with lots of wood in it. Also slight alcohol noteable. Flavour is very much madeira along with malts, raising and a nice sting of alcohol. Also some fruityness.

Bottle@chris_o. Madeira and raisin aroma. Clear, golden/amber color, off-white head, good lace. Madeira, port, loads of raisin, very sweet. Alcoholic but not burning your throat too much, very sticky.