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Shepherd Neame 1698

Percentile
58
overall
Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: English Strong Ale

Faversham, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1403.14/5.03.12/5.06.5%43.7English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned.
First brewed in 1998 as a special @ 9.2% abv to celebrate Shepherd Neame's tricentenary. A cask version at 4.5% was also released. Was made a pasteurised bottle regular at 6.5% under the name 1698 Celebration Ale. Relaunched in March 2005 as a bottle conditioned strong ale @ 6.5% simply as 1698.
1698 is thrice hopped - hops are added three times during the brewing process which gives the beer a strong hop character. Serve lightly chilled and enjoy on its own or with game dishes, roast beef or even rich deserts.
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 jerc (3911), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 30, 2009  
2009-05-22. Lightly hazy dark amber body with a good sized off-white head that fades slowly. (3+) Mild aroma, matly grains and mild hops, touch muddled. (5+) Flavour is likewise, mild caramel touched malt. Light bitterness, touch of alcohol in the finish. Tastes just a touch diluted, muddled. Average palate. Okay. Bottle from Wine Centre, Kilkenny


 liinis (721), Helsinki, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Feb 16, 2009  
Expected lt more of this. maybe my flu took out all the flavor. just a bulk english ale with neame touch.


 SHIG (2037), Aviano, Italy
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 29, 2008  
Bottle: Poured a orange-red clear color with lots of carbonation, this leads up to a creamy/bubbly head. Aroma is sour fruit and weak caramel undertone. Taste is a soapy and somewhat metallic hops. Finish leaves something to be desired for.


 omhper (12224), Stockholm, Sweden
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Dec 27, 2008  
<i>Bottled at Fox & Anchor, Karlskrona. </i> Clear amber, rocky head. Soapy aroma. Fairly sweet with medium body and clean rounded mouthfeel. Lightly nutty/caramelly with perfume and syrup on a distance. Slight resiny bitterness with notes of alcohol.


 Ungstrup (15234), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 12, 2008  
An amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel, but also light notes of hops, served quite cold on draft, which kills some of the potential aroma. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel with some odd hop notes combined with butterscotch, leading to a dry bitter finish. Not my hop sort.


 tomer (380), Rishon Le Zion, Israel
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/515/20
Dec 12, 2008  
0.5L bottle, smallish frothy head that dissapears extremely quickly. Clear light copper colour with light brownish taints. Yeasty vanila nose, flavours of light burnt sugar and ripe and dried fruit with some earthy notes in the back, strong abrasive alcoholic presence which dissapears compeletly as the beer warms up becoming pleasantly sweet with an acompaning light bitterness. Body is medium to big with a delicate finish.


 AsaNewt (113), blackpool, Lancashire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Nov 20, 2008  
brown with a light head, burnt toasty nose with a robust nutty flavour throughout. feel is soft with a light aftertaste. great all rounder.


 yespr (12174), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 19, 2008  
From tap at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a small tan head. Mild fruity and slight roa ted malty aroma. Sweet overripe fruity flavoured at first. Slight mouldy note following. Light liqourice note following. Mild roasted and slighty dark in the malt flavours. Lasting fruity flavoured and sweet impression into the finish. Subdued bitterness.



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