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Shepherd Neame 1698 3.12 142

Shepherd Neame 1698

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

Faversham, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1423.14/5.03.12/5.06.5%43.8English 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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 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 (12420), 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.


 thewolf (5831), Kolding, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 15, 2008  
Tap @ Charlie’s, Cph.
Pours a nice ruby copper with a big, creamy, lightly off-white head. Aroma has some toffee and a little butterscotch. Medium carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, good caramel. Light warming and sticky with some slight roasted notes at the end. Fine.


 Lilith (242), Santiago, Chile
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Aroma is overall sweet with traces of cereal, banana and grain.. The beer looks nice with a clear amber body, with small bubbles and medium particles. The flavor is flowery, slightly bitter, sweet but too thin. The palate is watery and sticky.


 beerlady (457), lucerne, Switzerland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 11, 2008  
middle copper color and slightly offwithe head smells of malt caramel and hops tasts of malt ,toffee ,hops and fruit aftertaste bittersweet ,caramel,fruit and has even a bit of a chocolate-like hint


 Bov (5514), Bienne, Switzerland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 29, 2008  
clear and bright amber colour, big white foamy head; aroma of berries and caramel; good malt body, some sweetness and a moderate bitterness in a lively palate; flowery and long caramelish aftertaste - very good


 Ljunkan (399), Karlstad, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 14, 2008  
On tap (25 cl) @ Bishops Arms, Karlstad. Very good Shepherd Neame-brew, I was surprised. Aroma of dried fruits + sweet malt & caramel. Taste is moastly of malt, dried fruit, caramel and almond with a slight note of warming alcohol. Good!


 sirPino (866), Zawiercie / Żywiec, Poland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 30, 2008  
No 431
Rated: 10.06.2008
Bottle transparent (white), 500 ml
Appearance: Pours orangy - amber body colour with many sediments of yeasty origin floating in the body texture, carbonation of body is medium, head is initially medium, slowly decreasing to small, off - white, cappuccino like in colour, lacing is visible on tha wall of the glass. Sediments are falling down to the glass - bottom.
Aroma: Fruity sweet malty aroma dominating over the earthy hoppyness, slightly herbal hoppy nose, very gentle notes of red fruits but slightly too weak to specify what kind of fruits it contains.
Flavour: Tangy sweet maltyness at front, alcohol is moderate and is quite well felt, red fruits become present in the retronasal aroma, caramel, touch of white bread, milk chockolate, gentle notes of mead, noble hops earth hidden under sweetness, carbonation is felt quite strongly on palate. Finish feel is average to long.
Palate: Body is medium, texture is wattery and slightly seems smooth, carbonation on palate is medium, finish feel is moderate alcoholic and neutral in other aspects for slight spicyness.



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