Woodfordes Headcracker

Brewed by Woodfordes
Style: Barley Wine
Broadland Brewery
Woodbastwick, England

Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a thick orange head. The aroma is sweet and quite spicy, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of berries.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours very unclear, dark amber golden with an off-white head. Fruity nose. Quite full-bodied with a very soft mouthfeel and soft, fruity accents. The bitterness is very subdued. 070907

From 50 cL bottle, pours slight hazy orange with a white head. Grainy and a hay and fruity nose. Slight sweet and grainy flavour. Reasching into to the dry. Decent.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Hazy golden, no head. lactic black currant aroma. Medium sweet with rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and lightlyu caramelly. Some alcohol is evident, but overshadowed by lactic citricity. Fairly low bitterness. The acidity puzzles me. Is it intentional? It seem somewhat out of place, but also gives an interesting twist.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear light to medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, fruity, excotic fruits - tangerine - madarin, plum. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, a light alcohol - peppery burn and a long finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. The beer is nice but it gets quick tomuch.. (190808)

Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet fruity hops and mild notes of berries. Flavour is quite much alcohol, sweet fruityness and quite harsh grassyness. Aftertaste is just alcohol and some grassyness. Somehow I came to think of a malt liquor meeting an ale when I had this...

Date: 06/24/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007

hazy dark gold, frothy dirty white head, light sweet caramel malt aroma with light floral hops, creamy body, sweet caramel malt flavor, light bitterness provides good balance,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

1. Cask Stillage at the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool 24/02/2001 Amber coloured with lots of mature fruit aroma and flavour. 2. Cask Handpump at the White Horse, London SW6 23/11/2002 Amber coloured and strong in alcohol with some pale aroma. Warming dry finish.