Woodfordes Norfolk Nog

Brewed by Woodfordes
Style: Old Ale
Norwich, England

Cask, Four Candles, Oxford. Dark ruby, mottled tan head. Soft salty chocolate aroma. Peppery cinnamon and earthy dark malt flavor. Good flavor volume, but a bit scattered overall. Just okay.

An old ale with a rusty-dark body topped by a filmy brownish layer. Weak smell of dark malts. Mild taste of chocolate added by a bite of liquorice. Velvet in the mouth [Third pint glass at Wetherspoons real ale festival, Standing Order in Edinburgh, 13.11.2008].

50 cL bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Pours dark brown with an orange glare and clear. Fully gone head. Mild chocolate and slight roasted malty. Pleasant aroma. Flavour is mild acidic and floral to spiced yet with a nice underlying malty and chocolate like base. Ends mild spiced and slight bitter.7-3-7-3-13=3.3 From cask at Edward Wylie. Pours dark brown with a minimal amber glare and a dense tan head. Roasted malty aroma with a mild caramel to chocolate note. Light bitterness arising out of a light acidic roasted malty flavour with a mild caramel sweetness. Holds a touch of liqourice too. Light roasted and malty finish. Smooth.6-3-7-3-13=3.2

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial rooms JDW, Bristol 1/11/08. Dark brown with reddish hints and a slight tan head. Sweet malt and dark fruit aroma. Flavour was sweet, with some caramel, dried fruit and earthy hops, before a short bitter finish. Good.

Handpulled cask at JDW Stanmore. Red/brown with off-white head. Tasty sweet roasted malts with balancing dry hoppy bitterness. Very drinkable.

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear reddish brown with no head. Delicious vinous aroma of dried fruit and overripe fruit. Medium body, lightly tart dried fruits and roasted malt. Interesting if not exactly grand. 031008

<b>Cask @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.</b>
Clear medium amber brown color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (070808) 6-2-6-3-13
<b>Bottle 50cl.</b>
Clear medium to dark brown color with vitually none head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, chocolate, nutty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081003] 7-2-6-2-14

Bottle, 4.6%. Roasted aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Sour flavour, sour liquorice, quite roasted.