Woodfordes Norfolk Nog

Brewed by Woodfordes
Style: Old Ale
Broadland Brewery
Woodbastwick, England

Dark brown-red. Nose malty and sweet. Taste similar, candied plums, nutty, nice bitterness at the end. Gets a mite thin at the end, still good.

Re-Rate. @Hants Bowman. As before wonderfully thick and creamy with rich malt flavours. This time had a wonderful drinkable balance (7,4,7,5,16). Cask-conditioned @ Hants Bowman, Dundridge. Roasted almonds, malt and fruity aromas. Thick refreshing and creamy. Very easy drinking and well balanced. (7,4,7,4,13)

Huge thick head sitting atop a dark brew with reddish tint. Full roasted malt nose. A little disappointed at the thin watery body. Flavor is not living up to the nose but to the body. Nothing really asserting itself in the flavor department. Quite a disappointment.

Gyle #L24(kool huh?) Small light brown head, short lived. Clear dark brown color. Faint aroma of malt, licorice and some spiceyness. Med/thin body. Dry, malt flavor, some hop spice, thin. Finish is dry. Boring.

Handpump At The Cricketers,Ipswich.Another good one from Woodfordes,they have a taste that took me a while to get used to,finding these beers on cask in good nick made the difference.A nice fruity ale,well good.

Cask, at the Hogshead, Birmingham. Quite an unusual one this. Dark, black-red colour, with not too much in the way of a head. Sour, leafy aroma. Blackberry and Eldeflower taste, with some coffee on the finish. This is sweet and warming, with a longish finish. OK.

Black body topped by big rocky beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, raisin, flower, tobacco, and some spiced yeast. Taste is light sweet, dark fruit, light spice, finishes somewhat roasty, leaving a coffee/tobacco aftertaste. Light watery body. Tastewise, I'd call this a mild rather than an old ale.

Deep ruby brown body under a tan, creamy head. Aroma of raisins and chocolate that carries over into the flavor. A good beer that is light enough to drink several.