Bottle Conditioned Ale
Hanlons Brewery

Bottle Conditioned AleBottle Conditioned Ale
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From:
Hanlons Brewery
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
English Pale Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
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Avg:
3.45 | pDev: 3.77%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 17, 2008
Added:
Nov 24, 2007
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Reviewed by wl0307 from England

3.58/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Purchased at the Tesco supermarket. Bottle-conditioned, 500ml brown glass bottle. BB 17/06/09, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass.

A: semi-murky copper in colour, coming with a 1 cm thick beige foam lasting throughout the drink; fine & constant carbonation.
S: sweet-sour citric and pearish fruits plus a mildly peach-floral hint, but more like notes of oxidised fruits rather than lively and ripe ones... hop resins, caramely malts, and a little mustiness stay in the background. Neither particularly aromatic nor unpleasant.
T: the balanced but mild fruity foretaste of hops and crystal malts lead towards a long aftertaste mixed of roast nuts, grilled autumn fruit-slices, tea-leafy bitterness and dryish roast malts. Fuggle-like aromatic hoppiness linger along with the moderate level of bitterness, until reaching a pleasantly clean finish.
M&D: O'Hanlon's does know its bottle-conditioned beers, as shown in this bottle that is sufficiently lively and softly carbonated, while the balance b/w malts and hops is retained. Not really complex or delicious, suffering a little from the stale fruitiness on the nose, yet to me this is a quality drink all the same.
Feb 17, 2008
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Reviewed by GreenCard from Maryland

3.32/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Appearance: orangey brown, a bit hazy, voluminous fine-beaded tan foam with great head retention

Aroma: caramelly malt, green pears, hint of citrus

Flavor: balanced malt profile with a twinge of acidity; fruity kiwi/pear/tangerine essence; hop bitterness is quite firm, almost like citrus oil; finishes dry with a lingering vegetal bitterness and hints of toffee

Mouthfeel: medium body, lively carbonation, slight astringency

Other comments: A slight odd-ball as much as it doesn't really have a name. It just says "Bottle Conditioned ALE" on the front. It's "Selected By Tesco". Either way, it's not a bad beer. A bit American in it's flavor profile, but that's not a bad thing.
Nov 24, 2007
Bottle Conditioned Ale from Hanlons Brewery
Beer rating: 3.45 out of 5 with 2 ratings