Farmers Harvest Centenary Ale
Purity Brewing Co
- From:
- Purity Brewing Co
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.19 | pDev: 5.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 17, 2008
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.38/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Purchased at the Tesco supermarket, BBE FEB. 2009. The label gives an account of this beer in celebration of the 100 years of the National Farmers Union, which in 1908 had demanded that "the beverage called beer be made solely from barley malt, hops, and sugar". I wonder if this was then a modern and British "re-make" of the German "purity law"? If so, it befits the name of this brewery anyway. Served cool in a straight imperial pint glass.
A: dark amber, rather fizzy, with a well-lasting off-white foamy head.
S: sweet pale malts, a touch of melted sugar, and sweet citrusness as of Golding hops dominate the theme, with a fresh note of hay and sulphur at the back - overall very straight forward and very much like the typical smell of a pale ale.
T: orangey-fruity and bitter-sweet from the start, backed by a touch of spices... the palate turns more aromatic-malty, and then turning very dry and gradually gets overwhelmed by the tongue-plucking hop bitterness of Goldings... a touch of prunes and woodiness also emerge in the very end.
M&D: the texture is not as fizzy as the appearance made me believe; this is a med-bodied pale ale with a simplistic flavour profile but really impressive, long aftertaste of hop bitterness. For me, the high level of bitterness contributes a few more extra points to the overall drinkability.
May 17, 2008A: dark amber, rather fizzy, with a well-lasting off-white foamy head.
S: sweet pale malts, a touch of melted sugar, and sweet citrusness as of Golding hops dominate the theme, with a fresh note of hay and sulphur at the back - overall very straight forward and very much like the typical smell of a pale ale.
T: orangey-fruity and bitter-sweet from the start, backed by a touch of spices... the palate turns more aromatic-malty, and then turning very dry and gradually gets overwhelmed by the tongue-plucking hop bitterness of Goldings... a touch of prunes and woodiness also emerge in the very end.
M&D: the texture is not as fizzy as the appearance made me believe; this is a med-bodied pale ale with a simplistic flavour profile but really impressive, long aftertaste of hop bitterness. For me, the high level of bitterness contributes a few more extra points to the overall drinkability.
Reviewed by GreenCard from France
3/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Appearance: light brown, good clarity, thick layer of off-white fine-beaded foam, good head retention, bits of lace
Aroma: biscuity malt, fresh brown bread, unripe pear
Flavor: dryish malt backbone wrapped around a raspy, light hop bitterness; slightly yeasty; finishes dry with a lingering bitterness
Mouthfeel: medium body, gentle carbonation, somewhat minerally, crisp
Other comments: This beer was brewed to commemorate the centenary of the National Farmers Union. It is brewed in accordance with the 1908 ten point directive from the Union which, among other things, demanded that beer be made solely from barley malt, hops and sugar. Fair enough. Unfortunately, it's not a particularly interesting beer.
Feb 26, 2008Aroma: biscuity malt, fresh brown bread, unripe pear
Flavor: dryish malt backbone wrapped around a raspy, light hop bitterness; slightly yeasty; finishes dry with a lingering bitterness
Mouthfeel: medium body, gentle carbonation, somewhat minerally, crisp
Other comments: This beer was brewed to commemorate the centenary of the National Farmers Union. It is brewed in accordance with the 1908 ten point directive from the Union which, among other things, demanded that beer be made solely from barley malt, hops and sugar. Fair enough. Unfortunately, it's not a particularly interesting beer.
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