Shakespeare Brewing Co. The Othello - Dark Ruby Ale
North Cotswold Brewery
- From:
- North Cotswold Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 21, 2021
- Added:
- Aug 19, 2021
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.63/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- It closely resembles cola in colour though post-pour it retains some pale tan foam on top. Pretty necked bottle, that makes that satisfying loud glugging noise as you pour.
S- Roasty-toasty.
T- Very toasty indeed, not much malt on it's bones and into a rather thin/hoppy-dry finish. ps. as it later warms a bit I begin to register some dark malt.
F- It's pungent and over towards the dry side. CO2 is noticable in the mouth though unlike infused tap-stouts it feels in balance/appropriate.
O- It comes over as more trad than anything novel, a plus. It's a pungent tasting stout/porter-like beer that's *relatively* lighter on malts. Certainly drinkable, should work well for fans of stout/porter.
Review2017/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! ==> Heavy on commercially driven spray-on heritage. 'The Othello'. 'Shakespeare Brewing Co' + 'Stratford Upon Avon' across the front lable; from the rather more prosaic source: 'North Cotswold Brewery' in Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos., about 20miles from Stratford.
500ml bottle BB: 01/2023 Bought from Oxford Wine Company, Little Clarendon Street, Oxford.
Aug 21, 2021L- It closely resembles cola in colour though post-pour it retains some pale tan foam on top. Pretty necked bottle, that makes that satisfying loud glugging noise as you pour.
S- Roasty-toasty.
T- Very toasty indeed, not much malt on it's bones and into a rather thin/hoppy-dry finish. ps. as it later warms a bit I begin to register some dark malt.
F- It's pungent and over towards the dry side. CO2 is noticable in the mouth though unlike infused tap-stouts it feels in balance/appropriate.
O- It comes over as more trad than anything novel, a plus. It's a pungent tasting stout/porter-like beer that's *relatively* lighter on malts. Certainly drinkable, should work well for fans of stout/porter.
Review2017/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! ==> Heavy on commercially driven spray-on heritage. 'The Othello'. 'Shakespeare Brewing Co' + 'Stratford Upon Avon' across the front lable; from the rather more prosaic source: 'North Cotswold Brewery' in Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos., about 20miles from Stratford.
500ml bottle BB: 01/2023 Bought from Oxford Wine Company, Little Clarendon Street, Oxford.
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