Phúca
Franciscan Well Brewery
- From:
- Franciscan Well Brewery
- Ireland
- Style:
- Winter Warmer
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 5.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 01, 2011
- Added:
- Dec 17, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York
3.65/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
3.65/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
Served in a 33cL stange glass in the Bull & Castle in Dublin.
A: A rich finger of head atop a murky red body. Dark, but translucent. Very pretty.
S: *Loads* of spice. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and more. Pumpkin and tarter fruits (plum) lurk underneath. The smell is incredibly strong, but nice.
T: Christ, but this is beer is spiced. If anything, it's too spicy -- the spices just about overwhelm any other flavour. Still, it's tasty. Baked fruits (cinnamon apple, pumpkin pie) appear at the end of the aftertaste, after the spices have faded away.
M: Enough spice to titillate the most jaded of palates combined with moderate carbonation.
D: A good winter warmer, but way overspiced. There's absolutely no way I could drink a pint of this; my smaller glass took me long enough as it was. Still, recommended, if only for the experience.
Feb 01, 2011A: A rich finger of head atop a murky red body. Dark, but translucent. Very pretty.
S: *Loads* of spice. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and more. Pumpkin and tarter fruits (plum) lurk underneath. The smell is incredibly strong, but nice.
T: Christ, but this is beer is spiced. If anything, it's too spicy -- the spices just about overwhelm any other flavour. Still, it's tasty. Baked fruits (cinnamon apple, pumpkin pie) appear at the end of the aftertaste, after the spices have faded away.
M: Enough spice to titillate the most jaded of palates combined with moderate carbonation.
D: A good winter warmer, but way overspiced. There's absolutely no way I could drink a pint of this; my smaller glass took me long enough as it was. Still, recommended, if only for the experience.
Reviewed by mdagnew from Northern Ireland
3.96/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On tap at the Bull & Castle, Dublin, April 09...
Poured a deep murky burgundy brown colour. Light tan head poured thick, foamy and meringue like then faded to thick one finger covering. Lines of lacing appeared after almost every mouthful...
Aroma - Lots of winter spices - nutmeg, cinnamon and light ginger, Christmas cake notes, brown sugar, some dark dried fruits, some piney hints, light toasted bread...
Taste - Christmas spices (again some cinnamon, clove, ginger and nutmeg) mixed with chocolate malts, light treacle sweetness, malt loaf, some light liquorice / cough mixture notes, raisin fruitiness, faint trace of citrus peel...
Feel - Fairly smooth with a nice sharpness coming through underneath... medium / full bodied... this is very quaffable for a winter brew...
Overall - An excellent and nicely spiced example of a Winter Warmer.. recommended...
Apr 23, 2009Poured a deep murky burgundy brown colour. Light tan head poured thick, foamy and meringue like then faded to thick one finger covering. Lines of lacing appeared after almost every mouthful...
Aroma - Lots of winter spices - nutmeg, cinnamon and light ginger, Christmas cake notes, brown sugar, some dark dried fruits, some piney hints, light toasted bread...
Taste - Christmas spices (again some cinnamon, clove, ginger and nutmeg) mixed with chocolate malts, light treacle sweetness, malt loaf, some light liquorice / cough mixture notes, raisin fruitiness, faint trace of citrus peel...
Feel - Fairly smooth with a nice sharpness coming through underneath... medium / full bodied... this is very quaffable for a winter brew...
Overall - An excellent and nicely spiced example of a Winter Warmer.. recommended...
Reviewed by JohnfromDublin from Ireland
4.2/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a once-off (probably) brew from Franciscan Well to mark 10 years brewing. Released in December 2008, I tasted a couple of half-litres of this on 17.12.08 at the Bull & Castle, Dublin.
Appearence was a dark ruby brew (with some haze) topped with a nice cream coloured head. The aroma of spices were instant and appealing.
The taste was certainly spiced; main cuplrits being cinnamon, clove and some citrus note; a proverbial Christmas pudding mix. Nice carbonation and a non-syrupy mouthfeel made for easy drinking.
This is how I consider a Winter Warmer should be; nicely spiced, good balance without any component being overpowering. Very tasty brew!
Note: I should explain that Phúca (pooka) is a mythical Irish shapechanging fairie/ghost
EDIT: Re-released on tap in the winter of 2010/2011, it seemed a lighter brew
Dec 17, 2008Appearence was a dark ruby brew (with some haze) topped with a nice cream coloured head. The aroma of spices were instant and appealing.
The taste was certainly spiced; main cuplrits being cinnamon, clove and some citrus note; a proverbial Christmas pudding mix. Nice carbonation and a non-syrupy mouthfeel made for easy drinking.
This is how I consider a Winter Warmer should be; nicely spiced, good balance without any component being overpowering. Very tasty brew!
Note: I should explain that Phúca (pooka) is a mythical Irish shapechanging fairie/ghost
EDIT: Re-released on tap in the winter of 2010/2011, it seemed a lighter brew
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