Dragon's Blood
Hand In Hand, Kemptown Brewery Co. Ltd
- From:
- Hand In Hand, Kemptown Brewery Co. Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.96 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 30, 2006
- Added:
- Jun 30, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
2.96/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.96/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
The third and last house beer tasted by half-pint at the brewpub, Hand in Hand, Brighton, on 28/06/06. This is also the strongest one in the house beer range.
A: the special feature of this beer is basically its colour, which comes in cranberry+pomegranate-juice red, with a pink fluffy beer head. Looking slightly bizarre really, although it's not the first time I've seen a beer like this (Banks&Taylor's Phantom is more scary in colour, in fact). Great clarity and low carbonation in the glass.
S: definitely Fuggles hops with a subtle citric-fruity edge. Besides that it smells very much like Ye Olde Trout tasted right before this beer.
T: chewy and fruity just like Ye Olde Trout, with an intriguing sour-fruity edge, but not from any fruits in case anyone suspects fruits are added to this beer to make it red; a bit of earthy edge, like raw, chewy nut-on-skins, lingers in a remote corner of palate in the end, where the body and mouthfeel don't hold very well--not ideal for a 5.2%abv. beer!
M&D: thin-bodied and not perfectly on form, I must say. In a sense this beer tastes nothing too far from Ye Olde Trout; if anything, it perhaps has more fruitiness on the palate, but that's also the side-effect of losing a balance which it should've achieved when served fresher. I can't pinpoint which style it should belong to, but judging from its alc. strength, I submit it in the category of English Strong Ale here, and stand corrected. I only wish next time I could taste it in a better condition.
Jun 30, 2006A: the special feature of this beer is basically its colour, which comes in cranberry+pomegranate-juice red, with a pink fluffy beer head. Looking slightly bizarre really, although it's not the first time I've seen a beer like this (Banks&Taylor's Phantom is more scary in colour, in fact). Great clarity and low carbonation in the glass.
S: definitely Fuggles hops with a subtle citric-fruity edge. Besides that it smells very much like Ye Olde Trout tasted right before this beer.
T: chewy and fruity just like Ye Olde Trout, with an intriguing sour-fruity edge, but not from any fruits in case anyone suspects fruits are added to this beer to make it red; a bit of earthy edge, like raw, chewy nut-on-skins, lingers in a remote corner of palate in the end, where the body and mouthfeel don't hold very well--not ideal for a 5.2%abv. beer!
M&D: thin-bodied and not perfectly on form, I must say. In a sense this beer tastes nothing too far from Ye Olde Trout; if anything, it perhaps has more fruitiness on the palate, but that's also the side-effect of losing a balance which it should've achieved when served fresher. I can't pinpoint which style it should belong to, but judging from its alc. strength, I submit it in the category of English Strong Ale here, and stand corrected. I only wish next time I could taste it in a better condition.
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