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Durham Brewery Ltd

Coming in a 500ml brown glass bottle, bottle-conditioned; BB 12/2011, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass. According to the beer label, 5 different hops and 5 types of malts are used in the brew.

A: dark copper, lively carbonated (tiny-sized bubbles) due to good bottle-conditioning, topped with a huge (almost pinky-) beige froth lasting well through out the drink.
S: aromatically fruity - peachy+applely+longan-fruity+sultana-ish, mainly because of the fruit esters I think, plus lightly piney or sweet-woody aroma, with caramely malts and biscuity malts sustaining firmly in the background.
T: the first impression on the first sip is rather... "juicy", slightly slick in terms of oily maltiness, also hinting at longan-fruits and tea-stems, while the yeasty flavour plays the main part; followed by a long "tail" of hop bitterness, not very bitter but slightly dry and mildly tannic... the lingering aroma is a bit like that of semi-sweet sultana, but only just.
M&D: not like most old ales I've tried in the past, this one is more like the more recent versions of Fuller's Vintage Ale, i.e. assertively hoppy on the overall balance, yet all in all a surprisingly easy drinker, featuring good hop performance, solid malt backbone, successfully crafted carbonation and smooth mouthfeel.