Ta Henket
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Ta HenketTa Henket
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From:
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
 
Delaware, United States
Style:
Herb and Spice Beer
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
77
Avg:
3.38 | pDev: 20.71%
Reviews:
196
Ratings:
748
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 16, 2022
Added:
Dec 20, 2010
Wants:
  57
Gots:
  70
For this ambitious liquid time capsule, we used ingredients and traditions plucked from Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Ta Henket is brewed with an ancient form of wheat and loaves of hearth-baked bread, and it's flavored with chamomile, dom-palm fruit and Middle Eastern herbs. To ferment this earthy ancient ale, Sam and friends traveled to Cairo, set out baited petri dishes and captured a native Egyptian saccharomyces yeast strain.

7 IBU
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Ratings by WhiteHillsStore:
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Reviewed by WhiteHillsStore from Connecticut

3.6/5  rDev +6.5%
A very interesting beer. The pour is a light orange with an off white head. The smell seemed all over the place at first with hints of sage, the tea leaves, and other herbs before I caught the fruits. The taste was very earthy with all of the spices before sweet fruits coming out big near the end. It was very layered and complex and offered interesting insight to ancient beer flavors. Worth a try although not an every day kind of beer.
Dec 08, 2014
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Reviewed by nickthetick from Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +33.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
After about 11 years of age I found this beer in the cellar and decided to give her a try! It looked and smelled amazing, pouring a cloudy straw golden color with a dirty white head that I was surprised to see was heavy and foamy, not thin. It reeked of a boozy honey wine. Much like a fruited mead it made me think of how much this would be enjoyed by a fire on a chilly October night at a Renaissance fair. I cant imagine this beer getting better with more age, but I certainly think putting time on it improved it, the first bottle was too sweet in my notes. I think I killed too much of the sweetness with the prolonged aging, it a little flat on the tongue. It has good flavor, amazing flavor maybe, if I didn't kill so much of it in aging. It's hard to pick out flavors. It's super mild grape and honey on bread. It's scary how super easy it drinks. The mild flavors of grapes (and maybe cherry, possibly blackberry, And even a bit of plum and apple) give it a balance to the old honey taste which is almost savory. The lightness of it is surprisingly refreshing, and I'm a little depressed I didn't drink it outside next to a hot fire. I truly hope they re release this, ill be buying by cases next time
Oct 16, 2022
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Reviewed by maddogruss from New Jersey

3.12/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Had this on draft.
A: pours deep amber color with slightly off white head with nice retention and lacing
S: beery, almost cornmeal smell; chamomile and subtle alcohol notes are evident
T: rich, burnt toffee taste; can taste the husks of the beer; interesting sweet aftertaste with subtle chamomile notes
M: light and fairly crisp; pretty good
D: nice feel and taste combo; nice drinking beer; overall, not too bad
May 06, 2022
 
Rated: 3.14 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Feb 15, 2022
 
Rated: 3.42 by chrishiker1409 from New York

Mar 08, 2020
 
Rated: 3.05 by PatrickCT from Connecticut

May 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by ummswimmin from New Jersey

Aug 19, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Nov 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Cuervo_PCB from Florida

Aug 27, 2016
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Reviewed by dacrza1 from New Jersey

3.24/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
DATE: August 8, 2016... OCCASION: Birthday number 40, finally and forever in the books--a beer this ancient might be required!... GLASSWARE: Victory Nonick... first, the bottle erupted in pent-up effervescence immediately upon opening... a flourishing cascade--a storm!--of bubbles envelops the glass, spiriting a body that is honey gold in complexion and hazily opaque in its vision... the head is off-white, slightly creamy and hastily forming into an uneven, almost beachlike froth... first scents include apple, pear, chamomile, suntan lotion, and ginger... sandalwood is also appreciable... palate is soft, dry and unengaging, almost flat, with a little carbonation... the hopping process doesn't yield much strength or depth... gingerbread, light cinnamon, honey, chamomile, and apple are soft, whispering hints that invite next sips with a sweetness unlike an ale I can recall... the honey, ginger and chamomile make this a nice dessertif... like a cold tea, this beer catches one off-guard, but its uniqueness is both a blessing and a curse: sweet and bitter in varying degrees, syrupy and arid in equal turns... something like my first forty years of life? Overall, an apologetic yet flavorful offering, though not one I would pay the $13.99 price tag for (though I received 20% off on this...)
Aug 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by razorsdescent from Pennsylvania

Aug 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Narthax from Texas

Jun 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by puftdank from Illinois

May 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.44 by mattboyer182 from Indiana

Feb 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by PhilFoley from New York

Aug 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.53 by Lucular from Maryland

Aug 17, 2015
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Reviewed by Will_Edgar from Iowa

4.2/5  rDev +24.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: A darker golden hue, decent head.
Smell: Crazy earthiness, a little dark fruit, herbs come through as well as chamomile.
Taste: Chamomile is strong, middle-eastern herbs and fruit make this taste like I'm actually in that part of the world.
Mouthfeel: Medium with a good amount of carb
Overall: I really enjoy this brew, very unique. Not everyone will dig it but I do!
Jun 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by km02600 from Michigan

Jun 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by xShoWTeKx from South Carolina

Jun 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.47 by Cmoore8241 from South Carolina

Jun 14, 2015
Ta Henket from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating: 77 out of 100 with 748 ratings