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Hanlon's / O'Hanlon's: Thomas Hardy's Ale (Vintage 2006)

This old ale is/was brewed by Hanlon's / O'Hanlon's in Whimple, Devon, England. It's achieved an overall score of 72.32%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 11.70%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

2003 bottle No. 015727. Pours mahagony, somewhat cloudy, with no head. Port, plum, and caramel malt (cereal) and yeast (dough) aroma with brown sugar and maple, alcohol notes. Grape caramel malt and alcohol flavor that goes dry hoppy with notes of pears and tart near the end. Full bodied warming dry palate.
(Knoxville Brewers Jam). Pours a fizzy copper orange with not much head. The aroma is mostly caramel and cigars (the sweet, leafy part, not the gross smoky part). The flavor is quite sugary and dominated by burnt caramel with a little bit of alcohol burn in the finish. Good, but I didnt find it too exciting.
Vintage 2005: Extreme madeira finsih to the aroma, sweet and lots of raisins. Taste is full of taste and its the malty and alcolic fruitiness that stands out. Tastes of plums, fruits, port, sherry.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
15th Mar 2007 at 9:50 pm bottle (my friend Nikki's holiday home)), Whitby, North Yorkshire, England 11.70 dark golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 44.44%
Aroma: 60%
Ease: 44.44%
Clarity: 100%
 72.320% sugary 204

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Other Beers (etc.) by Hanlon's / O'Hanlon's

Apart from Thomas Hardy's Ale (Vintage 2006), Hop Horizons lists 17 others by Hanlon's / O'Hanlon's. These are:
Bottle Conditioned Ale (for Tesco)
Brewers Special Reserve 2010 Vintage
Dragon's Ale
Dry Stout
Firefly Bitter
Goldblade
Goodwill Bitter
Goodwill Festive Ale
Half Moon
Organic Rye Beer
Red Ale
Royal Oak
Storm Stay
The Original Port Stout
Thomas Hardy's Ale (Vintage 2005)
Wheat Beer
Yellow Hammer

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