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16-02-2012, 11:40
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And so to Bristol and its Beer Factory (http://www.bristolbeerfactory.co.uk/) and I do like the beers these guys produce in the old fermenting room where once the ales of Ashton Gate slept the sleep of the just. Southville Hop (http://www.bristolbeerfactory.co.uk/product.php?xProd=21&xSec=2), Milk Stout (http://www.bristolbeerfactory.co.uk/product.php?xProd=7&xSec=2), Sunrise (http://www.bristolbeerfactory.co.uk/product.php?xProd=3&xSec=2), the 12 Stouts of Christmas and now this gleeful little bottle of Vintage 2011 (http://www.bristolbeerfactory.co.uk/product.php?xProd=53&xSec=2), that I was given on a recent visit. What do you want to know? There are five malts and four hops; it’s aged on oak and has the mark of the beast on its alcoholic strength, 6.6%. In the glass it’s reddish mahogany brown, the colour of rum and coke perhaps? The nose has a fragrant floral character, but before you can get all lovey-dovey and hand a bunch of chrysanthemums to your beloved, there’s also a hint of fresh graphite pencil and mixed spice, plus a woody, tannic wisp from the oak (and is that a hint of berry fruit?). This is complexity that should increase with age. It’s big and fat and alcoholic on the palate, the scumptiousness and adulthoodness of bitterness, plus a sweetness that is like the saltiness in a good Stilton — it doesn’t mean that it’s sweet anymore than Stilton is salty, but it all works. More from the glass and I get a luscious lubricity, a sensual feel that contrasts benignly with the grainy dry crisp malted barley character; it’s a beer that is both delicate and strong. Fiery hop pepperiness towards the end of the palate enlivens things up before a firm dryness with hints of cracker-like rye notes and more bitterness leaves the beer to finish with a bow before it’s time to start the whole glorious cycle again until the glass is empty — and when the glass is empty my song has ended.
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