Thomas Hardy's Ale (all vintages to 1999)

Eldridge Pope in Dorchester, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Traditional Ale - Old Ale Regular Out of Production

Score

7.81

ABV: 11.7%

IBU: -

Ticks: 38

Creamy butterscotch notes flood the taste buds, laced with subtle complex fruit...and a subtle suggestion of vintage port. Elegant and seamless, this beer was a waltz on the palate.

In ’The Trumpet Major’ Hardy wrote of Dorchester strong beer "It was of the most beautiful colour that the eye of an artist in beer could desire; full in body, yet brisk as a volcano; piquant, yet without a twang; luminous as an autumn sunset;..."

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7.5

Bierkoning (17781) reviewed Thomas Hardy's Ale (all vintages to 1999) from Eldridge Pope 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

1997 version, 6th DRG. Malt, butterscotch and a touch of dust in the aroma. Thick, malty, somewhat alcoholic. Old calvados?? Warming alcohol. Loaded with quality. Has a lot of life left.

Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07

7.6

Nische (4312) ticked Thomas Hardy's Ale (all vintages to 1999) from Eldridge Pope 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

1975

Tried on 20 Jul 2019 at 18:24

jtclockwork (20446) ticked Thomas Hardy's Ale (1979) from Eldridge Pope 4 years ago

Bottle - pours amber white head - nose/taste of caramel, oxidation, toffee - medium bodied. 3.7

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2019 at 16:11

jtclockwork (20446) ticked Thomas Hardy's Ale (1995) from Eldridge Pope 5 years ago

Dark brown - toffee, caramel, molasses cake - medium body 4.3

Tried on 25 Oct 2018 at 18:47

jtclockwork (20446) ticked Thomas Hardy's Ale (1968) from Eldridge Pope 5 years ago

Dark brown - toffee, molasses, raisin, barbecue 3.9

Tried on 25 Oct 2018 at 18:42

jtclockwork (20446) ticked Thomas Hardy's Ale (1989) from Eldridge Pope 5 years ago

brown; old caramel, oak, toffee, molasses. 4.4

Tried on 05 Jun 2018 at 22:57

jtclockwork (20446) ticked Thomas Hardy's Ale (1986) from Eldridge Pope 5 years ago

brown: Dark caramelized brown sugar, nutty toffee, old caramel. 4.1

Tried on 04 Jun 2018 at 20:16

9.1

Steve Jalbert (14939) reviewed Thomas Hardy's Ale (all vintages to 1999) from Eldridge Pope 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

1987 vintage bottle from Douglas88. Brown, clear, pours flat (understandable). Smoky, peaty aroma, leather , tobacco. Taste too is the old ale sweetness, mellowed by age, more peat. Mellow sweetness. Aged perfectly.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 00:14

Maurice (8531) ticked Thomas Hardy's Ale (1975) from Eldridge Pope 7 years ago

Tried on 27 Nov 2016 at 20:59

6.8

jimgreen (17575) reviewed Thomas Hardy's Ale (all vintages to 1999) from Eldridge Pope 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared courtesy of Deanso. Poured a murky dark brown with no life. The aroma is roasty malt liqourice. The flavour is moderate to light sweet liqourice bitter with a rich oily molasses bitter alcoholic bitter palate. Full bodied with flat carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2016 at 13:52