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- From: robl@macro.viewlogic.com (Rob Limbert)
- Subject: Re: Cask Ale; Thomas Hardy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.150138.5387@viewlogic.com>
- Originator: robl@macro
- Sender: robl@macro (Rob Limbert)
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- Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov17.034856.25388@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:01:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.034856.25388@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, birkelan@cs1.sps.mot.com (Joel Birkeland) writes:
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- |> Also, I would like to know if anyone has tried the Thomas
- |> Hardy's Ale, brewed by Eldridge Pope. The CAMRA people
- |> listed it as a bottle conditioned ale, which makes me
- |> think it might be similar to cask ales. I would like to
- |> try some, but I am hesitant to spend $12 on a four pack
- |> of six ounce bottles without knowing what I am getting.
-
- Thomas Hardy's is definitely worth trying at least once, though the cost
- is steep. Thomas Hardy's is essentially a bottle conditioned Barley Wine
- (though it's not marketed as such) of about 12.5% alcohol by volume. It's
- fairly rare, and each bottle is numbered and dated.
-
- If you can, get some that's at least a year old. Thomas Hardy's changes
- noticeably with age. When it's young, it's very sweet and syrupy, almost
- unpleasantly so. After about two years, it develops a tangy dryness not
- unlike a sherry, and its body seems to firm somewhat. The brewer claims
- that it reaches its peak at about 5 years and will last for 25. I have a
- small stock of Thomas Hardy's that's approaching its 6th birthday, and
- I use it as an occasional treat.
-
- Don't be put off by the six-ounce bottles, That's about as much as I'd
- want to drink at a sitting.
-
- Rob
-