#168 Harveys - Elizabethan Ale

First brewed in1953 this is beer was made to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

This beer has a Barley wine smell, dark malts, alcohol, raisins, and some aged beer oxidization. The color is a dark mahogany that can be seen through when held to the light. The beer has low foam which is common with an aged beer.

There are a lot of flavors to this beer. It starts with some sweet malt, then a raisins oxidization taste. There is a barrel aged taste, with an earthy flavor and a light sour twang. The raisin / dried fruit taste is the most pronounced, and is present to the finish. The mouthfeel is thin like an ale, not like the barley wine I first expected. Even at 8.1% alcohol the taste isn't strong, the alcohol aroma might have been the sour taste.

This is a tasty beer with plenty of flavors and good oxidization taste. Unique beers like this that I would otherwise over look is what my Year of Beer is all about.