Hardys & Hansons Rocking Rudolph (Bottle & Keg)

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A full bodied, malty and fruity Christmas Ale with a refreshing bitter finish.

2.8

154 reviews

Bury St. Edmunds, England

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2.6 500ml Flasche. Klar und bernsteinfarben mit minimaler Schaumkrone. Leichte Karamellnoten. Etwas malzig. Im Abgang leicht herb.

3.2 A Xmas ale by name but not by taste surely a all year round ale loved the taste crispy not fruity and I’d certainly buy again but if o gotta wAit 12 months I will

5.0 A very pleasant beverage which I have had the pleasure of enjoying both from the bottle and the cask. This beer should be for life not just for christmas.

3.0 Botella. Clear red brown color, small off-white head. Toasty caramel malty sweet lightly spiced aroma. Flavour has of toasty malt with caramel and light spice, bit dark fruit touch.

2.4 50cl bottle. Deep copper, thin head. Nutty, biscuity, malty aroma. Flavor is quite lame with malt, toffee, metal. Short, bitter finish.

0.6 Najgora piva koju sam proba, nisan je moga popit do kraja...................

3.3 500ml bottle kindly shared by Finn. Good looking with a deep copper coloured body under a remaining, off-white head. Spotty lacing. Dark caramel-fruity aroma. Fine blended taste profile of slightly roasted caramel malts and English, leafy hops. Smooth bittersweet ending. Drinks very well. Typical for the style and I like it (Session at Finn’s place in Tromsø, 02.02.2017).

3.1 Flaske 500ml fra Kilpishalli. Delt med Rune i heimen 2.2.17. Mørk amber. Lavt kremaktig skum. God karamellaroma. Smaken mye malt ispedd litt krydder. Litt julestemning i denne.

2.4 Backlog. Bottle, 0.5l. Clear amber pour with very visible carbonation. Small sized slightly off-white head with poor retention. Practically no lacing. Smell is malty and grassy. Thin body with watery texture. High carbonation. Bittersweet taste with notable metallic acidity. Aroma of malts and caramel. A bit grassy, touch of bread and vanilla. Watered down and quite subdued, works really poor in combination with very high carbonation level. Dry finish. Overall, mediocre bitter.

2.8 Copenhagen 22/1 2017. 50 cl bottle from Skjold Burne. Transparent glass bottle with Rudolph playing the guitar on the label. With a glowing red snout. Looks kind of delirious. Pours clear dark reddish brown with small white head. Head diminishes rapidly leaving only small remnants of foam. Aroma is caramel, butter and a skunky odeur that leads you to believe that the beer has been exposed to the sun for too long. Soft carbonation and slightly thick palate. Flavor is pretty well balanced. Medium sweet followed by typical English bitterness. Not bad - but a bit too much of skunky aroma.

2.7 500ml bottle. Clear, dark ruby colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, sulphureous head. Slightly wet strawy, mellow malty aroma, half-baked fruity hints of red berries and cherry. Taste is minimally doughy malty and bitter hoppy, minimally toasty-spicy nutty malty overtones. Rather boring - maybe useful as a kind of "neutralizer" between all the heavy and spicy Xmas specialties.

2.9 Bottle from the Champion of the Thames. Light russet brown, thin and clear with only slight head. Metallic filtered-to-hell beer smell, but there’s a nice berry and forest floor scent underlying this. Taste is pretty good, with vanilla fudge sweetness tempered by fruity hop. The finish unfortunately throws a bit of astringency, which doesn’t work at all. Far too carbonated. Disappointing.

2.6 Clear, sparkling mahogany, thin light brown head. Dry and malty aroma, wood, bit caramel, raisins, over-ripe banana, dough. Light to medium body, low carbonation, malty. Bit dull actually.

2.6 500ml bottle. Pours dark reddy brown with a small head. Aroma is dusty toffee and yeasty ribena. Taste has berries to start and a burnt caramel finish.

2.9 Aroma: fruity and malty sweet with spices. Flavour: malty sweet with notes of caramel, nuts and sweet berries. Aftertaste is fruity sweet and slightly bitter. Colour: reddish brown with a white head. From: Bottle @ Voldby Købmandsgaard Sept. 2016.

3.0 Bottle appeared one winter few years ago at a local Konzum store in Zagreb. Shared with Marko. Amber, diminishing whiter head. Dominating malty aromas. Strong caramel in the beginning, dry fruits. Light, some hops in the finish, dry aftertaste. This could be much better.

2.8 Pours copper with white head. Aroma is caramel and berries. Flavour is light to medium bitter, metal, light sweet and berries.

2.6 Bottle from Aldi, Eccles. Reddish-amber with a glow and no head. Has an easy-drinking texture with a light sweetness followed by a small bitterness.

3.1 50cl bottle. Pours clear dark amber colour with a mid-sized beige head. Aroma of red malt, red berries, nuts. Taste of mild bitter hops, red malt and berries, some nuts, okay!

2.8 Wie eigentlich erwartet ein recht klassisches mit einem leichten Schuss an Newcastle Brown (also zusätzlich noch mit Karamell und Zuckercoleur) veredelt. Darüberhinaus etwas zu wenig an Perlung, jedoch einfach zu trinken, trocken im Abgang und leicht würzig. Vollkommen in Ordnung.

1.7 Appearance: clear Amber with small off white foam. Aromas: Malt, grassy, subtle caramel notes, quite metallic. Taste: very watery malt with a hint of nutmeg, very simple with alcohol flavour, Palate: light bodied with minimal depth, thin in texture watery bitter. Overall: Dissapointing seasonal offering, too watery for my taste.

1.7 Clear amber color with minimal off white foam. Aromas of light malt and bit metallic tones, very typical casual bitter. Palate, Light body with light texture leaving little hint of malt on the aftertaste. Taste of watered down bitter, bit metallic, malty and not amazing. Overall, poor bitter, not recomended.

2.5 Bottle from Rudat in Dortmund. The beer has got a clear light amber colour with a thin body and low head. Aroma of malt and vanilla. Taste of malt, mild hops, vanilla, caramel and bread. Malty-vanilla finish. Quite thin and blend.

2.9 Bottle a amber colored beer with a white head aroma malts caramel citrus fruits and hops flavor malts citrus fruits spicy and hops

3.1 Bottle, 50cL. Home. Christmas gift from my colleagues. A sparkling brown mahogany clear beer with a medium off-white head ; medium retention. Roast, caramel, herb, floral. Light to medium dry bitter refreshing, sweet note. Light to medium body, thin texture, average carbonation, bitter dry refreshing finish. Overall, ok pleasant bitter. Christmas Ale ??

2.8 How: Bottle. Where: SimCorp Pub, Copenhagen. Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma: Caramel, malt, fruit. Body: Medium body and carbonation. Flavour: Caramel, butter, hops, fruit, malt.

2.9 Classic bitter appearance- copper, clear, with a small foamy head. Aroma of caramel, grassy hops, bready malt hints. Taste is more of the same- vague hop bitterness, then fruitiness towards the finish. Solid, unspectacular.

2.7 Pours clear reddish brown with a small head. Aroma: Pale malt. Taste: Medium sweet, mild bitterness. Malty flavours. Minerals. Some hops. Palate: Quite light body. OK.

3.3 Bottle. Copper color, off-white head. Fairly sweet aroma. The flavor has dark fruit, syrup and some sweet spices. Malty finishh. Medium body, medium carbonation. Not bad. Would've thought this to be a dark lager.

2.5 Jan ’15. A 0.5 l bottle. It poured clear red body with a small, short living head. A bit metallic roasted caramel aroma. Lightly bitter, dry flavor, like a typical English macro bitter. Biscuit&caramel were more or less everything offered, lightly herbal, too. Medium bodied, but its simplicity gave away watery impression. Shorter finish. After some nice beers of the evening this was expectedly mediocre, even bad for a Christmas brew of any kind. Drinkable though.