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RATINGS: 4   MEAN: 3.62/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.1   IBU: 41   EST. CALORIES: 246   ABV: 8.2%
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Olde LaMontavious is an “Old” or “Stock Ale” in reference to 19th century breweries that would age this style a full year before serving. Against the Grain’s take on the style obviously does not include the one year aging period, but we brewed our version with 1200# of high quality English Maris Otter barley malt and a generous amount of molasses to give some complex sweetness. Then we hopped liberally with English Nugget, Kent Goldings and American Cascade and fermented with a Scottish style yeast, resulting in a dark, rich and malty ale. Then right before serving we took this beer out on a chartered boat driven by Steve Guttenberg and had an alien from the planet Antarea (who looked a lot like Brian Dennehy) charge the entire batch with his life force. Since this only can happen once every 10,000 years make sure you drink this beer while you can.


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   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Ryan82SM (830) - Louisville, USA - JAN 29, 2012
Aroma of sweet butterscotch, caramel, and citrus hops. Appearance is dark red/brown with bone head. Flavor matches the nose; a little nougat as well, with a resiny, boozy finish. Palate is bubbly and slightly fizzy. This was just so-so for me, certainly not bad, though.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
jcr (1682) - Jasper, Indiana, USA - MAR 3, 2012
Draft. Deep brown body with red highlights. Small, tan head. Aroma of toffee, alcohol, toasted grain, herbs. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture that is lightly sticky in the finish, moderate carbonation. The balance favors the sweet malts (with some flavors of raw grain). A bit boozy in the finish, with peppery alcohol notes.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
drfabulous (2275) - Lexington, Kentucky, USA - FEB 4, 2012
Draught at brewery. I should have probably gotten a growler of this. Very smooth. Brown sugar. Sweet styled old ale. But this is really well done and very tasty. Smooth all around.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
shrubber85 (5022) - Greenville, Indiana, USA - JAN 10, 2012
Tap. Toffee malt with cherry notes. Dark reddish brown with small head. Slightly sweet toffee, cherry flavor with mildly bitter herbal hops finish. Very tasty - hides its strength well.


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