Arbor Old Knobbley

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Brewed by Arbor
Style: Old Ale
Bristol, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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RATINGS: 9 MEAN: 3.27/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.06 EST. CALORIES: 135 ABV: 4.5%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Named after a famous 800 year old oak tree, our award winning Old Knobbley is an interesting and well balanced dark ruby old ale. Crystal, chocolate and black malts are added to the mash to create a complex malty flavour with hints of coffee and chocolate. Several additions of Fuggles, Challenger and East Kent Goldings hops in the boil produce a lingering hoppy finish. "Occasional"

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20

evergreen0199 (872) - Northwood, Greater London, ENGLAND - SEP 23, 2011

Cask at Euston Tap, London. A dark brown/amber coloured pour with a small beige head on top. Malty aroma. Tastes malty, caramel, dark fruit, some coffee detected. I couldn’t get on with this one.

3.3

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

Scopey (1179) - Croydon, Surrey, ENGLAND - SEP 9, 2011

Cask at CP&K. It pours deep ruby, with a decent beige head. The nose is smoke, bonfire, oak and earth. The taste is oak, wood, nut, earth, astringency, caramel, roasted malt and tangy dried fruit (raisin, cherry and plum), with a big dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Ok.

3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

Leighton (3595) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - SEP 4, 2011

Cask at The Craft Beer Co., London. Brown pour with a light head. Dark fruits and roasty malts in the aroma. Hints of cocoa. Light sweet flavor, nice roast, slightly dusty dark malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dry roast finish, some burnt sugar, cocoa. Nice beer.

3.9

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

maeib (6398) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - JUN 2, 2011

Cask conditioned gravity dispense Northants Beer Festival 2011. A near black coloured beer with a near beige head. Dry and malty in the nose. Chocolate, licorice and coffee in the mouth. Very dry. Bitter coffee. Very good.

2.9

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

hughie (3992) - Bedford, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - OCT 18, 2008

Cask at Oxford BF ’08. Copper. Heavy, hairy malt aroma. Sweet malty taste, and definite fruitiness. Some bitterness: the overall effect quite rough, crude and tasty.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

Mungo (2473) - Southampton, Hampshire, ENGLAND - APR 29, 2008

Cask conditioned @ Bell, Bath. Dry roasted flavours, smoky coffee and toasted malts. Roasty bitterness in finish. Not bad.

3.1

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20

MesandSim (7108) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - OCT 22, 2007

A Mes rate: Gravicask at Nottingham Beer Festival.
Really nice deep, dark amber brown colour with a bubbly beige head. Lovely malt and coffee aroma with some slight diacetyl but it still works. Flavour is more of the same but the diacetyl is more pronounced and it just doesn’t balance right. Thin, watery palate completes the let down.

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

harrisoni (9608) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - OCT 21, 2007

Cask gravity at Nottingham BF 2007. Ruby/brown with beige head. Little bit of mintyness on slightly watery, slightly grainy beer. Fine, just a bit watery.

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