Arcadia Big Dicks Olde Ale

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Copper with a small light tan head. aroma is very sweet with some earthy tones (plus other new ageish words). the flavor is predominantly sweet but there is an oddly compelling sour undertone to it. my bottle has been in my beer fridge for at least year so I have no idea what age has done to it, but it is a success olde if not younge. here ye?

2008 Vintage. Pours amber red with an off white head. Sweet malty and fruity aroma with some light flowery notes. The flavor has sweet notes of toffee and berries, with some lighter floral and citric hop notes. Well balanced.

Draft and bottle. Aroma is strong. Sweet, dry, earthy and faint yeasty spice. Flavor is odd, earthy, some wood and toffee. A bit of odd roasted bitterness and smooths out as it warms. Not bad.

22oz bottle. Pours a clear, but murky colored dark amber-orange body with a finger-width, beige, foamy head that dissipates quickly and leaves a veil of soapy lacing. Aroma is medium, milky caramels with some vanilla, whiskey-diet soda, light milk chocolate malts, and nuts. A very mild fruit and leafy hop spice too. Flavor is definitely "crisp" as described. Leafy caramels and chocolate malts with a distinct crispness up front before some vanilla, nuts, and more of that mild fruitiness from the aroma come in. A touch of bourbon, and a light amount of clutching, leafy bitterness finishes this off with a nutty, caramel maltiness making it both smooth and easy as well as crisp and mostly dry. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation and very drinkable for an 8% ABV beer. No trace of alcohol until just a slight warmth creeps into the throat. Overall, a pretty solid, slightly above average old ale. Very drinkable and crisp flavored all-around. I like the added hop spice that the finish provides giving the malts a nice opposition. Enjoyable enough.

Loved it. Pours a cloudy mud color with a small head. Aroma of dark dried fruit like prune and raisins. Flavor is a bit sour and sweet at the same time. Nice sour finish.

Eagan, Mn. - Cellars Wines and Spirits - 22 oz bomber. Pours a sparkling medium copper with a thin but persistent off white head that leaves decent lacing. Aroma has some hints of vanilla, bourbon and a wee bit of vinegar. Flavor has some of the same vanilla notes, a bit of bourbon, a hint of banana-like fruitiness. Slightly boozy. Mouthfeel is thick enough. Just average.

Pours a copper with beige head. Aroma of malt, bread, caramel, grass, some alcohol. Similar taste. Similar taste, fruity up front with a light hop finish. Not as bold of a finish as I anticipated.

Hazy brown, thick creamy tan head. Aroma is grapefruit and sweet pine. Taste is decent, some bitter hop and noticeable roast. Mostly sweet and syrupy. Finishes with sweet roast.