3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to Skyveiw for sharing this one at DLD2010 I love old ales poured brown with a tan head and aromas of oak,molaases,and toffee taste was sweet and powerful vey nice
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours a hazed copper color with a finger of off-white head. Smells fairly typical for an old ale: toffee, brown sugar, and toasted malt with some hints of dark fruit. Has a bit of a soy sauce aroma to it, though. The flavor is slightly watery, but still has that soy sauce thing going on. There’s a mild roasted quality as well as some toffee, toasted malt, and sweet sugar. Maybe just a hint of fruit.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at the DC Local Tasting a 750ml bottle pours a hazy, copper amber with some cloudy white head. Malty nose, lightly smokey, malty, root vegetables, cane sugar, root beer. Flavor is malty, birch, carrots, parsnip, pine, mint. Medium bodied, sweet finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours reddish copper with minimal off-white head; spare lacing. Aroma is caramel with roasted and biscuit malt. Flavor matches the nose with booze undertones throughout. Medium/full body, carbonation, and warmth.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Cloudy brown color, small white head, good lacing. Aroma of boozy brown bread. Taste is coffeegrounds, booze. OK.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sugary and sweet chocolate nose with with light roast ans molasses. Sweet and soft. Decent.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours clear amber to brown with a small, fizzy off-white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is caramel and cookie malt, dark fruity esters and light alcohol with a dry finish. Full body, medium warmth and carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a deep amber with nice off white head that has solid retention. Aroma of Bourbon, vanilla, chocolate and alcohol. Flavor is sweet and malty with an alcoholic finish. Nice!
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
750mL bottle thanks to Bob! Poured medium brown with a nice cap of beige head. The aroma picked up sour bourbon, metallic notes, herbal stuff, and an odd blend of darker fruits.. deeper down was some molasses and airy yeast.. really weird, and I didn’t like it one bit. The flavor was unfortunately along the same lines.. slick molasses, sweet caramel, and buttery notes at the core, with almost dank oak, metallic notes, odd tacky fruits, and a bunch of residual sugars around.. alcohol was fairly well masked.. sour with a lot of ugliness on the long finish. Sour, slick, and disjointed on the palate.. seemed to be underattenuated and possibly infected.. yikes.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours brown mahogony with a quick whispy head that fades to nothing. Aroma is a mix a chocolate and caramel prunes and grape skins. Taste has a nice dark fruit flavor with coco and caramel with candied sugar and a bitterness throughout. Palate is full slick and has a malted milkball feel. Pretty tasty stuff, would buy again!
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
750 c&c from Guerde. No doubt the 2010! Thanks a lot guy. Pours hazy dark brown with a creamy beige head. Aromas of treacle, raisin and arguably oak. Med+ body. Flavor is dark malt, big dose of treacle, and some minor dark fruity and woody astringency. Heat isn’t noticeable. It’s pretty smooth stuff, and tasty to boot. Is it to style? Sadly I just don’t get many old ales. So thanks again Guerde.
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