Cambridge Bad Knees Old Ale

Brewed by Cambridge Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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A - Beer is a hazy ruby red-brown color with a finger of off-white head. The head fades down super sow leaving behind some nice lacing. S - Aroma is full of dark fruits, brown sugar, and oak. There is also just a touch of subtle hops and lots of rich caramel. T - Starts out with lots of rich dark fruit flavor and rich caramel. There is also some brown sugar as well. Through the middle, stronger dark fruits and some oak and vanilla flavors come through. The finish is a mix of rich caramel and dark fruit with a bit of booze that lingers. M - Full bodied with moderate carbonation. The beer feels thick and kind of syrupy. The beer also warms the mouth as it finishes from the booze. D - Very drinkable. Heavy, rich, and complex, but still very well balanced. The booze and barrel flavors are nicely mixed in.

tap at cbc. big brwon sugar, caramel, rumcake, port and fig aroma. some light bourbon in there. taste is more bourbon forward. sharp whiskey balanced by some dates, raisins. complex. well made barrel aged barleywine.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center Denver 18/09/2010 Oaked aroma. Bronze coloured hazy in appearance and strong in alcohol with a hint of dryness in a whisky malt finish.

(Draught) cloudy orangish brown. Nose of maple, raisin, bourbon and cinnamon. Taste of alcohol, bourbon, raisins, and oatmeal. Great duration with a slightly thinnish mouthfeel. Nice beer.

(Draught) Pours a murky brown body with a small cream head. Aroma of brown sugar, caramel, toffee, raisins, dates, and old books. Flavor of raisins, dark chocolate, brown sugar, molasses, and toffee.

On tap at CBC. Easily one of my favorites there. The color is dark reddish-amber, slightly hazy with an off-white head that fades to spotty foam and bubbles. Aroma is rich caramel malt and toffee, maple syrup, brown sugar, and butterscotch. Flavor is nicely sweet with just a little hop bitterness to balance. Caramel and toffee dominate, along with some prune and fig, molasses, and syrup. Smooth on the palate with medium body for the style. Really excellent old ale. Definitely a sipper though.

Hazy maple syrup brown with tan ringing head. Medium to full body with rich caramel and big barrel flavors of oak. Rich aroma, lots of phenol and medicine.

On tap at Cambridge Brewing Co. Cloudy dark amber with tall foamy head. Nice strong malt aroma. Very sweet, very malty, very strong flavor. Dried fruit with traces of dark chocolate. Very nice beer to sip slowly.

A dark reddish brown ale with a thin moka head. An intense butterscotch, prunes and dark fruits, warming alcohol. In mouth, a classy sweet molassey malt, with bitter chocolate, light herbal hops, rich and smooth. On tap at brewpub, April 4, 2010.