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RATINGS: 326   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.6   SEASONAL: Spring   IBU: 80   EST. CALORIES: 291   ABV: 9.7%
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Traditionally, Old Ales are an English style of dark, rich and sweet ale, typically with flavors of soft currant fruit and blackstrap molasses. While Old Ales typically have IBUs (bitterness) of 30-65, Eel River Brewing put their own spin on the style by adding extra hops to ramp up the IBUs to 80!


4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
JB84 (649) - Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA - MAY 18, 2011
Pour copper ruby garnet off white head decent lace. Aroma cracker jack popcorn, butterscotch, caramel, malty back bone, maple fudge, sight booziness. Taste quite bitter, terrific hopping, rich malt back bone, caramel, butterscotch, butter tart, slight dark fruit. MF medium chewy thick body mild carb. Overall excellent brew quite bitter and balanced with terrific flavours. Manuchampions you da man !!!!!

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
nsquishee (372) - Richfield, Minnesota, USA - APR 22, 2011
Sweet malty aroma. Dark red-amber color with little head. Tastes sweet and finishes with a sweet bitterness. Flavors of caramel, strawberry, red grapes, cherry, maple, and hops. Very smooth palate that finishes with nice bitterness. Good sipper!

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
ben4321 (2223) - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA - APR 22, 2011
Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite - Jersey City, 4/22/11

Aroma: Lots of spice, some molasses, caramel, toffee, and suagary notes
Appearance: It pours a cloudy darh orange-brown color with a beige head
Flavor: Taste is a mix of sugary and spicy flavors, with some bitterness to the finish
Palate: The body is medium with a long lasting, tingly finish to it
Overall Impression: I wasn’t a huge fan of this one, I thought it was alright, but I was surprised to see the score is so high here. I guess it should get points for being fairly unique, but I just didn’t really think it worked all that well...

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
rocbyter (1530) - Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - APR 7, 2011
Sweet and piney aroma. Cloudy brown color with a medium white head and some floaters. Sweet with a dry tangy bitter flavor throughout

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
kev1001 (67) - Montana, USA - MAR 13, 2011
22 oz bottle. Pours caramel/ amber and pretty hazy. Aroma is sweet, biter and powerful. Molasses notes. Taste is sweet with molasses and figs but offset by the bitter hops. Interesting beer. Not bad.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
larsniclas (4360) - Billdal, SWEDEN - MAR 6, 2011
Bottled. Thx tkrjukoff Murky amber. Very sweet and malty aroma. Vinous and creamy with sweet fruits.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ekstedt (3785) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - FEB 28, 2011
Bottle (bomber), thanks gnoff.Hazy mahogny, small beige head. Nutty and caramelly malt aroma with raisins and figs. Mediu bodied, low carbonation. Well balanced, medium bitterness.

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
VGChophead (2) - USA - FEB 25, 2011 does not count
This is one of my favorites. Perfectly balanced with a mild sweetness, malty background, and strong but perfect hop presence. Fairly good head retention with some lacing. Med dark golden red hue with pleasant smell.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
rlgk (5574) - Skövde, SWEDEN - FEB 23, 2011
Bottle, thanks to tkrjukoff. Amber beer with a small head. Malty toffee aroma. Malty flavor, citrus, dry hops, caramel an toffee.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Nisse666 (2182) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - FEB 6, 2011
Shared bottle thx to tkrjukoff cons 2011-02-04 Billdal AR: like a old stock, butter fudge AP: dark caramel colored body, creamy beige head F: greasy, creamy fudge, + bitterness, warming feeling


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