Fish Tale Old Woody English Old Ale

Brewed by Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Style: Old Ale
Olympia, Washington USA

Bottle thanks to eclectic. Pours a nice mahogany color with a big and thick beige head and lots of lacing. The aroma is powerful; loads of fruit, some strong malts, sweeter notes, and maybe a bit of chocolates. The taste is very nice; toasted malts, fruit, mostly plum and something akin to strawberry, some woody almost tart flavors, some caramel and nutty aspects also. The oak wine casks add a lot I think, something like a Barley Wine aspect, nearly tart in the finish, but balanced out well by some more traditional Old Ale flavors. Excellent. A nice creamy palate.

2006 vintage. Slightly hazy brown pour with with thick off white head and minimal lace. Malty oak aroma. Caramel, oak, malts, nuts, brown sugar, and ash. Dry floral finish

Dark brown in color with a medium sized off white head with good lacing. The aroma was yeasty with a prominent backbone of chocolate and brown sugar with notes of brandy and caramel. The flavor is also yeasty with notes of chocolate and brown sugar. The texture is syrupy. Im fairly new to English Ales but so far I love em.

Bottle of what I would assume is 2008. Tons of not well compacted yeast towards the bottom. 9 point something abv listed. Pours with a frothy off-white head and a deep haze amber body with alcohol legs as well as good lacing. Aroma of maple, oak, caramel, brown sugar, brandy a bit ashy with some chocolate. Taste is chocolate, toffee, maple and some wood. Syrupy mouthfeel with light bubbles and some warming alcohol.

pours a semi-cloudy dark copper with a red tint when held to the light, thin egg-shell head, decent lacing. smell is of malt, caramel, oak, slightly hoppy, and some dark fruits. taste is thick and sticky, caramel, malt, some pine, roasted nuts, dark fruit, ends slightly bitter. overall reminds me of a barleywine only a little thinner.

750ml bottle, from Nov. 2002. Tasted Dec. 2008. This was one hiding in the bottom of the fridge that I kept planning on drinking and never got around to it. It opened with a loud "pfffft", letting me know that all was well with this oldie. The color of this gem is a ruby tinged brown, that is just not quite clear. There was a fairly large off-white head on mine. A wonderful mix of fruits, floral, woody and spicy aromas. Very smooth and rounded taste. A faint tartness to it with some fruits providing that. Spices, malts and a tinge of alcohol in the background. Very warming as it goes down. This is very good!

From mcbackus via trade. The pour was mostly brown with some slightly lighter ruby highlights. The head was off-white and there was spotty lace. The aroma was very malty with some light spice, floral hops and some alcohol heat. The flavor was mostly malt with light hops and some light alcohol. Above average mouthfeel.

2008 Bottle - Pours copper orange with a medium off-white head...aroma is malty dried fruit and floral hops...flavour is what you think when you headr "strong old ale"...high alcohol, high honey malt, bitters that linger...i’m drunk now....