 Arayaga2 (934), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 7, 2008 Dark opaque chestnut with small dense head and nice lacing. Smell is sweet and rich with bourbon and coconut.Taste is same, with vanilla and a tiny bit of astringency. Finishes with banana bread, and slight warming alcohol. AWESOME $5.45/12oz
egajdzis (3602), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 2, 2008 Poured a hazy red amber color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of cocoa, dried fruits, vanilla, citrus, resiny pine, caramel, and a bit of alcohol as well. Taste of caramel, pine, citrus, dark fruits, nougat, grapefruit hops, vanilla, and a bit of alcohol in the finish.
Goodgrief (1144), Middletown, Delaware, USA
Feb 18, 2008 Mar. 2007 - Old Ales being one of my favorite styles, and Founders being one of my favorite brewers, my high expectations were a little disappointed here. Pour was murky brown, like swamp water lots of yeasties floating around...no head or lacing. Aroma was thick caramel. Flavor was really sweet caramel and a strong fruity phenolic flavor that tasted more like bananas than any hefe I’ve had. Really sweet. The mouthfeel was really thick (can’t accuse this one of being watery), but very undercarbonated and flat, which made the sweetness mildly cloying. Very little bitterness to balance out all the sweetness. I never thought I’d say this, but the Sam Adams take on this style was far superior.
wetherel (1565), Encinitas, California, USA
Feb 9, 2008 Bonus bottle from Styles on 12/27/07. Styles is the man! Always great bonus beers. Poured cold with very little head. Cloudy dark amber. Some burn in my throat when I swallow. Sweet malty flavor. Aroma is light, maybe a little buttery maltiness. Maybe a hint of banana. This is an excellent awesome beer!
hopdog (5535), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 19, 2008 12oz bottle. Poured a medium and cloudy brownish / amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Lots of suspended particles. Aromas of vanilla, wood, bourbon, caramel, oak, earthy, brown sugar, and some spices. From the aromas, assume this is the ’06 aged in Bourbon Barrels (if not, it sure fooled me!). Tastes of bourbon, vanilla, caramel, darkfruits, and wood. Lacing left on the glass. Smooth and creamy body that was way too easy to drink. Alcohol content hidden. This was pretty damn good (I enjoyed it more and more as I drank it!).
ogglethorp (882), Ohio, USA
Jan 18, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy mhogany color with a small tan colored head. Aroma is bourbon, oak, caramel, tofee. Flavor is bourbon, oak, dark dried fruits, caramel, toffee. Palate is full bodied, mild carbonation, finishe sweet and boozey! Awesome stuff, I find this to be way more balanced than the Backwoods.
shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
Jan 16, 2008 12oz 2006 bottle. About 1 year old. Poured into a snifter the color is a muddy brown and the head is a clumpy layer of white cream and lace. The aroma is rich caramel malts and a touch of alcohol. Flavor is equally rich but not nearly as sweet as I had anticipated. The flavors are hard to pick but I guess this just isn’t my style of old ale.
GG (1613), NorCal, California, USA
Jan 16, 2008 Founders hits the bullseye once again with this excellent beer. It’s rare when you find a brewery that consistantly makes outstanding beer, so I know whenever I see the Founders name on the label that I’m in for something tasty. The beer pours out a deep, dark copper/amber color, 1 finger thick head with not much lacing. First aromas I could pick up were wood, bourbon, and light fruits with an underlying mapley sweet character that I found very enjoyable. Flavors were simply fantastic. The tastes that immediately hit you is the combo of oak/woody and caramel malts which is fantastic. Bourbon, light smoke and vanilla round out the flavors, but this is one hugely malty beer. I absolutely loved it.
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