Harveys Old Ale (Bottle)

Brewed by Harveys
Style: Mild Ale
Lewes, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottled. Pours a dark reddish brown with a small, light brown head. Aromas are very subtle, but primarily sweet malt. Flavour is a slightly bitter start, with a smooth malty finish - again, all very subtle. Not a bad beer, but Harveys do plenty of better ones.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown colour with a thin white head, malty aroma, the taste is malty and bitter with a short dry finish.

Umm, tastes of boiled sweets and soft reedy water. Weak peppery bitter finish. Dark brown in colour with an aroma of candy floss. I like it. I like this kind of beer. It’s not stuffed full of industrial-disinfectant levels of hops nor is it as strong as wine. It’s good old fashioned sustaining beer. ...and long may it stay so.

Bottle from an off licence in Hove, on Church Road, bought 15th Sept 2012. 500ml. Transparent, dark mahogany. Pours light brown head. Flat, no carbonation. Aroma - Weak; not much there at all, other than malt, which smells sweet, very bready, with some dark, rich fruitiness and molasses and faint roastiness. It smells quite nice, if a bit on the malty side, but it’s just quite a weak aroma and not that interesting. Taste is sweet, very malty, a bit fruity, some very slight chocolatey roast, but other than that, fairly bland and uninteresting. Unbalanced: Only the faintest tang of some mild, spicy hops. Minerally. The palate is a bit watery & soapy. Uninteresting, a bit too malty, but drinkable.

Bottle at home (Harveys Online) - 22/09/12. Pours a very dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head that soon dissipates. Malty nutty nose, slightly earthy, a little chocolate balsamic vinegar in the background. Toasted malts, barley, light toffee and nuts in the taste. Light to medium bodied, a little watery with soft carbonation present. An OK drinkable mild vergeing towards bland at times.

Bottle at the Copenhagen Beer Celebration Tune-Up, London. Thanks to...Duff, from RateBeer? Pours red-brown with a creamy, beige foam head. Some berries and toast in the nose. Medium sweet flavor with some berries, other ripe fruits, some bread. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, pretty basic, with some further ripe fruits and bread. Nice, easy-going ’old ale’. Pretty nice character for the low ABV.

Bottle at Scopey’s Pre-CBC tune-up. The pour’s deep brown with a tight tan head. The nose is slightly spicy tomato chutney and raisin bread, some caramel and light chocolate. The taste is deep and malty. I taste notes of fruitcake, dark grapes and spices. Light chocolate. The body’s a bit thin and watery. Overall, decent but not particularly exciting.

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, caramel, chocolate, licorice and wood notes, light vanilla. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. [20120113]

Bottle from the Bitter End Offie, Bromley. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Chocolate, raisin, caramel and toffee aroma. Licorice, toffee and figs in the flavour. Nice ’n’ sweet. Sweet, malty finish. Damn it I liked this one.

Pours dark reddish brown with lots of bubbles int eh glass. Reminiscent of Coca-cola. Nose is deep rich caramel malt with a little bit of roast malt in there. Taste is brown sugar maltiness, Vimto fruit, and smooth finish. Very much a mild and not a bad one at all. Very drinkable mild.