 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Perfectly black body with a light tan head clinging to the sides of the snifter. The aroma is much milder than the 16 year old. It has notes of oak and only some light peat. There is also some dusty caramel and old leather. The taste has light notes of leather and toffee up front. In the finish, you get some fresh grass clippings and some tobacco. There is also a hint of salty seaweed, and it is interesting. A nicely crafted brew that I enjoyed more than the 16 year old.
SDalkoholic (1186), Chula Vista, California, USA
Jul 13, 2008 Bottle from South Bay Drugs. Pours a dark black liquid with a small o-ring of foam. The nose is a dark malt with a background of bourbon or wood barrels. The flavor has a strong tasting of coffee and woody whiskey barrels, it also has bitter hop bite to it with a hearty dosage of warm alcohol.
Bigmmartin (366), Dayton, Ohio, USA
Jul 13, 2008 Bottle. Enjoyable Old Ale. Contains some sweet roasted malts in the aroma. Taste is sweet malt, chocolate, a few hops sneak in there as well. You can also taste the results of the cask aging, with a slight whiskey flavor as well. ABV is noticeably present, but not too much. A pretty good British beer that will make me go try Old Engine Oil as well.
12many (231), Ohio, USA
Jul 12, 2008 Bottle and first from these guys. Impressive for a random beer from Belmont’s. Lots of dark malt on the nose with some bitter hops but I can’t really identify what kind. Very sweet with a long bitterness at the end. Smooth palate which lays on the tongue for a while. Not bad.
Sammy (3934), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jul 9, 2008 First of the series, retrieved at State Line Liquor, and most promising. Aroma is of an imperial stout with some whiskey. Black body. Creamy mouthfeel with whiskey,chocolate, ah a drinkable pleasure rather than bourbon. A bit woody. Most satisfying.
jimhilt (1663), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
Jun 30, 2008 Pours a one finger brown head that fades slowly to a thin layer, leaving some lace. Totally black, no highlights. Light carbonation and heavy bodied. Sweet whiskey nose. Flavor is sweet oak and whiskey with hints of sweet smokiness. Nice old ale. $8.95 for a 330ml bottle from Colonial Spirits Acton, Ma bottled Sep 2007.
JK (2945), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
Jun 28, 2008 A very dry beer with no hop presence. Lots of sweet malt in the aroma. Flavor is dry with more grain and very good smoke with peat. Dry flavor and dry on the palate with an earthy character. Very nice.
thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Jun 26, 2008 This delicious brew from Indianapolis, IN was marked bottle #12948 from Sept of 2007. It poured a fully diminished head that later miraculously foamed up to small then quickly disappeared. Never saw a brew do that before. The head was made up of fine to medium sized bubbles which left behind an opaque black colored body with no visible carbonation and a n oily lacing. The aroima was of mild whiskey and strong burnt malts. The mouth feel was strongly tingly and stout like from start to finish. The flavor contained notes of mild malts strong dark malts and mild whiskey.
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