3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
My bottle [750ml] shared with HogTownHarry, garthicus, GregClow, jerc & mabel -- c/o Glouglouburp. 2007 vintage. Pours a murky amber-red with an average size semi-lasting bubbly off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, toffee, light hops, dark fruit and some light sugary sweetness. Flavour of caramel malt, a bit of spice, dark fruit and a touch of sweetness. Average bodied. Maybe a touch past it’s due but still very good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to Blankboy. 2007 bottle. Appearance: rich golden red, medium brown head. Aroma: rich, dark fruit, quite aromatic, berries. Flavour: dark fruit, medium body, malty, quite a good amount of spice. Long Christmas pudding finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I purchased the 2008 Vintage of the Old Ale from the Phoenixville restaurant. Unfortunately, I wasn’t too thrilled with it. The beer poured a murky and cloudy brown color. The tan head only last for a moment, then faded away to just about nothing. There wasn’t any lacing around the glass, either. The nose was mostly sweet and bready malts. The flavors were also very malty and sweet, with an alcohol undertone.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours dark brown. Tan head. Nose/taste of stone fruit, dark fruit, malt, nuts, caramel and dried nectarine. Medium body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hints of dark fruit. Sweetish fruity malty caramel flavor with dark fruit hints. Has a fruity malty sweetish caramel finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
’09 bottle. What a kooky/funky nose. Definitely an old ale. Sour stone fruit, prunes, sweet caramel malt.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A: This beer pours amber, maybe copper, in color with a surprisingly large khaki colored head.
S: Toffee, molasses, and brown sugar on the nose, making up most of the bouquet. A pretty decent dark fruit character, with raisins and plums, and definitely a strong alcohol aroma. A bit of toasted bread is there as well. Not bad, but the aromas are all kind of "flat" and boring.
T: Sweet is mostly how the beer tastes. There is not a big emphasis on the heavy caramel flavors that I expect from an old ale. Some decent bread and brown sugar flavor, maybe some minimal fruit notes.
M: The body is medium with a medium carbonation.
D: This was a decent enough of beer, but sort of boring and one note. Not the rich and deep flavors I associate with an old ale.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
2008 bottle. Pours a clear straw yellow color with no head. Aroma caramel, honey with a matching flavor. Very malty. Excellent beer!!!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
08, courtesy of pittsburghkid, thanks! a nice solid old ale, the nose is a bit faint on it, but the taste and body are better. nice and smooth, this one went down really fast.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
750mL, Holiday Vintage 2008. Slightly hazy medium orange with a small yellowish creamy head. Sweet caramel. Sweet grainy nose with some white grape, some toast. Flavor is much the same, grapey and toasty and sweet grainy. Bitterness peaked at a 2-3 in the slightly alcoholic finish. Modewte carbonation with a full body. Not bad, but sweet.
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