Iron Hill Old Ale

Brewed by Iron Hill Newark
Style: Old Ale
Newark, Delaware USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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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.

#13 [Blind tasting @ Papsoe] Large creamy beige head that mostly lasted. Good display of lacework. Light cloudy to muddy colour. Grapefruit, pine, elderflower, citrus. Apricot, caramel. Over the palate notes of sweet fruit. Medium bodied with a dry texture a soft carbonation. Moderated sweet and bitter flavour. Dry and sweet crystallized malty finish. 3 / 6 / 7 / 4 / 14 = 3.4

Bottle of the 2005 at BCTC. Pours a hazy brown with ruby highlights and a medium tan head. Caramel, slightly oxidized plum notes. Malty, with some caramel and plum echoes, on a nice chewy body. Finishes lightly bitter.

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.

25.6 oz. bottle. Pours opague brown with a large beige head. Aroma of caramel malts, citrus, fruit, slight hops to the nose also. Flavor is smooth, carbonated, citrus, slightly hoppy, caramel, slight roasted notes in the finish also. Good body, decent brew.

Big Bottle thanks to footbalm 2004 vintage. Pours out a cloudy brown topped with a nice white head. Aroma is a little past the prime I think. A little dust and light sweetness. Taste is a little nutty along with some sweet caramel and more of the dusty old.

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma of citrus, fruit, and caramel. Flavor is caramel, bitterness, roast. Not a good style for me, but drinkable.

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.

Pours a hazy brown color, off white head. Aroma is vodka and grain alcohol. Flavor is sweet and boozy some port and brandy notes to it. A bit of spice... ehh...n ot getting it.

Bottle. A light hazy dark amber beer with a big tan head. The aroma is dusty, caramel malt, beer de garde like, honey and spicy, the taste is sweet dusty, caramel malt, honey and spicy. Medium body with a dry dusty finish.