Lazy Boy Old Ale

Brewed by Lazy Boy Brewing
Style: Old Ale
Everett, Washington USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

Draught at Brouwer’s Cafe during Hard Liver 2007: Ruby colored, moderate off-white head, sticky lacing.   Malty nose, mix of dark pitted fruit and pale fruit skin on the tongue.   Bready malt flavored start, semi-sweet, slight dark pitted fruit.   Moderate body and moutheel.   Doesn’t feel big enough to be a Barley Wine, well at least as to how it is for this Barley Wine fest.   Body and mouthfeel are quite moderate.   Not big enough tho.   Clean finish, bready, with a combination dark pitted fruit and pale fruit skin ending.   Meaty, malty, semi-sweet, with a soft dark ptited fruit aspect.   Not quite the Old Ale I was expecting, but still enjoyable.

Brilliant dark amber colour. Aroma of brown sugar and earthy chewiness. Full body. Has a chewy body with a toasty note. Worthy of further exploration.

On tap at BBP for their Barleywine Fest. This one was pretty light and not very complex...not much to it. A bit tart for a barleywine. Good to see new beers from Lazy Boy....and this is decent, but nothing crazy.