Madison Old 76 Strong Ale

Brewed by Madison Brewing Company & Pub
Style: English Strong Ale
Bennington, Vermont USA

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Sampler at restaurant. Modest brown, not quite clear, tiny head. Smoooth drinking with a little warming sensation in the finish. Stone fruit.

On tap at the brewpub Pours a clear reddish brown color with a smallish tan head that dissipates almost instantly. Smells of cherries and other dark pitted fruits, alcohol and a plastic phenolic in there as well. Taste is a mix of cherry syrup and alcohol on top of a malty backbone. Medium to thick body, light carbonation, sweet sticky mouthfeel. I had high hopes for this one, but as has been my experience with Madison brewing thus far this beer is OK but nothing special.

tap at Brewpub - Lovely nut and chocolate figs. Toffee malts sweet & sticky. Big flavor, parts work but something odd in the balance.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear dark amber brown with a thick white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt. Flavor of sweaty hops, sweet malt. Decent, not very exciting, but drinkable. 6/4/6/3/13 [3.2/5]

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear deep amber with a light brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was full of sweet malts with bread and caramel present and just a bit of backing grapefruit. Flavor started with the same sweet notes, had a bit of fruit come in and some grapefruit in the finish.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours copper with a white head. Smells of dark raisins, caramel, earthy. Tastes spicy with some dark fruity elements on the finish.

Verre de dégustation, provenant d’un fût, au Vermont Brewers Festival 2010 (Burlington, VT). Arôme: Légère odeur de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est cuivrée. Saveur: Goût de caramel. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #3132)

Tap->juice glass: Pours a thin, white head atop a dark, clear, brown body. Sweet aroma (not much else), medium body, and a bitter finish.

on tap-pours a tan head and cloudy deep copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, cherry, some spice/earthy hops. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, cherry/raisin, some spice/earthy hops. Soft carbonation. Medium body.

A dark clear reddish amber ale with a thin off white head. A light caramel aroma, light British aroma. In mouth, a rather weird nutty roasted malt, a bit light. Not bad, but not outstanding. On tap at brewpub, August 2 2009.