RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

North Coast Old Stock Ale

North Coast Old Stock Ale  - Barley Wine

* picture credits
copyright may apply

 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Fort Bragg, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
12563.89/5.03.89/5.0Winter12.5%92.3Snifter
View Statistics  P 

Commercial Description:
As a continuation of North Coast Brewing Co.’s commitment to quality, our Old Stock Ale is crafted in the tradition of our critically acclaimed Pranqster Belgian Style Golden Ale and Old Rasputin Imperial Stout. It’s brewed with classic floor-malted Maris Otter Pale Malt and Fuggles Hops imported from England, so it’s a beer to be served proudly. Like a fine wine, North Coast’s Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down. With an original gravity of over 1100 and a generous hopping rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round-out and mellow with age. North Coast Brewing Co. Old Stock Ale is a vintage dated ale. We produce a small quantity each year and it remains available from release date until our stock is depleted.

pre-2006 ABV: 11.4%.
2006 vintages: 11.6% & 13.25%.
2007 vintage: 11.7%.
2008 vintage: 12.5%.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 Imperial-John (154), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Oct 1, 2008  
2006 bottle. Bubbly murky brown with creamy tan head that coats glass as it thins. Sweet oakey whiskey aroma. As aroma would suggest, wweet oakey raisin whiskey taste with clean aftertaste. Very warming and so smooth for 13.25%. It brought a tear to my eye as I drank this as it is the last of the 2 I had. This and Old Rasputin are 2 of my highest ratings. Thank you North Coast, hope to see you again soon.


 Illini08 (528), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 1, 2008  
2007 bottle. Picked up at Brawley’s in Charlotte, NC. Dark amber pour with no real head to speak of. Very vinous aroma, dried fruits, maybe some leather, vanilla, some booze. Sticky sweet flavor. Fruity, some caramel and molasses. Not much in the way of hops. A bit of booze noticable in the finish. Pretty smooth on the palate. A little sweet stickiness as well. Enjoyable and I think it will get better with more age.


 timsilvia32 (445), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 29, 2008    Updated: Oct 31, 2008
2008, Solid amber pour, very slight cream head that dissappated quickly. Big sweet malty aroma. Tastes of the same with carmal/toffee, slight fig, raisin. Carbonation stays up front with very little hop prescence to speak of, making it a bit sticky. This reminded me more of an old ale, which I enjoy much more than barley wine. Thought this was good and will only get better with a little age. Update 10/30/2008 Alcohol does seem more present in the 2007.


 mgermani (862), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/515/20
Sep 29, 2008  
2008 Vintage</I

Pours a crystal clear amber with a thin ring of foam. Aroma is sweet and strong, present alcohol and dark fruit. Very sweet tasting, bubblegum and caramel, touch of bittering hops in the finish with warming alcohol, not particularly complex. Moderate carbonation but a nice gooey body. I will save one of these for aging, but at this point there’s just not enough going on here. Will try again in a year or two.


 Steely (149), , Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 28, 2008  
Dark red/brown color with creamy and fizzy beige head, quickly disappearing with no trace in the glass. Thick sweet aroma with roasted malt, burnt sugar, toffee and newly-baked juicy dark bread. Rich very sweet malt flavor with hints of syrup, brown sugar and dark bread. A dominating alcohol-warming finish.


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 27, 2008  
Crushed with Jakebra among others. Pretty damn fantastic. The nerdbra next to me kept saying all he tasted was chocolate, and all I wanted him to do was shut up. Top notch barley wine if you ask me.


Cozytoesflava (3), milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of North Coast Old Stock Ale  does not count
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/104/519/20
Sep 27, 2008  
This beer is a true gem. With a small head, this beer offers a robust flavor and aroma. The sexy complexion and body rivals that of Jessica Alba, with not much to see through.


 Linnet (107), , Sweden
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Sep 27, 2008  
2008. Appearence dark reddish colour. smal beige head. Aroma dark fruit plums spice and alkohol. flavour warming, very soft complex. reminds me of brooklyns monster ale in character. Should almost be a law to put a warning label on beers that are this strong but easy to drink! Will be interesting to see how my two remaining 2008 will age!



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More Barley Wines

Lost Abbey The Angels Share (Bourbon Barrel) (4.2)

AleSmith Barrel Aged Old Numbskull (4.14)

Lost Abbey The Angels Share (4.11)

Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine (4.09)

Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine (4.06)

Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood (4.06)

Victory Old Horizontal (4.04)

AleSmith Old Numbskull (4.03)

Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (2003-) (4.02)

Marin Old Dipsea Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine Style Ale (3.98)

Barley Johns Barrel-Aged Rosies Ale (Batch 2) (3.98)

Flossmoor Station Wooden Hell (3.98)

Midnight Sun Arctic Devil Barley Wine (3.98)

Three Floyds Bourbon Behemoth (3.97)

Third Coast Old Ale (3.97)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC