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North Coast Old Stock Ale

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99
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
12623.89/5.03.89/5.0Winter12.5%92.4Snifter
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%.
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 BeerFanDan17 (610), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Jul 6, 2009  
Tastes more like a tripel or quad than a barley wine style ale. Incredibly flavorful, full bodied and bold. Nice ABV. Flavors are dark and pitted fruits with great balance. Pours dark golden, almost brown with a quick busy head.


 ljstephenson (112), Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 4, 2009  
Dark ruby-brown pour with a disappearing white head, aroma is dried fruit and oak, flavor is strong with malt and bitterness, well balanced and thick, finishes dry, slightly bitter and keeps the dried fruit presence throughout.


 leeburg (148), Juneau, Alaska, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Jun 30, 2009  
2008 vintage, red-auburn with a moderate tan head. Love barleywine noses, and this was a nice potpourri. Like a fruit stand inside a flower shop, plus generous hops and barley. Flavors were thick, sticky sweet and strong, nicely balanced and followed the aroma profile. Alcohol was not as whelming as I thought 12.5% would be, and it didn’t feel like it was destroying my enamel the way other barleywines sometimes do.


 imadeadguy (378), back in NJ!, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 28, 2009  
Tap. Pour is deep amber/ruby with a fluffy off white head. Aromas of caramel, rasins, and dark fruits. This beer is full of hops, toffee, caramel, and sweet candied fruits. Awesome BW here.


 durhambeer (1200), Durham, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/103/517/20
Jun 27, 2009  
2007 bottle. Thought I had rated this before, but I guess not. Can’t figure out why I’m drinking so many heavy-ass beers this summer, but maybe this is why... might be the one that finally convinces me of the greatness of the style. Christ, this hits the spot. Pours deep muddy chesnut with a half-inch temporary off-white head that turns into a lingering ring. Smells of complex fruity caramel, cotton candy, toffee, nuts, golden raisins, and soft stewed fruits. Still good carbonation; even slightly prickly. I love it and wish Iike to have more of this vintage. Curious to see how the 04 and 05 vintages I have compare.


 zapprentice (310), East Setauket, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 24, 2009  
Aroma was not terrible, sweet and sugary notes. Taste was just not good, sweet boozy yuck


 LilBeerDoctor (1492), East Setauket, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Draft at Sunset Grill. Pours a dark amber with a white head. Aroma of sweet malt and jam. Flavor of super sweet malt, yeast (?). Overpowering sweetness and booze. Wow, I don’t know what other people see in this beer, but I don’t care for it. 6/4/5/3/11 (2.9/5)


bw1982 (73), , Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 19, 2009  
Bottle, 2008 vintage. I was trying to hold off, but I decided it was time to break one of these open. The color is a sort of dark copper, there is basically no head, but the few bubbles present were off-white. Aromas are pretty sweet, lots of barley and some malt. Flavor is overall sweet, but finishes with a really nice sweet/bitter balance. The bitters in this beer are surprisingly smooth. ABV is hidden pretty well, very smooth drinking beer for something with this power. I loved this beer.



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