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North Coast Old Stock Ale

North Coast Old Stock Ale

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A Barley Wine brewed by
North Coast Brewing Company

Fort Bragg, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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10823.9/5.03.89/5.0Winter12.5%87.8Snifter P  Stats

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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 Ungstrup (11378), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
May 8, 2004  
[Vintage 2002] A red beer with no head. Both the flavor and aroma is sweet and dominated by cowberries.


 omhper (10728), Stockholm, Sweden
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/105/517/20
Jan 3, 2002  
Mahogny coloured. Big malty beer. Sweet with dried fruit aroma. Very bitter. Very good.


 Papsoe (10459), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/516/20
Jun 6, 2005    Updated: Mar 6, 2006
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Dark brown with a ruby-red hue. Nice ligh tbrown head that collapses rather quickly though. Clear and filtered. Dry, vinous nose. Complex, full notes of dried fruit and an oaky, wooden touch. Some sweetness with a dry, bitter finish - but far from the extreme. Incredibly solid and chewy beer - the kind you can enjoy sip by sip for hours almost. A lovely Barley Wine. 060605


 Oakes (6979), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/517/20
Sep 3, 2001  
Dark amber, with little head and a mild carbonation; Aroma like cognac, although a few of us were tasting this and arguing over which kind of spirit we were smelling. Smooth palate, as the malts wash over you. I’ve never had a beer this big with Maris Otter before. Warming, complex and delicious. A fireside ale.


 yespr (6889), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 18, 2008  
12 fl oz bottle, 2004. Pours slight cloudy deep amber/light brown with a diminished off-white head. Solid overripe and dried fruit aroma, into wineous notes. Liqourice like flavoured with a solid caramel malt base. Growing bitterness into the finish. Very smooth fruity note lingering inbetween the fullbodied brew. Nicely balanced and smooth into the finish with an intense and slowly declining flavour.



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