Old Mill Elora Irish Ale

Brewed by Trafalgar Brewing
Style: Irish Ale
Oakville, Canada

RateBeerians Tasting - Beach Brews. Bottle: Frankly I can brew a better ale than this.

RateBeerians Tasting - Beach Brews. Bottle: Frankly I can brew a better ale than this.

650ml bottle
5.0% ABV
I tried this beer on March 18, 2008 after purchasing from my one of local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a beautiful translucent dark red colour with a very thin white head that dissipates quite quickly. The aroma was roasted malt, and some nutty hints. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied, with high carbonation. The flavour was all over the place, there was roasted malt, some soapy sourness, and a little hint of bitterness.

Bottle - 650ml. Pours a dark copper body with average carbonation and a fading off-white creamy head. Fair malty aroma with bready and nutty hints. However, taste is slightly misbalanced. It carries toasted bread and roasted nuts notes and ends with a short bitter/sour finish. Boring, but not undrinkable.

Bouteille de 650 ml, acheté le 12/01/08 au LCBO De Rideau et King Edward (Ottawa). À noté que le nom de Trafalgar n’est pas écrit sur l’étiquète. Rousse foncée mi-vaseuse, pas de collet. Arome de biscuits aux fruits confits, chocolat aux noix. Goût légèrement sûrette, fruits secs et noix caramelisé passable.

Dark amber color, with almost no head, toasted, biscuity malt nose, with some cookie dough notes,with some hints of chocolate, toffee and chestnut, with some fruity accents of plum and date in the aroma follows through on medium-bodied palate with a a toasty, biscuity, grainy malt character, a fruity note of prunes and raisins, with some toffeeish and nutty accents, with a subtle chocolatey flavor, a faint flowery hop grassiness, leading towards a malty, chocolatey,lingering hop bitterness finish.

Pours a clear brownish amber with no head. Pungent aroma of vaguely sweet mold. Tastes somewhat artificial - lots of hops but skunky, like a trashy bottled Euro-lager. Ugh. Flat & thin. I am SO glad I didn’t invite my father to share this with me. Ah well, try everything once.

Brown bottle, 650 ml, best before March 2008, savoured on December 14 2007; eye: brown with a reddish hue, clear, slight effervescence, beige head that disappears almost immediately; nose: malt, caramel, stale, a bit spicy; mouth: thin, a bit of malt, a bit of hops, a bit of caramel, a bit stale, a bit spicy, finale with a hint of bitterness, lighgtly bitter and sweet, medium body, average carbonation; overall: so? FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, meilleure avant Mars 2008, savourée le 15 décembre 2007; œil : brune avec une teinte rougeâtre, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse beige qui disparaît aussitôt; nez : malt, caramel, éventée, un peu épicée; bouche : mince, un peu de malt, un peu de houblon, un peu de caramel, un peu éventée, un peu épicée, finale avec une petite pointe d’amertume, légèrement amère et sucrée, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : bof!