Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Ale

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boston, Massachusetts USA

12 fl oz bottle. Pours amber and hazy with a little lacing head. Malty and slight spied aroma. Sweet malty with a distinct spice note. Has ginger, cinnamon and ginger. Somewhat too much. Even for christmas. Ends spiced.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Slightly hazy, dark amber golden with an off-white head. Lightly fruity nose. Medium in body with lightly sweet, roasted malt with some spicy touches. Prertty much no bitterness. 180907

Hazy dark chestnut color; creamy head. Aroma of sweet chocolate, caramel, light vanilla, toffee. The flavor is not up to expectations, maybe a bit dry, with respectably good caramel flavor, but with a vegetables touch too. These beers are not my kind, but it’s not too bad.

Had this beer on 12/2/2003. Aroma is a rich sweet malt scent. Color is a deep rich amber with low carbonation and a thin head. Taste rich and mildly bitter. Starting with a full medium body it goes down with a crisp, thick feel. Finish is a rich malt feel but is light on flavor with a mild bitterness. Its just is not a well rounded beer, It comes on good but is lacking in the end.

Name: Old Fezziwig Ale
Date: 12/27/1995
Mode: Draft

dark brown ale, nutmug and orange aroma, sweet ale with a spicy aftertaste
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Date: 02/12/1996

dark ruby, thin fine tan head, sweet fruity spicy aroma with hints of a tart plum, rich malt flavor with bursts of fruit character and chocolate malt, hints of cinamon, just the slightest bit of tartness in the background
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Date: 11/09/2006
Mode: bottle
Words: Harry’s

big nutmeg aroma with a bit of cinamon, rich chocolate malt flavor with lots of caramel sweetness and fruity character, well balanced by a big blend of spices including cinamon and nutmeg, light bitterness in the finish, a classic as timeless as Dickens himself

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Pours brown with a small fizzy off white head. The head is fully diminishing with no lacing. The aroma is malty with some toasted, roasted and caramel malts. There is also the aroma of spices. The flavor is quite malty caramel, roasted and toasted malts, along with some molasses and a touch of coffee. The spices are cinnamon, ginger and coriander. The body is medium with a dry and oily texture and lively carbonation.

Darker brown with reddish tinges, remarkably clear with a nice vanilla tinged head. Sweet, fruit cake flavours a touch of coffee but the spices are more muted than I expected. A touch thin and a bit sour/citrus (mandarins) in the finish.

This was a pleasant surprise last winter. Take the coldest night of the year, a yearning for some beer, and a Fezziwig’s in the fridge. "Spice / Herb / Vegetable" is right -- this beer is like cinnamon and chocolate and cookies, and is actually good! I’m not a fan of the Christmas Spice type of beer, but this one I like.