Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog Ale (2008 and earlier)

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

This is a cloudy one, the dark brown body is translucent at best. Big malts in the aroma, mostly nuts. There’s a little heat in the swallow. I’d like to see the alcohol a little better concealed in a beer that’s only 7%.

Bomber from tweety and brewsandbbq. Pours brownish red with a tan head. Nose is sweet and malty. Taste is rich and malty with a big kick of fruit that is impossible to miss. Overall its a pretty interesting interpretation of the style, with a lot of complexity and intricacies. I have to agree with JPDIPSO, it tastes much hotter for some reason than 7% listed.

On tap @ Coles Buffalo NY. Pours a depp amber orange. Rich malts aroma. Notes of whiskey, wood, vanilla. Syrupy & full mouthfeel. Taste is loaded up with rich malts, dense caramel, wood, whiskey malt. Vey complex here. Slight booziness. good brew

Bottle. Pours deep dark amber with quickly dissipating head. Aroma is not strong but definite malt sweetness, bubblegum, and fruit with fig and port. Thick full mouthfee if not a bit syrupy. Flavor is all malt with minimal fruitiness. Nice slightly hoppy finish which breaks up the sweetness. Bit of alcohol but not too noticeable. Very good stuff.

(22 oz. bottle (2008) from McKean and Charles) A warm and malty treat...Pours hazy tawny amberish brown. Aroma of milk chocolate, earth/leather and light toasted caramel. Mouthfeel medium-full, a touch fizzy and just a touch sticky toward finish. Nice fine curtains and light weepy rings of lacing. Flavors of licorice, chocolate and toasty caramel with some tea and brown sugar. Warming alcohol presence if not a touch hot. Bitterness builds and provides a nice pinch through finish. Lingering bitterness in aftertaste along with chocolate and licorice/Fisherman’s Friend. Enjoyed this as much as any Smuttynose I’ve had.

22oz. Bottle. 2008 Batch. Ruddy brown color with an off white head. Aroma of wood and leather, could be described as earthy. Flavor is dominated by malt, but is not overly sweet. Also exhibits traces of vanilla, raisins, caramel, toffee and oddly some type of tropical fruit (pineapple?). Fairly well carbonated with a mildly syrupy and sticky mouthfeel. Long lasting and fruity in the finish, almost tangy with a note of alcohol warmth. Good stuff.

Dark brown pour, spicy malt aromas, slight offwhite head. Very rich, sweet caramel malt mellow flavor. Better than I thought it would be, very enjoyable, i will be buying more of this

Man did I like this more than expected. No strange bitter hop flavor from some other Smuttys I have had. Blew away regular dog. Sweet and malty and maybe some raisin. Smooth and drinkable with just the right amount of hops to balance out the rich body.