Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog Ale

[1353-20080517] 1pt6floz bottle. Heavy fruity yeast aroma with Belgian yeast malt. Slightly hazy, bright red amber body with a creamy off-white head. Smoky yeast flavour has thick sweet malt. Full body has a smoky grains feel. Interesting big beer.
(Vintage 2007; c/o rudolf, w/ others)

22oz, Bottle Conditioned in 2007 thanks to . . . . puzzl, perhaps? I don’t recall--I think I’ve been holding on to this for around a year. Clear orange brown with a 1 1/2 finger yellow beige head, pretty good retention. Aroma of toasted and caramel malts (low to moderate sweetness), some raisins and tobacco. Flavor was a bit roastier with some added sweet cereal grain notes, and some nuts--pecans? Still plenty raisiny with some light tobacco. Semi-dry roasty finish with bitterness peaking around a 3. No alcohol present, but then again, it’s only 7%. Light to moderate carbonation with a medium body. For whatever reason, I thought Old Ale (love the style) and Smuttynose (great brewery) would have made this beer totally rockin’! It wasn’t, but it was good, so only a slight disappointment.

On tap at blind tiger. Malty aroma. Cloudy amber color. Moderately sweet malt roasted finish. Creaminess in the palate.

Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours coppery enough that I can’t see Quake1028 through it. It also has a tan foam head. The aroma is roasty, musty caramel, dark dark fruity esters and a bit of alcohol heat. The taste is sweet that builds to caramel and dark fruitiness before some molasses runs through the back bone of the beer. Some pine hop bitterness rides along from front to back. Not the best interpretation of the style but tasty.

Bottle courtesy of someone in the Tampa Crew. Pours amber with a one finger tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of caramel and a hint of dark fruit. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness. Very boring for an Old Ale.