Thwaites Old Dan (Bottle)

Brewed by Thwaites
Style: Old Ale
Blackburn, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, malt extract, fruit cake, light toffee. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111209]

bottle at home ... copper red ... thin lacing ... toffee malts ... little metallic ... not a great nose ... sweet berry fruits ... toffee malts ... dark sugers ... decent body ... really not much to it ... especially for 7% ... not bitter ... not over sweet ... its got flavour ... but not sure what

18th January 2012
Clear bright amber beer. Tidy cream coloured head. Estery fruits on the nose. Light dry palate, a little crisp. Sweetish malt with estery banana and and a trace of sweet peach candy fruits. Minerals and mild lactose. Finishes with an alcohol evaporating dryness. A little apple in the aftertaste. Not bad if not exactly subtle!

Bottled, 330ml from Waitrose, Headington, Oxon. Tawny chestnut with off white, explosive, head. Difficult pour due to the refermentation but got it just right. Classy smooth beer, some port like characteristics, rich with a spicy but not spiced hoppy flavour. Lasting, more Belgian Ale than Old Ale to me. Really very decent.

Bottle: Chestnut-amber coloured, hazy with a small off-white foamy layer, dried fruits and sweet dark malt in the nose, combined with traces of metal and a light acidity; bitter-sourish flavour, pretty light bodied, short caramelly-fruity finish, a light acidity detectable in the aftertaste. Completely disappointing...

(bottle, 33cl) Cloudy, amber to copper colour with a medium-sized and slightly tanned foamy head. Sour and slightly sweet cara-malty aroma with notes of dark and red berries and a tinge of leather. Mildly bitter and slightly sour flavour, medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Moderately toasted malty taste with caramel and vinous fruity notes, accompanied by a tinge of vinegar; bitter and vaguely sweet malty finish with berry-fruits, caramel and a touch of vinegar in the aftertaste. A likeable and mildly sour Old Ale. 21.VII.12

Amber-orange pour with a lightly white head. The aroma is quite plummy and sweet with a little bit of estery dried fruit along with some sweet malt. A little bit of booziness along with some sweet fruit. Plummy and slightly sweet. A touch of fruit. Decent, if fairly typical brew. A pronounced, sweet fruitiness.

Bottled. A chestnut coloured beer with an off-white thin head. A fruity malty aroma with hints of spiciness. Quite cakey in the mouth. Good spiciness and sweet malts. Boozy and with candied fruits flavours. I liked this.

Bottle. Copper red with a beige foam. Aromas are weetabix and cereal with fudge and blackberries with stewed pear. Earthy leaves with herbal notes and hints of aniseed. Flavours are sweet toffee with ripe pear and brown sugar with cereal. Mellow lemon with blackcurrants and spices with alcohol. Fruity and malty but a little bit rough around the edges.

Bottle purchased from Tesco Extra, Aylesbury, Bucks Wednesday 10th August 2011 Consumed at Cropredy Festival, Nr Banbury, Oxon Friday 11th August 2011. Pours dark amber, full of banana, toffee, toffee apple and with a bit of bitterness. Fine. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5