Olde Burnside Brewing Co. Reviews

Arcanor	3 Olde Burnside Highland Wild Ale Friday, December 8, 2017
Arcanor	3 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Friday, December 8, 2017
Aggiebob	3.3 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Draft. It poured a murky brown with a tight off-white head and lacing. The malty aroma has hints of caramel and a light pine in the taste. It is medium bodied with a smooth finish. Tuesday, November 28, 2017
ScottishQueen5058	4 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Friday, September 29, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3 Olde Burnside Hop't Scot Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a soft hazy burnt orange almost amber color with a thin wisp of a little white head. No lace. The aroma had some dried floral components with a super dried bready malt. The flavor added in some earthy hop spice and crisped up that bready malt to seem to play with a moderate herbal quality. Aftertaste was fully dry with a sticky bitterness. The finish was pretty bitter. The palate was roughly medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt fine. Overall, what the heck is a Scottish IPA? I’m confused, but why does every nation think they need to do their own version of an IPA. Looking forward to the day of the Antarctica IPA. That’s what I’m really waiting for. Thursday, May 11, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.6 Olde Burnside American Red Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a semi-burnt amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated fairly quick. Light lace. The aroma had a thick caramel/toffee sweetness with some earthy to citrusy hops. Low bitterness. The flavor copied the aroma fairly decently. Little bit of roast at the end. Flowed evenly into the aftertaste and on into the finish. The feel was between a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt as projected by the brewer. Overall, pretty good red ale, almost an Irish red ale, but just a good all around beer to take down with a burger. Friday, May 5, 2017
rocbyter	3.5 Olde Burnside Weiss Beyond Our Years on tap at the brewery. Sweet and strong tart aroma with hints of spice. Cloudy golden color with a small white head. Light beginning that quickly develops a strong sour flavor throughout the middle and finish. Sunday, June 26, 2016
rocbyter	3.4 Olde Burnside The Session On tap at the brewery. Moderate spicy hop aroma. Cloudy orange color with a small white head. Sweet beginning with a light middle and bitter ending. Sunday, June 26, 2016
rocbyter	3.2 Olde Burnside Hop't Scot Grapefruit On tap at the brewery. Light grapefruit and moderate fresh hop pellet aroma. Clouy orange color with a small white head. Bitter beginning with a malty bitter finish. Sunday, June 26, 2016
rocbyter	3.6 Olde Burnside Burns the Wiser Moderate robust malt aroma. Dark brown color with a small tan head. Loght beginning with a strong chocolate finish. Saturday, June 18, 2016
BeersGoodnStuf	4 Olde Burnside Highland Fling Spring Ale Monday, March 14, 2016
decaturstevo	2.5 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Copper pour with fluffy white head. Aroma is caramel malt and spiciness. Flavor is a touch sour and funky. Two years old at least. Doesn’t adequate well at all. Saturday, December 26, 2015
BeersGoodnStuf	4 Olde Burnside Mons Meg Monday, November 23, 2015
BeersGoodnStuf	5 Olde Burnside Clandestine #1 Amazing Grace Thursday, November 12, 2015
johnnnniee	3.2 Olde Burnside Dirty Penny Bottle from Bert’s Slightly hazy auburn brown with a decent sized bubbly off white head. Rich caramel and hints of chocolate with bits of earth and fruit. Nothing extraordinary here. Tuesday, September 29, 2015
johnnnniee	2.9 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Bottle from Bert’s Slightly hazy golden amber color with a decent sized long lasting off white head. Rich caramel notes with plenty of apple-y berry fruitiness. Sweet, kind of thin, a bit bubbly, not horrible, but probably not something I’d seek out again. Tuesday, September 29, 2015
AirForceHops	2 Olde Burnside Hop't Scot 12 oz. bottle from Prost Beer and Wine, paid $1.75. Date on the bottle reads 8/7/2015, yet not stating if it’s best by or bottle on. Massively over-carbonated, like it had to sit a good 4 minutes after 6 oz of beer was poured. Aroma is odd. Thickly. Read malts with floral hops and pepper / spice. The flavor is a mild abrasive floral note in a watery texture. The floral hops are out of balance. It’s almost like drinking some kind of herbal extract. This is very unpleasant. After 3 oz this brew hit the bottom of the sink drain. After its all said and done I’m guessing the date of 8/ 2015 was best by. Saturday, September 26, 2015
ilikefire8873	3 Olde Burnside Dirty Penny Sunday, August 30, 2015
mansquito	3.3 Olde Burnside American IPA At the source: Pours orange with a white head. Aroma is citrusy, tropical fruit, with not too much malt backbone. Lingering hoppy aftertaste. This was a pretty standard IPA, but I could not complain about the quality. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mansquito	3 Olde Burnside American Red At the source: Pours red with an off-white head. Aroma is thick caramel and light hops. Taste is actually different from the aroma. Light Irish roast. Almost watery. Easy to drink. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mansquito	3.6 Olde Burnside Burns the Wiser At the source: Pretty brown pour with a creamy head. Aroma is toast, booze, and candy. Taste is sweet. Malty. Nice and interesting finish. Kind of like burnt butterscotch. Good. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mansquito	2.9 Olde Burnside Path of the Unknown At the source: pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is nutty and malty. Taste is malty and sweet. Light hops in there as well. Alcohol is well covered. Ain’t bad, but it ain’t special. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mansquito	3 Olde Burnside Father Christmas Highland Ale At the source: pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, eathiness, and the booze be covered well. Taste is slightly sweet and quite malty. Earthiness is everpresent. Ok. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mansquito	3.2 Olde Burnside Penny Weiz Ale At the source: pours golden with a white head. Aroma is orange and anlot of it along with heather. Have not had a heather beer in a while. Taste is like orange sherbert. Really similar to it. Kind of a seltzery in the mouthfeel. Weird. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mansquito	3 Olde Burnside Dirty Penny At the source: pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is slight roast and light caramel. Taste is lightly sweet with some chocolate. I preferred the normal ten penny. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mansquito	3.3 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale At the source: pours copper with a white head. Aroma is caramel and bread. Taste has a nice bitterness to it bit is mostlynice and sweet. Noce finish not too bad of a beer. I like it. Saturday, August 8, 2015
tekstr1der	3.8 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Clear copper pour with lasting, clingy off-white top. One of the strangest smelling beers I’ve encountered - intriguing though, with toast, earth and something resembling fruit. Flavor is similar, though malty with a fairly dry finish. Decent and interesting. Thursday, May 28, 2015
hampale	2.2 Olde Burnside Hop't Scot 12 oz. bottle - very disappointing. I would never have guessed that this was intended to be an English IPA style. I’ve enjoyed a few other Olde Burnside products but this one had no taste appeal at all and no resemblance to other English style IPA’s I’ve tasted. Tuesday, February 3, 2015
jkwood04	3.4 Olde Burnside Penny Weiz Ale On tap at the brewery. Pours hazy golden with a lacy, white head. Aroma of some tea, orange and citrus, some light malts and wheat, some hops, and some light spices. Flavor the same with a decent blend. Average texture. A unique beer for the style. Sunday, January 18, 2015
jkwood04	3.3 Olde Burnside Hop't Scot On tap at the brewery. Pours hazy amber with a lacy, off-white head. Aroma of some floral and lightly citrusy hops, pale and caramel malts, and some toast/bread. Flavor the same with a decent blend. Average texture. A decent beer. Sunday, January 18, 2015
jkwood04	3.4 Olde Burnside Mons Meg On tap at the brewery. Pours amber with a lacy off-white head. Aroma of citrusy and floral hops, pale and caramel malts, and some toast/bread. Flavor the same with the strong malts sort of taking away from the hops. Average texture. Not a bad beer but the malts could be less present. Sunday, January 18, 2015
alexsdad06	2.8 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Growler shared by someone at Natifest (from notes). Pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a small off white head. The aroma was pretty weak having some herbals, tea, toasted bread. The flavor had the toasted bread, some herbal notes, tea, a hint of smoke. Not much going on here. Sunday, November 23, 2014
jcwattsrugger	3.3 Olde Burnside Hop't Scot 12oz bottle. Pours retaining offwhite head with lacing-gold. A-floral, bready-lt malt. T-floral/herbal/spice hops with some bite, bready-lt malt. A slight sweetness comes out midpalate as it gets towrds cellar temp. Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Travlr	2.7 Olde Burnside Father Christmas Highland Ale Bottle. Clear amber color, bright white edge head. Aroma of earthy and dirty brownie. Taste is dusty, earthy, herbal. Friday, August 22, 2014
samsmith33	2.7 Olde Burnside Dirty Penny On tap at the ginger man,nyc. Appearance...dark brown, Aroma...mush, dark fruit, somewhat nondistinct. Taste...a little sour, plum, malt, orange rind. Ok beer, tough to categorize. I might even taste some copper. Saturday, August 9, 2014
bnokk	1.9 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Old Burnside Brewing Company Ten Penny Ale. Growler, 50 W Naitfest ‘14 APPEARANCE: golden color, perfectly see-through. No head to speak of. NOSE: not much of anything. FLAVOR: very much a lager type flavor. It wants to be an ale, but I’m not feeling it. I feel a bit of the scotch flavor in it. But only a bit. NOTES: Honestly, this is not my favorite style (straight up ale, or scotch). This beer is ok, not awesome. Friday, August 8, 2014
JStax	3.5 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Growler pour shared at Natifest. Pours a clear copper with a white head of foam The aroma is bready and mildly hoppy. Medium body and medium carbonation. Monday, August 4, 2014
rondphoto	3.3 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Thanks to John @ Natifest / Cincinnati OH --- Medium amber, solid rim head, thin streaks of lace. Taste is sweet caramel malt that grows a little stronger in the palate, then adds light hops for solid balance in a lingering finish. A simple brew, but one that works well, particularly regarding the caramel malt. Sunday, August 3, 2014
phaleslu	2.8 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale 64 oz. growler shared by John at Natifest - thanks again! A couple new CT breweries for me. Looks pretty light for the style, like the recent attempt at a Scottish ale by MadTree. Aroma of soap, tea, florals, toast, straw, and faint toasted sugar. Flavor of straw, toast, earth, and grains. Medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel. Drinks more like a blonde ale than a Scottish ale, based on my experience with the style. Just a straightforward, smooth-drinking ale without much going on. Sunday, August 3, 2014
noodleuser	3 Olde Burnside Father Christmas Highland Ale Sunday, August 3, 2014
BeerandBlues2	3 Olde Burnside Father Christmas Highland Ale Bottle shared by Travlr. Pours clear brown with a medium, frothy beige head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is spices, caramel and cookie malt with earthy hops and spruce notes. Flavor is toasted caramel malt, spruce, spices, light hops and bitterness with a sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation. Saturday, August 2, 2014
DrSilverworm	3.7 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Taste from a 64oz growler at Natifest. Clear orange color. Thin off-white head. Some fine particles suspended in the body. Some ropes of lace. Good smoke, some citrus, peat. Little chocolate. Good complex aroma for the ABV. Medium body. Smooth, kind of lightly soft, crisp, lighter carbonation. More dry finish. Moderate bitter taste, light sweet. Great, complex scottish. Very long impressive aftertaste. Good light smoke, coffee, chocolate aromas. Impressive stuff. Seeing some of the honey. Saturday, August 2, 2014
Chudwick	3.1 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Reserve Growler from a guy named John at NF14 - floral and caramel. Sip is cigarette ash. More like a golden/blonde ale. Slight smoke. Saturday, August 2, 2014
Maverick34	2.5 Olde Burnside Dirty Penny Meh. Bottled from GCT. Some maltiness hint of nuts, sourness and light vinegar........ Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Gription79	2 Olde Burnside Amazing Grace Ale Poured from a 12 ounce bottle. The pour fills the glass with foam, carbonation issue. The aroma is tart berries, cherries, stone fruits, some soft caramel note on the back end. The flavor is tart, acetic, caramel maltiness comes through in the finish. Footbalmed. Infected. Monday, July 21, 2014
Jow	3 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Tap at Draught 55. Pours murky reddish brown. Nose is sweet malt and red fruits. Tastes of sour berries, light cherry, metallic, barley and earthy. Odd aftertaste that is drying and artificial. Thin palate. Saturday, July 5, 2014
BeersGoodnStuf	4 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Reserve Thursday, July 3, 2014
BeersGoodnStuf	4 Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Thursday, July 3, 2014
BeersGoodnStuf	4 Olde Burnside Stone of Destiny 2012 Thursday, July 3, 2014
BeersGoodnStuf	4 Olde Burnside Penny Weiz Ale Thursday, July 3, 2014