Barley Browns Sledwreck Winter Ale

Brewed by Barley Browns Brewpub
Style: Old Ale
Baker City, Oregon USA

Just had this a couple nights ago at Belmont Station. Colour... cloudy-amber. Nose... oaky, slightly boozy and a hint of mustiness. Palate... minimal CO2, sweet, lightly boozy and quite malty with hints of toffee and treacle.

Tap @ Belmont Station... Poured a little darker than than wooden aged vintage I had. Ruby/mahogany tone. Malty and fresh fruit flavors with also sweet hops.

Draft at Barley Browns in Baker City. Dark plum purple and tawny brown colored body with rich and deep red hues on the sides of the glass. Small film of a dark tan head. Intensely malt-heavy nose full of cedar wood shavings, black cherries, fermented plums and toasted nuts. Thick, heavy, syrupy, old-ale like in both texture and carbonation, with a slight oxidation that compliments the semi-sweet, resinous oily (as in nut oil) texture. Good stuff.

Pours a murky dark brown with medium-sized beige head that fades quickly. Aroma is hops, pine, nutmeg (?), pumpkin (?), cinnamon. Flavor is fairly complex but is punctuated by an artificial saccharin-like sweetness. Reminds me of some spicy brown ales. Very good were it not for the interfering sweetness.