Blue Point Old Howling Bastard

2008 bottle. Orangish pour. Caramel malt, yeast, dates, bourbon, and some hops. Flavor is very nice. Fruity, caramel, sweet, wood and light hops. Good stuff. Very good. Thanks lilbeerdoctor.

Vintage 2003, 750mL bottle. Deep cloudy orange. Aroma of aged malts, musty. Old bastard hop aroma. Still has lots of bittering hops. Flavor is of burnt fried chicken. Still strong. Wooo. Thanks to TBSmellier. 13 sept 08.

Courtesy of puzzl 750ml bottle. Man was called an asshole at work last night so perfect time to bust this one open. Good caramel, yeast and sweet fruit aroma on the nose. Cloudy orange body with off white head and took me ten minutes to peel away the wax dip. Good yeaty bready body for flavor along with moderate sweet fruit and caramel malt to mix things up. Body warming affect on the palate along with a bacon aroma yeast shot on bottom of bottle. Thanks you puzzl

Blue Point Old Howling Bastard is a slightly hazy golden ale with a huge, fluffy off-white head that has outstanding retention and lacing. The aroma is sweet, like candied fruit, plum and fig. It’s full bodied and syrupy. The finish is sticky. It’s a bit sweet and a bit bitter. The balance is good. The mailt tastes grainy and it seems like there’s some caramel in there. There is a note of juniper. The aftertaste is bitter and boozy. It’s a pretty complex beer. [Sampled at the 2009 Flower City Brewers’ Fest at Frontier Field, Rochester, NY]

2003 Bottle shared by Hophead22. Very yeasty, orange color with no head. mspindler says it tastes like burnt clutch (that is a new one for me lol). Kind of harsh with a bitter finish.

2003 Bottle shared by Hophead22. Pours a murky, yeasty yellow orange with no head. Aroma is burnt clutch and new tennis shoes with a bit of oxidized caramel sweetness. Flavor is a whole bunch of grainy caramel flavors and the hop bitterness stands out remarkably for the age. A little bit of fruit and bubblegum in there. Really big and tasty. Palate is sticky, carbonation is low. A pretty gnarly beer!

750ml bottle 2003 vintage, courtesy of goryshkewych. Bright orange pour, lots of yeast. Light aroma, can’t get anything else out of it. Still a stong heat to it, but in a good way. This was quite good.

750ml Bottle shared with french tickler, Pyrozoid and Grand Genie. Golden hazy appearance, with a medium off white head. Aroma: mustard, pine, celery salt, fruit cake, creamy and vanilla. Flavor: alcohol, resine, leather, white pepper, spruce, smoky and orange peel. Palate: medium to full body, oily, with a resin alcohol finish.