Butte Creek Mt. Shasta Strong Ale

Formerly brewed at Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Chico, California USA

Name: Olde Ale
Date: 04/11/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark amber, headless, sweet aged malt aroma, thick body, sweet dark caramel malt flavor, light bitterness provides nice balance, good but nothing special, once warm it picks up some really nice ripe fruit character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Clear copper orange with ruby hues and a thin ring of wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of slightly toasty sweet caramel malts with some mild earthy grapefruity hops. Body is pretty thick and sweet with good light fruity notes and caramel maltiness. Finishes fairly sweet and slightly warming with some bittersweet flavor hops. A decent strong ale.

This pours a thick, dark copper brown body with an initially frothy head that vanishes pretty rapidly, strangely leaving some nice lacing in its wake. The aroma is very sweet, caramel and toffee topped with musty pine scents. The sweetness of the flavor is cut somewhat by the addition of old nuts and a resinous bitterness. Finishing on a sticky sweet note with a piney feeling on the tongue, this one’s just a bit too far on the sweet side for me.

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Strong aroma of roasted caramel, almost some chocolate. Not much hop, if any. Hazy amber color with no worthwhile head (bubbles). Thin to medium body with very mild carbonation. Starts with dark fruit and roasted caramel. Something reminiscent of dates. Pretty smooth. With some passage of time mild bitterness begins to show up and build up. It’s a malty thing, and the finish seems weak in hop. Still, it’s tasty, and something rare.

This was named Olde Ale No.8. Poured a clear golden amber color with a thin head. Mildly sweet and malty with some fruity notes. Malty and mildly sweet some fruitiness. Light bitterness on the semi-dry finish.

This American Strong Ale pours a deep amber color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is fruity and sweet, caramel and chocolate. A medium bodied American Strong Ale. Malts are dark fruits, caramel with some chocolate, some brown sugar and molasses. Hops are floral and earthy. Has a touch of spices, mostly cinnamon. A touch of alcohol bite, but not too bad. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Bomber as old ale no. 8. Shared by KP- thanks! Pours a hazy amber and a thin head. Aroma is stale- oxidation wet paper and cardboard- plastic rubber phenolic and spicy with thinning brown sugar sweetnes. Toasty and brown sugar light maple sweetness- oxidation slight salt- meaty, solvent and orange liquor with pine-sol. Finishes a bit thin. Too old.

Dense, murky brown, with no head. Surprising aroma - piney hops, then an intense sweet note. Flavor is brown sugar and toffee, with a surprisingly clean finish. The Bride descriped as tasting like pecan pie with out pecans, and I think that’s about right. As it warms, though, a fruity, cherry note emerges.