 KnN (756), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 21, 2009
Pours a really beautiful deep ruby color with a thin off white head. Aroma is massive malt, sweet malt, biscuity, bread, roasted malt, malt malt malt. One giant malt bomb. Flavor is similar. Almost cloying, but not in a sweet way, just this intense malt flavor the peaks immediately and never quite subsides. Massive malt bomb, but not terrible.
Sledutah (122), Utah, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 12oz bottle:
Appearance: Dark copper/ruby red with a nice tan head with some lacing
Aroma: Caramel, roasted nuts and sweetness
Taste: Sweet malts, roasted nuts, alcohol and bittering
A good beer, especially on a cold night to warm you up....
ruskiimperial (81), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 Pour of a dark red from a bottle. On the nose, there is a very strong and sweet oatmeal presence. Lacing on the glass is very sticky, much like an adult movie. Oatmeal comes through on the initial sip, with a few oats making an impression. Body is medium/heavy, akin to syrup. The taste is rich with some very strong malts with a sweetness that is not overpowering of the rest of the beer.
djtimeless (182), Florida, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 2, 2010 Pours out amber with lots of creamy head. Taste is sweet malt and bitter hops. Roasty and sweet toffee flavors upfront with some bitterness from the spicey hops. Great caramel and spice notes. Good balance crisp and complex. One of my favorite holiday brews.
obguthr (1078), Poquoson, Virginia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 2, 2010 Leathery malt aroma. Clear chestnut color, thin yellow head, good lacing. Harmonious boysenberry and leather flavor. Not one of my favorite styles, but unique and tasty.
ericcassidy (26), Ohio, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/20 |
Dec 30, 2009 Caremely, malty, hoppy, alcoholy. Not big on this one...I was alone in this opinion at the table.
RHeastings (438), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 29, 2009 Enjoyed via draft in a pub glass. The beer pours a dark but semi-translucent brown color, with a small and thing off-white head. The nose gives more of a porter-like character than one reflecting old ale; ash and roasted malt character. The palate is fairly complex, and is subtle given the abv of the beer. Roasty, slightly ashy, and generally malt-forward without much hop character. Overall, it doesn’t seem to have the overall complexity that such classics as Old Peculiar possess, but it is in any case a competent example of the style.
BeerBaron617 (313), Novi, Michigan, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 23, 2009 I had this in the bottle at Redcoat Tavern in Royal Oak, MI. It was a solid ale, that was true to the style, and was overall a great brew. Poured a dark brown with cream head. I liked it because it had some hop character, which a lot of old ales don’t have. Cheers!
13mikey (177), New Hope, Minnesota, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 22, 2009 12 oz bottle from TC Craft. Deep brown color, big foamy tan head. Malty aroma, small notes of oak and coffee. Flavor is big, sweet, malty, oaky. Palate is thick, chewy and like the bottle says, this beer is very robust. Amazingly good beer.
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