Iron Hill Oak Aged Old Tom

Formerly brewed at Iron Hill Wilmington
Style: Barley Wine
Wilmington, Delaware USA

On tap at the Wilmington location. Poured a deeper and cloudy amberish color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of vanilla, dark fruits, brett, wood (came out more as I drank it), fruity, some smokiness, and some citrus. Tastes of vanilla, wood, citrus, brett, dark fruits, and caramel. Smooth body with the alcohol content hidden. Too easy to drink. Damn this beer was good.

Hand-bottle… This beer rocks!... Cloudy amber ale with an orange tint and a small, creamy, white head. The absolutely wonderful nose is woodsy, funky and fruity with notes of cherry Swee Tarts really standing out alongside a nice touch of vanilla. Full-bodied and very creamy with modest carbonation. Interesting flavor – funky, caramely - tangy, fruity goodness. This unusual marriage of styles works super well and totally blew me away. Big-time kudos goes out to axilla for shipping this beauty to me!

Hand bottle shared by puzzl. Hazy amber beer with a thin head. Aroma is really quite impressive. Bright woody aroma with a touch of light lactic character. Fruity and lightly oaky. Bright vanilla and a touch of light white balsamic character. As it warms I get a very terrific orangey/fruity character. A bit of citrus and soft herbal undertones. Flavour is also quite nice. Slight cherryish sweetness. Surprisingly lean for a beer this big. Fruit is bright and tasty. Man... this stuff is delicious.

Unfiltered rich tawny burgundy brown body with a small tan head. Intensely rich nose, extremely inviting and incredibly complex... heavy notes of acetic, buddy oak wine barrels are the first thing noticed, with a rich and tannic red grape skin note following, hinting at west Flanders red ale... more comments to come, RB is limiting number of characters...

Hand Bottle at home ... big thankt to GMCC2181 ... Hazy red ... sour fruity light woodyness nose very reminicant of barnyards and chickens but in a pleasent way though the faces on some of the others while the smelt it was a picture ... low to medium carbonation but it was a hand bottle ... sweet tofffee ... juicy malts ... just a tiny amoun of lambit tones (which worked very well for me) ... light lemon cremola foam ...little pine ... lovely

Poured a hazed amber color with a minimal head. Big tart fruit aroma with notes of leather and wood. Some sweet malt starts off the flavor with a light tartness in the middle. Dry finish with a bitter backbone. Medium bodied and nice warmth in the chest.

Growler picked up by BrianK; one hell of a find! Pours a brown hazy amber body with a beige head. Aroma is fantastic, oaky, vinous, chocolate, citrus, marmalade, creamy vanilla, caramel, and light orange. An incredibly balanced amalgamate of flavor with a citrus spiced creamy vanilla finish. Awesome!

Poured a murky red amber color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, caramel malts, dried fruits, brett, light toast, oak, citrus, and a bit of alcohol. Taste of vanilla, sticky caramel, oak, sherry, dried fruits, bretty yeast, citrus, and light alcohol. Fuckin fantastic, we were downing mugs and not even realizing the 10.5%.