Lightning Old Tempest Ale

Bottle. Hazy amber beer with a big dark cream colored head. Toffee, earth, caramel, and stone fruit aroma. Big stone fruit flavor with caramel. Medium body. LIngering stone fruit/summer fruit with toffee. There was this undertlying earthy, slightly ropey flavor that got bigger and more annoying and I’m pretty sure the bottle was lightly infected.

Date: 06/20/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: opaque burnt orange, wispy off white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: caramel and crystal malt aroma, touch of fruity sweetness, lots of earthyness,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, light fruity character grows along with the sweetness as it warms, nice earthyness, touch of citrus,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Sort of an orange/amber color with a 3-finger beige head - rather frothy. Strong fruit aromas - almost like kiwi or strawberry with yeast spice. Body is medium and the carbonation is very frothy. It’s a bit astringent, a little bready, lightly yeasty, and fruity in a berry, but not citrus, way. Finish is not all that dry, but it fits the style. Pretty good drink. Kind of earthy/fruity.

Bottle. Beastiefan2k shared a bottle of this at a tasting a couple months ago, so when I saw it in the store, I decided to get a bigger sample. Orange /g gold pour w/ lots of head. Aroma is sweet fruit, plum, crisp green apples, yeast. Flavor is the same, fruity and malty, same yeastiness, with plum coming in the finish. I think this was supposed to be an English style, but it tasted more belgian to me.

22oz bottle. Yellow orange color with a towering rocky white head. Heavy alefruit and sugary aromatics. Figgy, raisiny flavors dominate with a pronounced sweetness. Ruddy, herbal hop component. Some grassy bitterness in the finish, with persistent caramel sweetness and dark alefruit. Distinct alcohol presence. Mouthfeel is heavy, somewhat chewy, somewhat hot.