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Livery Old Cedar English Strong Ale 3.13 17

Livery Old Cedar English Strong Ale


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173.27/5.03.13/5.07%44.2English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Named after a drawing of an old cedar tree growing out of a cliff on the Lake Superior shoreline done by friend and artist Ladislav Hanka, this beer is copper colored and hopped with a blend of East Kent Golding and Styrian Golding hops.
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 Boutip (2380), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/511/20

Nov 1, 2009  
Hand-bottled at the brewery: Poured a hazy copper color ale with a rather large head and good retention with some lacing. Aroma of bready yeast and caramel malt is somewhat enjoyable. Taste is unfortunately more dominated by bready yeast then the malt backbone, which I was I wasn’t expecting considering the style. Body is quiet full with good carbonation. Too much yeast and malt doesn’t’ come out enough which is what this style usually called for.

 17thfloor (1496), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 13, 2009  
On cask at the Livery 8.20.09. Pours a clear darker honey color with no head. Sweet oxidized aged honey aroma, caramel, some toffee, rich and smooth. Smooth light toffee flavor, warming alcohol, whisky-like honey notes. Smooth bodied with low carbonation. lovely and seems authentically English to me.


 tjthresh (1778), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/58/20
Sep 5, 2009  
Hand pull at the brewpub. Clear light orange with some dirty white head. The nose is dusty malts with some earthy hops. The flavor is pretty soapy. Watery body. Not a fan.


 xnoxhatex (1305), Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 31, 2009  
On cask at the livery. Clearer amber with small white head. Aroma is sweeter red fruit with ight spice and richness, some apricot and peach as well. Flavor is sweeter peach and banana with mild pine hops. Medium body with light carbonation. Very nice.


 dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 23, 2009  
hazy amber color, respectable off white head, nice lace. spicy nose, hints of mal, dried fruit. mild. flavor follows nose, spicy, fruity, florally, with some maltiness under it all. medium bodied, a touch fizzy in the mouth, lighly bitter finish. not bad but not my cup of tea. i can do with a bit less flowers and spice and more hops and alcohol. rayboy01 snagged the first bottle off the livery bottling line to share at a mug club meeting.


 WeeHeavySD (3016), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 23, 2009  
Bomber from mr. B-B-B 63. Thanks Mike. Pours orangey with a tan head. Nose is sweet hopped with some apple. Taste is sweet, bittered and all in all decent.


 madvike (343), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Sampled @ the cask tent of GTMW ’09 - Pours amber with a medium head. Aroma is of apples and oak. Taste is the same -- a bitter apple flavor mellowed out with the oak and hop finish. An odd beer, but one I’d like to try again, as I’ve liked everything I’ve had from The Livery so far.


 Cornfield (4957), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 19, 2009  
RAYBOY01 brought a bottle of this (the Livery’s first) to the Flossmoor Station Mug Club tapping last night. (A good thing, too, since we hardly had enough to drink, what with the FS DIPA, some stout, and a homebrewed Belgian Ale, as well as a pump-priming Dortmunder at the beginning of the evening.) This poured a slightly hazed light copper body with a respectable head that laced the glass nicely. The aroma had orchard fruit with floral and minty hops along with a whiff of alcohol. The malt came through in the flavor as biscuity with a dab of toffee and had a light spiciness that blended well with the subtle hopping. Pretty decent brew.



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