Mammoth Charleywine

Brewed by Mammoth Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Mammoth Lakes, California USA

bottle thanks to americanbrew. deep brown pour with a thin beige head. malty nose with fruits, dates and toffee. not bad on the palate with a slight hop flavor that is offset with raisins and toffee.

Bottle thanks to AmEricanbrew. Hmm, I have seen this before on tap at Naja’s Place. Pours with a tan head and a hazy brown body. Aroma of raisins, chocolate, and toffee. Taste is chocolate, raisiny, light wood and alcohol. Syrupy mouthfeel.

Thanks, Beerlando! Brown with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel and some raisins. Flavor is thick molasses and caramel. Nice.

Courtesy Beerlando. Dark brown color with a thin broken tan head. Caramel, vanilla, toasted grain, dark fruits. Smooth caramel notes, molasses, sweetness is kept in check and stops short of cloying. A pleasant surprise.

Bomber. A dark cola brown body pours lightly translucent, with a bit of haze. A frothy, cream colored head settles to a swirly film, leaving random spots of lace behind. The nose is quite nice, showing notes of chocolate chip cookie dough, dark caramel, some chocolate roast, and soft vanilla. A hint of earthy bitterness is there for balance, but this one is all about smooth, well blended malts. Flavors follow suit, caramel and cookie malts shining brightest, with vanilla, milk chocolate, and hints of roasted barley. This brew sports excellent balance, the barrel truly enhancing things and never standing in the way of the other elements. Velvety, almost creamy on the palate, the mouthfeel is substantial, smooth, and again very well balanced. Very nice stuff here.

Bomber shared by Hopdog at Kramers. Pours a nice deep ruby amber- mostly clear and a nice lasting off beige head. Aroma toasted and caramel sweet malts with a touch of sea salt- caramunich malts, and a slightly green hop character. Flavor shows a bit of oxidation- nice smoooth sweetness from all the caramel and toasted malts, light crackery in the middle with hitns of cereal- and nice dried fruitiness in the end. Smooth.

Date: January 03, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, fine beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity dark caramel aroma
Flavor: sweet dark caramel flavor, lots of fruityness, buttery vanilla sweetness with a nice oak character that brings in a bit of bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

22 oz bottle, shared by hopdog? Pours a rather hazy and ruddy amber with a minimal beige head that ran to a thin ring. Nice aroma of sweet caramel and toffee malts, and a nice subtle accent of oak and vanilla. Very well balanced between the barrel and the beer. Not as much sweetness in the flavor as I expected from the nose, more of a toasted, or even nutty character. The toasted oak and vanilla emerge nicely on the finish. Amazingly well hidden alcohol. I got a yeasty pour, but I kinda like the yeast flavor with this beer. Mouthfeel is very relaxed with zero stickiness or hotness. A little bit of a tannic bite on the end that really emphasizes the barrel’s subtle use. This might have been the surprise beer of the evening for me. I really liked the subtlety of this, everything is so well integrated.