McNeills Old Ringworm

Brewed by McNeills Brewery
Style: Old Ale
Brattleboro, Vermont USA

Bomber courtesy of Nate, shared with Nate and ’Naka. Pours brown with red hues. Touch of astringent nose, malt, sweet chocolate and some alcohol. Chocolate notes, a bit thin, but with an interesting bitter end. Some atringency. Subtle warming.

Poured a slightly hazed amber color with an off-white head. The aroma had some nice milk chocolate notes but also a plasticy phenolic character as well. The flavor was malty with a mild hoppy and bitter finish.

I’ve had two bombers of this over the past week, both of which were quite different, and neither of which were that good, so I’m not sure what to think of this beer - both bottles were cloudy amber - both had a rather indistinct malty aroma, with some light hints of nuts, and a lot of earthy qualities (seems to be the norm with this brewer) - one bottle had a fairly nutty, caramel flavor, with subdued hop profile, and some bready english maltiness - another was rather plastic-like, lacking the strong malt components - both were a tad vegetal - neither were much like an old ale - I guess it’s hit or miss with these guys, all the way down to which bottle you choose.

Bottled. Hazy dark amber coloured with a medium sized tan head. Great aroma - poor flavour. Doesnt fit together at all.

Cloudy deep amber colour with a tan head. Malty, caramel sweet aroma with notes of fruit and alcohol. Malty, strange acidic flavor with notes of vegetable. Light dry and sour finish.

Bottled. Beer no. 7 @ American Blind III. Amber coloured. Unclear. Light brown head. Sweetness, brown sugar, fruits in the aroma. Seems to be light infected. Light sour and fruit flavour. Is thin bodied. Dry. Ends on dry earthy note. Not too inspired beer.

Bottle. Hazy orange brown coloured with a beige ehad. Aroma of dried fruits, prunes an dchocolate. Light acidic flavour of berries, chocolate and hops. Ligth hoppy finish.

Bottle. [Blind tasting session @ Sk8viking] #7 Average frothy white head that was mostly diminishing. Fair lacing. Body was cloudy with a brown hue. Aroma was caramel, citrus, grain, chocolate, toffee, toasted. Medium bodied with a flat carbonation. Flavor was light bitter with some sour and sweet notes. Finish was slightly dry and sour.