North Coast Old Stock Ale 3.89 1272

North Coast Old Stock Ale

	Percentile
	99
	overall

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Fort Bragg, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1272	3.89/5.0	3.89/5.0	Winter	11.5%	92.5	Snifter

Commercial Description:
As a continuation of North Coast Brewing Co.’s commitment to quality, our Old Stock Ale is crafted in the tradition of our critically acclaimed Pranqster Belgian Style Golden Ale and Old Rasputin Imperial Stout. It’s brewed with classic floor-malted Maris Otter Pale Malt and Fuggles Hops imported from England, so it’s a beer to be served proudly. Like a fine wine, North Coast’s Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down. With an original gravity of over 1100 and a generous hopping rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round-out and mellow with age. North Coast Brewing Co. Old Stock Ale is a vintage dated ale. We produce a small quantity each year and it remains available from release date until our stock is depleted.

pre-2006 ABV: 11.4%.
2006 vintages: 11.6% & 13.25%.
2007 vintage: 11.7%.
2008 vintage: 12.5%.
2009 vintage: 11.5%.

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blipp (1714), Newark, New Jersey, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Apr 25, 2009

Bottle. 2007 and 2008 tasted side by side. Dark fruits and sweet malts in the aroma, with the 2007 bottle bringing much more complex fruit notes. Flavor wise, the 2007 bottle seems a bit more mellowed out, with not as much of a boozy presence as the 2008 bottle. Sweet malts, dark fruits and a light lingering bitterness. Again, the 2007 bottle has a bit more complexity and is slightly more drinkable. Both vintages are very good, but the 2007 definitely wins out. 2007 = 8/4/8/4/15. 2008 = 7/4/7/4/14

CapnCascade (116), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	2/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Apr 20, 2009

Dark copper, moderate tan head with little retention and no lacing. Aroma is heavy in yeast and caramel, flavour has tree fruit and bread, some caramel, not particularly complex though it hides its alcohol to some extent. Moderately creamy mouthfeel with low carbonation. Not bad, not great.

mcferc4 (57), New Jersey, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Apr 15, 2009

Sampled at Blind Tiger Very Special Keg Night 11/19/08: Not impressed at first, as there didn’t seem to be much going on in terms of flavor. After a while, it warmed up and candy and caramel notes started popping up. Have to revisit this one for sure.

General66 (171), Streator, Illinois, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Apr 12, 2009

12 ounce bottle from the 2006 batch. I was very excited for this three year old barley wine and was very pleased with it. It poured a dark amber color with a half finger width white head that disappeared quickly. The aroma consisted of a LOT of booze with some hops, malt, caramel, and a bit of dark fruit. The taste was very strong at the beginning and then rounded out well at the end. I was blown away on my first sip with the amount of alcohol character that it had. As it warmed I started to taste some light, pleasant hops, caramel malt, and maybe some toffee. This was a very "thick" and boozy beer. Overall very good... I would have rated it higher if the alcohol was hidden a bit better though.

bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Apr 11, 2009

2008. Pours dark amber, minimal white head. Malty aroma, caramel. Taste is malty, caramel, raisin. I didn’t find the malt well balanced with the hops. I wasn’t impressed at all, didn’t find it nearly as complex as ratings would indicate, maybe a bad batch or needed more cellering time.

garthicus (1309), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Apr 8, 2009

2006 vintage 13.25% with great thanks to HogTownHarry. Appearance: Murky brown with a medium off white head. Aroma: Rather boozy, hops, malt, wood, vanilla, caramel, dark fruit, somewhat brandy aroma too. Lovely. Flavour: Wow, creamy yet alcoholic, toffee and malt, serious malt, lots of hops and smoke, peat, bitterness and lots of deep dark fruit, pine & brandy with a long malt-alcohol finish. Wow, so much going on.

Adam77 (409), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Apr 8, 2009

Poured amber with white head. Aroma of caramel and butterscotch. Sweet and heavy. Man up and do a balck and tan of this and old rasputin. Hells yeah.

gringo332 (246), Richardson, Texas, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	9/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Apr 3, 2009

2008-Wow, this is really smooth, but still has lots of flavor. Beautiful redish color. he taste is as complex as it’s nose. With very little hop bitterness, this one is very smooth and warm. It’s sweetness is well balanced by it’s enormous malt, dried fruit and alcohol taste.

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