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San Marcos Old English Ale 3.03 18

San Marcos Old English Ale


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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
183.12/5.03.03/5.0-39.7English pint
Commercial Description:
Microbrewery ESB
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Dec 12, 2007  
Date: 11/29/2007
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewpub

clear copper, creamy beige head, sheets of lace, sweet caramel malt aroma with lots of fuggles hops and a growing touch of dyactyl, sweet buttery caramel malt flavor, lots of earthy fuggels hops to balance to sweetness, dyactyl character does grow but stays within acceptable levels for an ESB

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4


 jcwattsrugger (5581), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 17, 2008  
on hand pump-pours a retaining creamy off white head and gold color. Aroma is light/medium malt-caramel. Taste is light/medium malt-caramel, faint English hops. Smooth/creamy, nice mild/ESB. Minimum carbonation.


 BückDich (4857), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Apr 4, 2006  
Cask at San Marcos Brewing
Bronze color, retentive off-white head, great lacing. Nose of diacetyl and light earthy hops. The flavor is creamy and had a full body. Smooth finish with a nice underlying hop note but the diacetyl is overpowering in the end.


 goldtwins (4086), Nesconset, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 15, 2005  
@ SM Brewpub. Hand pulled from cask. Hazy dark copper color with a small off-white head. Fruity and caramel aroma. matching flavors of mixed fruits and malty caramel. Light bitterness on the finish.


 Dogbrick (2907), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 1, 2008  
Sample at the brewpub. This beer is a mostly clear pale orange color with a compact and creamy ivory white head that diminishes slowly. Thin sheet of lacing on the glass. Sweet malty aroma with touches of floral hops. Medium, clean body with a balanced hops and malt profile. The finish has notes of caramel malt and resiny hops but is short-lived. Slightly above average overall.


 DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 14, 2004  
(Nitro Draft: San Marcos Brewery & Grill in San Diego, CA) Not a bad brew actually; Slight sourness up front that is quickly superceded by a fruity, mildly sweet flavor; Nice smooth maltiness with a very mild bitterness; Medium bodied, smooth, velvety on the palate; Fairly sour nose, with a moderate aroma of wort; Light golden color; When served, the carbonation takes a few minutes to settle and form a creamy off white head with excellent retention; I didn’t actually see the beer poured, but the waitress confidently stated that this beer was served off the engine, but I wonder, since it certainly resembled a beer on a nitro tap, so that’s what I’m listing it as


 1FastSTi (2590), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/59/20
Mar 14, 2006  
Pours to a nice brassy color with a dense white head and nice lacing. The flavor is also brimming with corn syrup adjuncts. Light grassy bitterness. The aroma is light corn syrup and graham cracker. The palate is medium bodied, off-flavors detract heavily from the palate.


 Vac (2394), San Diego, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Apr 25, 2004  
This bitter pours with an orange-gold body topped by a medium thick to thick head with a good amount of lacing. The aroma is sweet and malty with notes of toffee and butter scotch, and a slight touch of hoppy bitterness. The flavor is well balanced, leaning more toward bitter with slight grassy notes and a touch of toffee. Medium bodied and smooth.



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