Tyranena Dirty Old Man

Brewed by Tyranena Brewing
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

Thanks to HogTownHarry! Shared with Harry: Appearance: Deep brown with a nice little baileys coloured head: Aroma: Like burned oak and cinnamon, some coffee also. Flavour: Altar wine, cream, sticky, creamy, toffee, silky.. sweet but some coffee too, I don’t taste the rye very much but there is some bitterness in the finish. Nice! Oh, and what a great name!

Bottle (12oz). Shared with Garthicus, bottle via trade with Oakbluff - thanks, Scott!. Extremely deep ruby pour, not much head. Pretty standard dry deep roast porter, decent sharp cereal grain and some thick vinous almost salty stickiness. The taste is very roasty, very syrupy and almost like port with persimmon tartness - very nice. Thick, moderately acid mouthfeel, long roast/bitter finish - I don’t get a lot of rye in it, but it does reveal as fairly alcoholic in the finish. Nice.

Pours dark brown, with a tan head. Aroma is whiskey, vanilla, roasted malt, wood, and toffee. Flavor is roasted malt, vanilla, and whiskey. Not as sweet as the aroma led me to believe. Thanks to hopdog for this bottle.

Cloudy dark brown colour. Big toffee aroma with some light rye notes. Soft, sweet body with interesting figgy, rummy notes. Way sweet, but beautiful luscious malts going on and on isn’t really a bad thing in my book.

bottle from the one and only bockyhorsey... viscous dark brown pour with red on the edges and a tan head which fades too quickly. fantastic aroma albeit not robust enough!... chocolate, roasty malt, cream, wood, butterscotch, spiciness, vanilla and hints of whiskey. there’s definite vanilla oakiness in the flavor combined with candy and chocolate. the whiskey element is kept mild and perfectly incorporated. it finishes with a little spiciness and whiskey burn and leaves a chocolatey coffee aftertaste. full bodied with a slick oily texture but not sweet of sticky. incredibly well done...

Thanks to Iowaherkeye for this awesome bonus! Poured black. Smell was big and intriguing. Vanilla and spicy malt. Taste is nicely balanced, sharp rye, smooth vanilla, brown sugar, light smoke and a touch of wood. This one came together well, everything balanced very nicely. Well done.

Awesome bonus bottle from pepsican. Thanks Andy! Wow, it has great aroma. I love smelling this beer. Pours black with thick body. Small head. Malty, buttery oaky caramelization. Sweet. Mellow. Easy to drink. Spectacular. 4.4-4.6.

4/29/2008: Short review: Dirty Old Man is an AWESOME beer! Longer review: Dirty Old Man pours much thicker than expected and is much darker than expected. It is opaque, deep ruby brown in color and has a small brown head. The aroma oozes vanilla with a tinge of dark chocolate as well. That’s just the beginning though. The best part is the flavor with TONS of nicely caramelized malt that is sweet and sugary. This is combined with some milk chocolate and nicely balanced with a smooth whisky flavor. The whiskey is definitely there and adds a great flavor without adding any alcohol burn. Vanilla and cream are present in the back and a faint rye spiciness is hidden deep, but can be found if one searches for it. This beer is full-bodied and think, but not syrupy. It is smooth on the palate and has a creamy texture. Dirty Old Man has a fantastic balance of flavors. YUM!

12 fl. oz. bottle (Bottled on 04FEB08) from buckybeer and shared with Tmoney99. Thanks a ton Mark! This is one of my new favorite beers! Rating #100 for this beer...