Tyranena Dirty Old Man

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

8th September 2008. Soft, slightly silky beer. Starts with a mild coffee tone. Continues with a mildly sour note and ends with a biscuity sour finish. A little sour but not bitter at all.

On tap at Brixie’s in Brookfield, IL. and dispensed to a large snifter. The head was foamy and tan toned, and left some nice, curtainy lacing in it’s wake. The aroma and flavor were very similar notes of strong roastiness, coffee, dark/dry chocolate, some toffee, caramel and also hints of whiskey soaked cask wood and vanilla. Close to full bodied, with somewhat low carbonation that seemed to thin it out a bit. Possessed kind of a rich, iced coffee nature.

On tap at the Map Room. Pours very dark brown with a middling tan head. Aroma is incredibly earthy (it smells like dirt, but in the good way) with notes of rye and chocolate. Flavor is crisp and dry, delightfully roasty with chocolate notes. Rye definitely accentuates the overall flavor and the oak never overpowers. Substantial body that never gets syrupy, and lots of micro-carbonation. Please sir...may I have some more??

Bottle - Black pour with a quickly dissipating tan head. Smells dark and malty, with coffee, oaky whiskey, and grain. It’s a bit hot, but that’s to be expected. Has a nice chocolate/graham cracker quality to it too. Taste is smoke and dark malt--real oaky and with some nice smooth whiskey. Finish is coffee and chocolate. A little thin and watery, but that’s my only qualm. Very nice, and glad this one was re-released.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, chocolate, whiskey, rye. Slight chocolate, booze, little vanilla in there also. Interesting beer, I liked it. Gotta love the name.

Dark brown pour w/ a thick well lacing tan head. Aroma was well malted some hints of grain vanillas, oak, and whiskey come through cleanly a good malt sweetness as well. Palate is thick and well coated. Flavor was good, but not great. The rye comes through quite nicely and doesn’t dominate but the porter is a bit to weak for the barreling the chocolates are hidden but present vanillas lightly in the finish some char wood. A bit more chocolaty porter would have made this outstanding.

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of malts, chocolate, slight wood, slight whiskey, vanilla, and some bourbon. Poured extremely deep brown/black in color with a tiny, brown head that diminished but lasted around the edges. Opaque. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of whiskey, wood, slight coffee, light chocolate, slight bourbon, light vanilla, light roasted malts, slight rye, and hints of tar and tobacco. Medium to full body. Smooth, then slightly dry texture. Soft to average carbonation. Slight chocolate, light wood, slight tar, slight tobacco, slight whiskey, and light vanilla finish is lightly dry. 7.9%ABV is completely hidden throughout.

Source:12 oz bottle.
Glass:Snifter.
Appearance:Dark brown pour with a thin beige head.
Aroma:Spicy with a huge rye whiskey smell.
Flavor:Lots of peppers and a good amount of whiskey and a hint of vanilla. Chocolate prevalent also.
Palate:Medium/full body with mild carbonation.
Overall:Loved it.