Tyranena Dirty Old Man

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

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours a deep, dark brown, tan head. Aroma of dark roast, malty, bourbon. Flavor is sweet, dark roasted barley, wood, and bourbon. Mouth feel is full body with medium carbonation.....Good shit!

Bottle. Nose-musty ass, light bourbon, pine, fresh cut wood. Taste-SATB, maple, unami, soy, minnows, raisin, fig. Very nice.

Deep dark velvety body with very little head. I aged this brew a bit in my cellar which may have led to decreased carbonation and head. Strong taste of rye, coffee and chocolate, vanilla is present and the barrel aging does come through as well.

12oz bottle sent by ughsmash. Pours a dark, almost black, brown with very little head. Nose is smokey, roasted malt, chocolate, barrel and whiskey. Very silky smooth on the tongue with mellow roasty malt flavor for an impy porter; very nice though. The barrel really stands out in this one.

My Bottom Line:
This Imperial Porter’s potent vanilla and caramel personality delves into chocolate and light soy for yet another luxurious Tyranena sipping experience.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the darkest brown.
-Even though this is yet another fine Imperial Porter from Tyranena, I have to say I am partial to Devil Over A Barrel in the same family.
-The mouthfeel is quite rich, like the aforementioned DOAB.
-Some roastiness offers dryness inthe last half.

Bottle; merci beaucoup Dany!!!

12oz Stubby $7.99 4-Pack Steve’s Mineral Point Dirty Old Man is a rye porter aged in rye whiskey barrels. This concoction gurgles out of the bottle a coffee and cream brown but occupies the glass black without letting any light shine through. The head grew one finger high and was cocoa colored. As the head fell to a thick cap it became creamy and left solid sheet lacing here and there. You can see the carbonation crawling up the sides of the glass and keep the head alive. The nose of this beer is big and distinct. There’s a definite rye presence from both the porter and barrel aging that extends throughout the aroma. Coffee, roasty malts, and dark berries combine nicely to add layer upon layer of complexity. The oak is in there but seems more a component of the spicy rye then an aroma working by itself. I can hardly pull my nose from the glass. The flavor of this beer is just as complex and delicious as the nose suggested. All the porter notes hit at first. Dark chocolate, mildly roasted malts, and dark berries lead the way in that order. The rye is in there as well with notes from the porter and the barrel. The rye lasts throughout the drink. Mild damp whiskey soaked oak shows up mid palate and a very welcoming vanilla bean presence comes along on the swallow. There’s great depth of flavor here. The chocolate, dark berries, and vanilla make this beer delicious and the rye spiciness adds even more flavor. The body of this beer is on the lighter side of heavy which is helped by the carbonation making it incredibly velvety and smooth. There’s an ample amount of carbonation but it always manages to stay calm, making the body massage its way through the mouth. This is a sipper just from the depth of flavor. It’s a beer I would love to sip all night. Dirty Old Man is one of those beers that could be opened at any time of the day and fully enjoyed. I don’t want my glass to empty, this is my last bottle. Dirty Old Man is a great beer. One I would love to see available on a rotating basis. Hopefully this one gets made again. Of course I do love rye whether it be whiskey, beer, bread, or whatever. Tyranena has been doing some really incredible things with their Brewers Gone Wild series lately. They’re quickly becoming one of the top tier breweries in the country. I can’t get enough of their stuff. Serving type: bottle 6/30/08

12 oz. bottle. Purchased in Spring 2008; consumed on 1-18-09. Quite complex, pleasant, chalky, smoky aroma features cigar, mocha, and milk chocolate scents. Pours a clear dark brown with a deep burgundy hue and a small to moderate amount of soft, dark beige head. Dark chocolate and whiskey flavors. There is a light coffee finish, but the primary taste is surprisingly soft and creamy/milky. The beer lacks the spiciness for which I was hoping from a rye-whiskey-barrel-aged beer, but it’s refreshing to taste a whiskey-barrel-aged beer that isn’t over-the-top corn-sweet. Light, roasted coffee bean aftertaste. Silky in the palate. Medium to heavy body. Much easier to drink than I expected. The beer is strong across the board. I guess that the taste has mellowed and the palate and aroma have improved through aging. It’s very subtle, refined, and pleasant overall. I doubt that’s what the brewers were going for, but it’s very good nonetheless.

2008 Bottle - Thanks motortoddhead! - Pours black with a medium tan head..aroma is sticky brown malt, oak...flavour not as wild as some of the others, fairly sweet porter, good smoke and wood, faint whiskey, finishes with a pleasant bitterness...solid, good...booze well hidden...