Old Yankee Ale
Cottrell Brewing Company in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.05
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Taster pour at Craft Beer Race New Haven. Appearance is hazy light brown (like a cider) with ring of head, mild lacing and sparkle. Aroma is bready malt. Taste is malt dominant biscuit/cracker with some caramel. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with average texture, soft carbonation and finish like taste. Overall, not bad by any means but pretty pedestrian.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Old Yankee Ale from Cottrell Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from Nikki's Liquors, 6/12/15
Aroma: The aroma is fairly malty, some earthy and bready notes, and a little citrus as well
Appearance: It pours a cloudy copper color with a frothy beige head and some average lace
Flavor: It tastes similar, fairly balanced overall, not too sweet, not too bitter, just balanced
Palate: It is medium bodied, with a decent mouthfeel, average carbonation, and a light dryness
Overall Impression: Solid enough beer. It has some flavor and a decent amount body, but overall, it just doesn't quite get there for me. Decent enough, but not my favorite.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a decent looking pale amber color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within seconds. Yup, it sure looked like that head didn’t want to last for any possible party that could occur (wow, I never saw any head dissipate so quickly). Anyways, there was some light lacing but that slid for the most part into the beer.
The smell tried to have a roasty yet somewhat nutty caramel maltiness but honestly, it was more just some cooked caramel notes about it.
The taste was a dry sweet caramel maltiness that had a dry sweet aftertaste. There was a decent dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat at/about a light to medium in body with a sessionability that wanted to occur, but I found myself not finding this one as sessionable as I was hoping to as it just seemed like it wanted to be sipped (weird, well, anyways).
Overall, hey uh...honestly not a bad Amber ale. However, I’m not exactly sure if I’d come back to this if actually given the chance as there’s just something about the palate that keeps me on the fence.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours amber gold with white head. Nose/taste of malt, toast, caramel and sweet grain. Lighter medium body.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Old Yankee Ale from Cottrell Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle courtesy of Adam, Pince of Mogadishu, thank you sir. Bright, hazy golden amber color, tiny white edge head. Aroma of lightly burnt toast, caramel. Taste starts with sweet caramel then a bitter finish. Pretty plain.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Buttery caramel malt and tea aroma. Hazy amber with a small ivory head. Sweet buttery caramel flavor. There seems to be a diacetyl issue going on with this one. Medium body, light to flat carbonation.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Old Yankee Ale from Cottrell Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Toffee malt and hay aroma. Hazy amber with moderate head. Slightly sweet toffee malt and mildly bitter grassy hops flavor. Nice easy drinking beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle from my uncle last Christmas poured into a shaker. Pours a cloudy amber with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt and pine hops. Taste is light bitter. Toffee and caramel malt. Medium bodied with a long finish. Overall, pretty good.
Drake (22934) reviewed Old Yankee Ale from Cottrell Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampled at the NoVa Summer Beer Fest in Leesburg, VA on 6/25/11. Pours a hazy amber color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel malts and bitter hops. The taste is toffeish malts, bitter, leafy hops with a bit of citrus. Medium bodied.