Pike Brewing Company Auld Acquaintance

Auld Acquaintance

 

Pike Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular
Score
6.31
ABV: 8.3% IBU: 28 Ticks: 27
Pike Auld Acquaintance is a dark, toasty brown, high-gravity ale highlighted by aromatic notes of orange. Along with three different Yakima Valley hops, Curacao, sweet orange peel, coriander, cassia bark, and nutmeg, it drinks as a rich, gutsy, well-balanced and subtly spiced winter warmer.

Each year Pike Brewing Company honors one of our Auld Acquaintances with the label’s design. Rogue Ales’ Jack Joyce, the famed beer writer Michael Jackson, and Charlie Papazian have all adorned the label.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hazy copper pour with a medium foamy off-white head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of malt and spices. Light to medium body with flavors of caramel malt, sweet spice and mild grassy hops. The finish is floral and spicy. Decent overall.

Tried on 18 Dec 2012 at 19:24


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Pike Pub & Brewery, Seattle - 09/11/12. Clear dark amber with a thin off white head that retains well. Nose compriese malt, spice, dark fruits, toffee. Tastes cinnamon forward, butterscotch, caramel, malty. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, smooth on the palate.

Tried from Draft on 25 Nov 2012 at 11:41


6.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Perfect hazy deep copper and bronze body with a lot of a muddy ruby tint to it and an almost brown glaze with a thinnish, one centimetre tall tan head - great looking though! Aroma of squash, nutmeg, caramel, toffee, raisins, figs, peat and a bit more pumpkin. Full-bodied; Dense, luscious malty flavour with a ton of caramel and other sugars, some light spices like nutmeg and canella and a touch of squash on the finish. Aftertaste is fairly bitter from nuts and malt, but slightly sweet and showing some figs, but there is also a light metallic note. Overall, a fairly nice, albeit not perfect beer for anytime from Thanksgiving to Spring, enjoyed on this final day of ’winter’ (almost 70degrees F outside) at home in Washington on 20-March-2011, purchased as a 65 cL bottle at Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 09-November-2011 for US$5.99.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2012 at 21:54


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Murky amber color, tint white head. Aroma of very lightly spiced caramel. Taste is mulled caramel. Interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2011 at 18:44


6.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cinnamon and overripe orange aroma. Cloudy copper, thick sticky yellow head. Orange and nutmeg flavor, tangy. Alcohol not noticeable, no moving parts, only mildy enjoyable. IMVHO,the common pitfall of spiced ales is the overuse of nutmeg. This beer is an example of that.Then again, maybe I’m overly sensitive to nutmeg.

Tried on 17 Nov 2011 at 16:58


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bomber from Total Wine West Richmond. Pours a hazy dark orange color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toasted and toffee malts, citrus, spice, tea. The taste is citrus, toasted malts and a spice bouquet finish. Medium bodied.

Tried on 14 Nov 2011 at 19:35


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours hazy dark amber into a Sam glass. Pancake head recedes leaving foam lacing. Nutmeg, cinnamon and sweet citrus aromas. Medium-bodied and dry with sweet pumpkin pie spices that turns to a lasting resin finish.

Tried on 22 May 2011 at 14:36


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught. Darkish brown with medium head. Much lacing. Tasty. Aroma of caramel and an herb soup. Medium to full flavour, caramel, toast and spice notes. Sweetish flavour, but not too sweet.

Tried on 26 Dec 2010 at 15:00


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at GCBF. Cloudy amber, white cream. Did not get many of the spices. Ok hoppy pale ale Not special

Tried from Draft on 12 Sep 2010 at 11:02


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Sampled at GCBF '10, pours hazy orange with a small beige head. Aroma and flavour of spicy hops and nutmeg, pretty much. Not one of Pike's better ones.

Tried on 11 Sep 2010 at 10:34