Old Flame
DuClaw Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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Drown Your Sorrow. From the start, our full-bodied, 7% abv dark amber Old Ale flirts with sweet, malty aroma accented with notes of molasses and dark fruit, and seducing you with a complex flavor profile of rich caramel malt flavor and molasses, before surprising you with just enough (hop) bitterness to keep everything from getting too sweet. First brewed in 2002 and released each January, our heart-breakingly delicious Old Flame will leave you yearning to rekindle the spark each year.
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8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours reddish amber with off white head. Nose and taste of molasses, old fruits, licorice, caramel, burnt sugar, earth and toasted grain. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2014
at 16:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
$1.85 Bottle, Wine Warehouse, CHO. Pours reddish amber with a small off-white head. Smells of sweet fruits, crackers, wheat, lavender. Tastes if a strong indiscernible fruit, grass, wheat, flowers, and bitter burnt caramel. Finishes funky-foul.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 03:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sharp malt backbone, some peat and smoky nose. Crisp, medium brown ale with thin off wihite head. Somewhat dry finish and smoke remains on the palate.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2014
at 14:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Hazy amber orange color with a small creamy beige head. Rich caramel malt nose with hints of toasted nuts and toffee. Tangy toasted malt flavor has lot’s of rich toffee and vanilla notes. Full bodied with more nuttiness in the mid taste. Very reminiscent of the British traditional Old Ale style. Finishes with some spicy hops, but the malt is the star here. Overall, a very tasty ale. Worth seeking out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2013
at 21:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from House of 1000 Beers, New Kensington. Pours a clear red-brown color with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toasted caramel malts, berry-like fruits, faint nuttiness. The taste is caramel malts, toast, citrus, stone fruits. Medium bodied. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2013
at 20:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft: Poured a brown translucent color with a white head. Aroma is sweet malt. Taste is a mix of molasses and caramel malt, sweet on the palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2011
at 04:02
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On sampler tray at BWI. Plain brown color, thick tan head, massive lacing. Aroma of malt, vanilla, subtle cocoa. Taste had vanilla, nutmeg, butterscotch. Fuller body than other Du Claw offerings. Good base for barrel aging, I think.
Tried
on 10 May 2010
at 06:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark date colour. Chewy, slightly toffeeish aroma is fairly mild. Soft, sweet flavour, lightly accented towards caramel malts. Clean, tasty, if a little light and straightforward.
Tried
on 26 May 2005
at 21:56