Old Ale (Cask)
(Batch of Old Ale)
Highgate in Smethwick, West Midlands, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.63
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A firm favourite with the customers who have fond memories of the days when this beer would be “mulled” using a red hot poker, to enhance it’s aroma. It is brewed using pale, crystal and black malts with a little high maltose syrup. The beer’s natural sweetness is balanced using Progress, Fuggle and Golding hops.
A warming aroma with hints of chocolate, fruit and malt gives way to a complex full palate of chocolate, fruit and liquorice. The finish is long and the overall impression is of a superbly crafted, smooth and well-balanced beer, which many will testify is deceptively strong.
A warming aroma with hints of chocolate, fruit and malt gives way to a complex full palate of chocolate, fruit and liquorice. The finish is long and the overall impression is of a superbly crafted, smooth and well-balanced beer, which many will testify is deceptively strong.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A dark brown beer with a red shine under a dense brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of dark fruits and a light touch of prunes. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of prunes as well as lighter notes of metal from the alcohol, figs, and cocoa, a bit too much figs for me. It has a nice body.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2007
at 15:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask gravity at Nottingham BF 2007. Black with thin dark beige. Wow. Now that is interesting. Sour, but not off, some dark fruit, damson, plum. Very interesting. Unusual flavours and a very good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2007
at 02:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 25 Nov) Dark brown, almost black, with ruby notes. Small head. Malty nose with dried fruit, raisins, prunes, red wine and a hint of wood. Malty taste with chocolate, tobacco, full flavours of dried fruit, raisins and prunes. Nice, balanced sweetness in the finish. Medium body, smooth. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2006
at 15:08