Old Salty
Heavyweight Brewing Company in Ocean Township, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.22
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Boutip (9839) reviewed Old Salty from Heavyweight Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a deep mahogany color barleywine with a medium off-white foamy head with good retention. Aroma of plums and prunes with some sweet caramel malt. Taste is quite sweet but not disgustingly so with some nice touch of plums and prunes. Hops are clearly present bit not overpowering on the sweet caramel malt. Body is above average but could be a bit more full. Alcohol is well hidden. Overall a very good barleywine but missing some character to make this a truly great beer.
maniac (11822) reviewed Old Salty from Heavyweight Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
2004 bottle. Hazy brown color with a thick frothy light brown head. Caramel, molassas and dark malt aroma. Very sweet caramel flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
2004 bottle, from trade with kramer17801. Dark ruby colored pour. Very foamy and effervesent, like Alka-Seltzer. But then there’s a good, sweet malt smell and flavor Ends up with impressions of hot alcohol and fruitiness.
Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Old Salty from Heavyweight Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks to Dorwart for the trade. 2004 Bottle: Dark chestnut color with a thin wispy off-white head and minimal lacing. Aroma of toasted malt, bread and caramel. Rich and sweet mouthfeel with lots of malt and caramel flavoring. Nice amount of hops and alcohol to balance it. The bitterness is less pronounced by the end of the glass. The finish is sweet and salty with a bit of citrus. This is an enjoyable Barley Wine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
2000 Vintage. Brillantly clear, garnet tinged, dark brown color that produced a head of tan before disappearing below. Copious amounts of dark rum soaked fruits in the aroma. This goes over the tongue oh so smoothly. Very creamy and full and little alcohol until after the swallow. Warming and sweet but not quite syrupy. Very little carbonation. Complex and well done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Old Salty 2004. 12 oz bottle, pours a nicely carbonated head that reduces to a thin creamy head. Color is a dark caramel/amber and clear body. Rich deep taste and yes lots of malt. Just not my preference but I would enjoy coming across this again sometime.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2004 edition. Dark cloudy brown with an inch and a half tannish brown head. Sweet succulant malty aromas: lots of passionfruit in there as well. Whoa, what a kick. Flavor is heavily alcoholed... damn strong, but just what I need right now =) A little too heavy to have on a regular basis, but a damn tasty switch-off.
Lubiere (24605) reviewed Old Salty from Heavyweight Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2003: Hazy red copper ale with no head. Grapes and cardboard in aroma. Nice sweet taste with lots of raisins, sweet caramel, oranges, and loads of hops. Very warm and complex body. With a nice old cheddar , excellent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle Pours a mediumm tan color and a medium off white head with spotty lacing. Aroma Malty spicy aromas and a carmel malty flavor. Lively spicey feel and a hoppt slightly bitter aftertaste. Taste. Thanks to HaRftyDorftyDinkyDeftydank for sharing thisone
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Old Salty from Heavyweight Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2000 bottle consumed 11/04. Thanks to Mike (eydrinkale) for the bottle. Wow. Amazingly murky pour, looks like melted caramel with some toffee mixed in. Light beige head, obviously unfiltered and bottle conditioned. . . .which means, this has aged spectacularly! You can sense it as soon as you smell it; light yeast, dates, peaches, raisins, chewy caramel, a touch of earth and plenty of wonderfully rich toffee/malt feel. Flavor is full, body is medium-full and this thing just pours on the good qualities. Chewy and rich, but yet balanced and not overbearing. Caramel, figs, toffee, raisins. If you mixed a Harvey’s Elizabethan with Old Numbskull, I’d imagine it to turn out something like this. Wonderful qualities from the yeast (phenols and a dusty vintage quality). At four years old, the flavor hasnt suffered. I left a glass of this out overnight and in the morning, the body was as strong as ever. Fantastic!! English barleywines are truly divine!
2001 bottle consumed Feb 2005 Yikes, it’s amazing to see the changes in just one year. Sourish lactic notes, much higher alpha hops than the 2000. More loose of a body, with less fruity yeast. Bitter roast astringency, heavily thin on the finish. 6/5/5/2/11
Final score is an average of the two.