Big Dick's Olde Ale
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.54
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Big Dick’s is a classic English-style Olde Ale. Sweet and full-bodied malt flavors are complemented by a fragrant but mild hop bitterness. Sweet, bready malt aromas combine with rich flavors of dark fruit, brown sugar, caramel and sweet nuts. Truly a beer for the ages, Big Dick’s Olde Ale matures gracefully in the cellar as fruity, estery flavors and mineral notes emerge while the hop bitterness gradually subsides. Delightful on its own or as a digestif with a hand-rolled cigar, Big Dick’s is a delicious pairing for hearty food and cigars alike.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Leathery brown pour with a modest beige head. Nose is sweet with maltiness and vinous fruits. Some hints at sours and tannins. Tastes malty for the most part, before a little bit of dry florals and some chocolate malt. Light bitters and the presence of the alcohol (decently subdued). Vinous fruits and lightly woody. Hearty. As it warms, the yeast becomes more prominent. Some spiciness almost give it a Belgian feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2010
at 07:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bomber from Oak Tree. Vintage 2006. Super cool!! Pours hazy ruddy amber/copper with a 4 finger foamy beige/tan head. Aroma of lots of roasted malt with hints of resiny (?) hop. Medium plus body with creamy/foamy carbonation. Flavor is lots of roast malt with herby/grassy hop. Resin? Citrus? Hmm. It’s very well balanced. No particular sign of heat. Develops a chocolate touch, but that’s very light. Gets complex as it warms. Age has not been bad for this guy. Really nice.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2010
at 18:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy coppery brown with a finger or two of head and aromas of fruit and brown sugar. Flavor is OK, but seems a little overly fruity and not quite sticky enough. There is a nice spiciness there that adds a little something unique, but this is a pretty run of the mill Old Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2010
at 20:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: 22 oz bottle from Franklin's, 3/26/10
Vintage 2009
Aroma: Lots of earthy notes and some caramel malts, toffee, booze, and a drop of tart fruit
Appearance: Pours a dark orage/brown color with a decent amount of lace from an off-white head
Flavor: Flavor is rather malty, light-medium sweet, earthy, mild bitterness
Palate: This one is fairly creamy and smooth, minimal heat
Overall Impression: Drinking this one on my last night living in MD. This beer is solid. Nothing overly special, but more then drinkable. Good Stuff. Next rating I'll be a NJ resident...
Vintage 2009
Aroma: Lots of earthy notes and some caramel malts, toffee, booze, and a drop of tart fruit
Appearance: Pours a dark orage/brown color with a decent amount of lace from an off-white head
Flavor: Flavor is rather malty, light-medium sweet, earthy, mild bitterness
Palate: This one is fairly creamy and smooth, minimal heat
Overall Impression: Drinking this one on my last night living in MD. This beer is solid. Nothing overly special, but more then drinkable. Good Stuff. Next rating I'll be a NJ resident...
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2010
at 20:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small white head. Has a malty spicy hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty spicy flavor with some hoppy hints. Sweetish malty spicy finish with a slightly hoppy aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2009
at 06:18
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draught at Sunset Grill, January 2009. Dark amber, with some copper highlights and a medium beige head. Not much to the aroma, musty yeast-like notes, with some old raisin and toffee that has an almost prune-like element to it. Flavor tastes, well, rather old. Some light oxidation of the malts, which are fairly lean and a pervading element of dustiness/mustiness hangs throughout the flavor. Dryish, somewhat thinned-out maltiness and a bit of cardboard-like blandness on the finish. Some sweet vanilla and caramel maltiness up front is all that saves this from being a drainpour. Alcohol is not noticed. Bittersweet, toasty/acidic malts finish it off.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2009
at 11:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber with medium off white head. Sweet fruit aroma with caramel and mild hoppy notes. Sweet flavor with caramel, hops and piney hints. Ends bitter.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2008
at 03:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of goryshkewych. Pours a clear reddish amber with an off-white head. Sweet fruit in the nose with some alcohol present also. Medium body with lightly sweet caramel and fruit. The finish is dry with a subdued bitterness. Pleasant and drinkable. 260708
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2008
at 02:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled - tasted blind. A hazy amber beer with a small off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and hops. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of carame, hops, grass, and grapefruit. The alcohol leaves a slight burn in the throat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2008
at 14:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle #21 at sk8vikings American blind tasting. Pours slight cloudy and deep orange to amber. Mild fruity and slight spiced aroma. Sweet malty and spiced. Lingering dry an spiced flavour. Fruity lingering finish. Holds a solid yet simple spiced far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2008
at 05:08