Blunderbuss Old Ale
Brooklyn Brewery in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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Since ancient times, people have complained that “things were better in the old days”. In the 1840’s, English brewers became nostalgic for beers of the previous century, strong dark ales with robust flavors. Thus the term “old ale” was born and these beers were re-popularized. Our Brooklyn Blunderbuss Old Ale brings back the grand old style.
It’s brewed with flavorful English Maris Otter malt with a dash of equally flavorful raw demerara sugar from Malawi. Challenger and East Kent Golding hops give the beer appetizing earthy/fruity aromatics. The bitterness is crisp, balancing a solid center of orangey fruit with caramel and chocolate notes. It dries into the finish, leaving a warm glow of malt. Perhaps some things really were better in the old days.
Enjoy Brooklyn Blunderbuss Old Ale with steaks, burgers, roast beef, lamb chops, Mexican mole and black bean sauces and hard cow’s-milk cheeses.
Malts: British Maris Otter, Crystal, and Chocolate malts
Other sugars: Raw demerara, Malawi
Hops: Willamette, East Kent Golding, Challenger
O.G.: 19° Plato (1076)
ABV: 8.2%
It’s brewed with flavorful English Maris Otter malt with a dash of equally flavorful raw demerara sugar from Malawi. Challenger and East Kent Golding hops give the beer appetizing earthy/fruity aromatics. The bitterness is crisp, balancing a solid center of orangey fruit with caramel and chocolate notes. It dries into the finish, leaving a warm glow of malt. Perhaps some things really were better in the old days.
Enjoy Brooklyn Blunderbuss Old Ale with steaks, burgers, roast beef, lamb chops, Mexican mole and black bean sauces and hard cow’s-milk cheeses.
Malts: British Maris Otter, Crystal, and Chocolate malts
Other sugars: Raw demerara, Malawi
Hops: Willamette, East Kent Golding, Challenger
O.G.: 19° Plato (1076)
ABV: 8.2%
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured on tap at Rossi’s Pizza in Orlando for the thrifty price of only $1.99 (What!). It was served very cold with amber colored body and multi hued tan head. The aroma is on the bold side with full dark fruitiness, modest earthiness and malts. The taste is much the same with loads of dark fruity esters like prunes, figs, raisins and cherries to go along with a layer of molasses. It gets faintly earthy by midway where the alcohol fusel chemical notes are noticed and distract a bit from the experience. Still, good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2009
at 22:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
tap at Rossi’s Orlando. Pours dark brown, thick off white head. Aroma, good dark fruits nose, malty and brown sugar. Taste, dark fruits, cherry, yeasty, brown sugar, roastede malts. Good abv presence with an almost wood mouthfeel. Served way too cold.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2009
at 15:21
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On tap at the Bocktown, nice place. Mild milky aroma. Darker brown clear. Stronger alky initial taste. Piercing at times to the palate. Big bitter back of throat alky building sensation. Barely any carbonation. Taste is a little overboard for a lager lover. Bitter lingering finish. Sometimes this stuff gets in yer face.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2009
at 07:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear brown color with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of toasted malts and fruity notes. Taste is toasted malts, spicy hops, banana and burnt sugar. Medium bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2009
at 19:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Thanks to beerbill for sharing - clear dark amber - a lot of oat and dark fruity esters in the nose, with some cinnamon/spice - moderate malty sweetness, with balancing fruit skin tartness - very light bitterness in the background - a lot of ambiguous fruitiness and other indistinct flavors - nothing comes together in this one, so it fails to make a lasting impression, but it is pleasant enough.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2009
at 19:27