Really Old Brown Dog
(has 4 batches)
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.30
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Old Ale (also known as “Stock” Ale), is a full-bodied beer with high levels of dextrins. In times past, this beer was typically laid up to mature, hence the name. The color varies from rich, dark amber to a very dark brown. This style features fruity, vinuous & deep, malty flavors, giving it an almost port-like qualities. Sight acidity is not uncommon. Olive, iconic mascot & spirit guide of our brewery, first appeared on our Old Brown Dog label in 1994 & returned, thirteen years later, to pose for our Really Old Brown Dog, a luscious, malt-rich, full bodied “old ale” featuring deep notes of complex fruit. Much like our beloved Olive, this beer will mellow & age gracefully.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice complex ale. Medium-dark brown with a tan head that was small and disappeared quickly. Aroma was kind of chocolatey, with whiffs of oak and toasted grains. Taste was really nice with hints of toasted malts and grains. Slightly sweet upfront with a light toasted bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Well stored bottle. Clear amber body with a medium sized tan head. Aroma of caramel malt, dry fruit and mild, pleasant oxidation. Taste is sweet caramel malt, dry fruit, raisins, smooth oxidation and balanced bitterness. Fine body, long aftertaste. Smooth and nice, tasty brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2020
at 08:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Chestnut brown colour with dense, beige head. Malty nose with maple syrup, dried fruit, roasted nuts, chocolate, caramel, brown sugar, a touch of oak wood and some orange peel. Malty, slightly vinous taste with notes of dried fruit, caramel, maple syrup, nuts, brown sugar, a touch of vanilla and a mild spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, rounded mouthfeel, with a certain sweetness. Really tasty and well balanced. Good shot at the old ale style. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2019
at 20:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 355ml. -from Weyermann Fan Shop Bamberg. Unclear brown coloured, small off-white head, dried fruits, caramel and alcohol in the nose. Sweet malty, caramel, dried fruits, notes of spices and alcohol with rather sweet finish. In general this one is sweet but not so sweet I've expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2018
at 21:47